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Archives for April 10, 2019

Geek Plus Robotics looks set to expand into the multibillion-dollar forklift truck market

April 10, 2019 by Mai Tao

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Geek Plus Robotics says it is receiving high levels of interest from heavy industry for its supply chain automation technologies, which are currently being showcased at ProMAT, in Chicago. 

A spokesperson for the company says the specific products generating the interest are its autonomous forklift truck as well as its M1000, which, as the name suggests, is a warehouse mobile robot with a payload of 1,000 kg. The driverless forklift’s payload is 1.6 tons.

“We are getting a lot of inquiries about all our products, but the forklift and M1000 are of particular interest because there are not many companies that can supply these kinds of machines,” says the spokesperson.  [Read more…] about Geek Plus Robotics looks set to expand into the multibillion-dollar forklift truck market

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: driverless forklift truck, geek plus robotics, material handling, supply chain automation

Brain Corp to supply another 1,500 floor cleaning robots to Walmart

April 10, 2019 by Sam Francis

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Brain Corp, a San Diego-based artificial intelligence and robotics company, says it will be expanding its relationship with retail giant Walmart.

Brain Corp will provide its operating system, BrainOS, to an additional 1,500 robotic floor cleaners nationwide by the end of the year.

This deal will increase the prior announcement of 360 robotic floor cleaners powered by BrainOS operating in Walmart stores to a fleet totaling 1,860 machines.  [Read more…] about Brain Corp to supply another 1,500 floor cleaning robots to Walmart

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: brain corp, floor cleaning robots, walmart

Spinning in infinity: Exclusive insight into industrial technology giant Nidec

April 10, 2019 by Abdul Montaqim

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Nidec Corporation is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of industrial components, with annual revenues typically in the region of $11 billion.

The Japanese company’s technology can be found in products ranging from robots to computers, from cars to washing machines, and beyond.

There probably isn’t a machine builder on Earth who has not used or has at least considered using Nidec components at concept or production stage. In the computing sector, for example, Nidec is said to have the largest global market share for the tiny spindle motors that power hard-disk drives. Which means that the computer you’re reading this on is likely to have a Nidec component inside it.  [Read more…] about Spinning in infinity: Exclusive insight into industrial technology giant Nidec

Filed Under: Features, Industry Tagged With: automotive, business, components, industrial, motor, motors, nidec, robots, speed

Starship Technologies celebrates 50,000 autonomous deliveries with its robots

April 10, 2019 by Sam Francis

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Starship says its autonomous delivery robots have now travelled over 200,000 miles – the equivalent of driving around the world more than eight times

Starship Technologies, the world’s leading provider of autonomous delivery services, today announced that it has passed the major milestone of 50,000 commercial deliveries.

The company’s robots have travelled in over 100 cities around the world, operating commercially every day in local neighbourhoods and university and corporate campuses across five different time zones.

Today, Starship celebrates its one year anniversary of operation in Milton Keynes, in the UK, having seen the number of houses served in the town grow by 450 percent in the last year.  [Read more…] about Starship Technologies celebrates 50,000 autonomous deliveries with its robots

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: delivery robot, starship technologies

Endress+Hauser launches its Netilion IIoT system

April 10, 2019 by Anna

At the Hannover Messe, Endress+Hauser premiered Netilion, an ecosystem that combines applications and system components to simplify system management and maintenance.

The Netilion Scanner App, as well as Netilion System Components, monitor the installed base, while Netilion Analytics provides an overview of the installed instruments.

Netilion Health visualises and interprets the status of the installed base, thus enabling operators to initiate maintenance measures when irregularities occur. And with Netilion Library, Endress+Hauser is offering an online data management service for the entire life cycle of the measurement point.

[Read more…] about Endress+Hauser launches its Netilion IIoT system

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: Endress+Hauser, Netilion

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