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Archives for December 6, 2018

Swisslog Healthcare displays robot for medication delivery in the US

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Swisslog Healthcare, a leading supplier of medication supply chain management solutions, is demonstrating Relay robot at the American Society of Health System Pharmacy (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting, this week in Anaheim, California.

Designed and developed by Savioke, Relay is healthcare’s first front-of-house autonomous service robot (ASR).

With more than 2,300 pneumatic tube systems across the United States, Swisslog Healthcare is no stranger to automated transport of medications, blood, laboratory samples and other patient-critical items.

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Warehouse relocation ‘made easy with mobile robots’

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Warehouse automation company inVia says the relocation of its customers’ facilities is “made easy with mobile robots”. 

Online retail firm Hollar will be moving its warehouse and inVia warehouse automation system from California to Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Hollar has been using inVia Picker robots and a cloud-based Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) management system since February.

The warehouse will be operational immediately within the new space owing to the quick set up of the inVia Picker robots.

inVia Robotics, developer of the goods-to-person solution offered as “Robotics-as-a-Service,” says it makes warehouse automation ‘turnkey’, through integrated robots, software and monitoring that can be fully deployed in days without disruption to existing infrastructure.

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Xyntek unveils collaborative robot case-packing solution

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Xyntek Inc. has delivered a turnkey collaborative robot case-packing solution to a customer in time to meet the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) deadline.

The validated serialisation and aggregation solution integrates state-of-the-art technologies in packaging line automation, real-time controls and material handling, machine vision, and collaborative robotics to address the regulatory and business requirements of a major pharmaceutical company.

The solution, designed, implemented, and validated by Xyntek, handles a wide variety of bottles.

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Brain Corp to provide AI floor scrubbers to Walmart

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Brain Corp, a software technology company, is to provide AI floor scrubbers to Walmart, the world’s largest retailer.

Brain Corp’s BrainOS platform currently automates more than a hundred of Walmart’s fleet of commercial floor scrubbers across the United States.

BrainOS provides the machines with autonomous navigation and data collection capabilities, all tied into a cloud-based reporting system. Walmart expects to have 360 robots powered by BrainOS in stores by the end of January, 2019.

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