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Chinese company Geek Plus Robotics, a provider of mobile warehouse robots, is attending this year’s Modex event for the first time.
Modex is the supply chain industry trade show in the US, being held in Atlanta on April 9 to 12.
For Geek Plus, the appearance is part of the company’s global expansion plans, after having a new office in Hong Kong recently. [Read more…] about Geek Plus expands global reach with Modex event appearance
By Colin Masson, global industry director of manufacturing solutions, Microsoft
Break down internal barriers to deliver highly tailored products and services It’s easy to get obsessed with technology – it is the key enabler of today’s revolution – but the harder part of the transformation is cultural.
It’s about putting the customer experience and their business outcomes at the centre of everything. That means realigning engineering, manufacturing and the supply chain around delivering a world-class sales and service experience.
It means new thinking about optimising customer satisfaction and loyalty metrics such as Customer Satisfaction Scores or Net Promoter Scores rather than production efficiency. [Read more…] about Opinion: The customer must be at the centre of the digital strategy
Real-time system includes new data sources that support autonomous drones, cars and robotics
Vapor IO, which specialises in edge computing and edge data centers, and Hangar, which claims to be the world’s first Robotics-as-a-System data acquisition platform, have agreed plans for a commercial implementation of Hangar’s autonomous robotics for Industry on top of Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge.
The implementation consists of Hangar’s Robotics-as-a-System platform running on Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge, deployed to Project Volutus edge locations.
Hangar’s RaaS platform will utilize Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge sites for safe navigation, connectivity, situational and airspace awareness, drone storage, drone recharging, high-speed data ingest and low latency processing. [Read more…] about Hangar and Vapor IO to launch autonomous robotics data service
Nasa is planning to send shapeshifting robots to search for alien life on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
Titan is 50 per cent larger than Earth’s moon and is said to be “Earth-like” in the way it has wind, rain, volcanoes and other climactic characteristics.
However, while it looks and behaves somewhat like Earth, Titan is believed to be full of methane and ethane, which are obviously not breathable by humans. [Read more…] about Nasa considers sending shapeshifting robots to search for aliens near Earth
A tiny robotic vehicle slightly larger than a laptop computer can haul almost five tons in weight. (See video below.)
The Trailer Valet RVR – launched by a California, US company – is available in several configurations, and is aimed at moving around caravans or trailers.
The RVR is Trailer Valet’s first self-motorised and remote-controlled vehicle features “heavy-duty caterpillar treads” which allow it to go over different terrains including asphalt, gravel, grass, and dirt, according to the company. [Read more…] about Tiny, four-thousand-dollar robot can haul almost five tons
Geek Plus Robotics says it has sold “more than 3,000” units of its warehouse robots so far.
The Chinese company, which last year raised an additional $60 million in funding, says it is ready to go global.
Beijing-based Geek+ say they have entered the global market by setting up a branch office in Hong Kong in 2018. [Read more…] about Geek Plus says it has sold more than 3,000 warehouse robots
Magna, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, and Lyft, a rideshare company, have agreed a multi-year collaboration in which the companies will jointly fund, develop, and manufacture self-driving systems.
In addition, Magna will invest $200 million in Lyft equity.
The establishment of this partnership is subject to regulatory approval.
This partnership is an industry-first and positions Magna and Lyft to enable the development and manufacturing of self-driving systems at scale. [Read more…] about Magna to invest $200 million in Lyft and manufacture self-driving systems ‘at scale’
Android apocalypse
Do androids walk among us today? Do we know? Do the androids know they are androids? If they look like us, live like us, and are made of flesh and bone just like humans, how can we tell them apart from us?
We’re all gonna die. That’s a fact. But some of us refuse to accept it. From Dr James Bedford, who became the first person to be cryogenically frozen in 1967, to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, who also want to be cryogenically frozen upon their passing through this world onto the next, there are many famous and non-famous people who simply refuse to accept that death is the end of their life.
For an increasing number of people, leaving a last will and testament, or a video, or a message stored with a company like Heavenote, is simply not enough. They don’t want to leave anything, least of all life itself. They want to cling on, no matter how tenuous their connection.
And who can blame them? Nobody wants to die. It’s this primaeval drive to avoid death that, arguably, gave rise to some of the world’s largest religions. Christianity and Islam both offer clearly articulated visions of life after death, although Judaism is less clear about what lies beyond this “mortal coil”, as William Shakespeare called it. [Read more…] about Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Fetch Robotics, a provider of collaborative robotic solutions for warehouses and other logistics operations, has launched a new support program called FetchCare.
The company says FetchCare provides “round-the-clock support” to Fetch Robotics’ worldwide customers in the logistics and warehouse industries.
In partnership with Ricoh USA, FetchCare proactively, promptly and remotely provides service on the Fetch Autonomous Mobile Robots when needed, says the company. [Read more…] about Fetch Robotics partners with Ricoh to offer ‘round-the-clock’ global support
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