Tag: ahs
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Berkshire Grey partners with AHS to develop warehouse robotics services
Berkshire Grey, a developer of robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, is partnering with Advanced Handling Systems, a system integrator of fulfillment and distribution solutions within the supply chain. The partnership aims to help companies grow despite the labor shortages and logistics challenges that are straining the supply chain. The two companies will combine…
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AHS partners with Caja Robotics to bring robotic fulfillment to major distribution facility
Advanced Handling Systems is partnering with Caja Robotics to optimize a Midwest distribution facility for a major retailer. AHS, a full-service systems integrator located in Erlanger, Kentucky, is a premier US partner of Caja Robotics and will be completing the installation and deployment of approximately 100 robots in the new facility. Caja Robotics is a…
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SICK’s launches ‘advanced IO-Link encoders’ to streamline machine controls
SICK has released “advanced variants” of its AHS36 and AHM36 IO-Link absolute encoders that can harness valuable diagnostic insights for better machine control and availability. With versatile programming options, they make it easy to integrate data from encoders into localised and ‘edge computing’ configurations to improve the efficiency of automated plant. All SICK’s AHS36 14-bit…
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Komatsu to supply 37 autonomous trucks to Brazil mine
Komatsu says it has been contracted to supply 37 autonomous trucks to a mine in Brazil – the Carajás mine owned by Vale, a Brazilian mining company wth annual revenues of around $34 billion. The Carajás mine is said to be the largest mine in Vale’s 77-year history. The company says it is on a…
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Komatsu reaches 10-year milestone in autonomous haulage
Komatsu is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the commercial deployment of its Autonomous Haulage System (AHS). More than 100 AHS trucks operate in Australia, North and South America and Komatsu plans to accelerate the pace of AHS deployment. In 2005, Komatsu began the AHS trial at Codelco’s copper mine in Chile and succeeded in achieving the…