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Why should you do something manually when it can be automated? What do you get out of wasting your time doing something that software or AI can?
Yet, still many call centers don’t ignore automation like it’s just fluff. What actually ends up being fluff is their revenue, employee productivity, and customer conversion. Here is why! [Read more…] about Essential Types of Contact Center Automations
DHL Supply Chain, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s contract logistics specialist, is opening a new, “highly automated” fulfillment center in Bergkamen, Germany, for its customer, the Swedish flatpack furniture giant IKEA.
The new state-of-the-art DHL facility has been commissioned to help the home furnishings group handle its fast-growing B2C online business in Germany, which grew significantly during the pandemic and required IKEA to rapidly expand its B2C fulfillment capabilities.
The multi-customer site in Bergkamen boasts 40,000 square meters of warehouse space and is part of the neighboring DHL Supply Chain Unna Campus, which is less than 10 kilometers away. [Read more…] about DHL opens new ‘highly automated’ fulfillment center for flatpack furniture giant IKEA
Hai Robotics, the developer of its own Autonomous Case-handling Robot (ACR) systems for warehouse logistics, has raised more than $100 million in a D+ round of financing.
The lead investor is Capital Today, and co-investors include a top US dollar fund and existing shareholders including 5Y Capital, Source Code Capital, Sequoia Capital and 01VC.
This is the third round of financing it has obtained within the past 12 months. [Read more…] about Hai Robotics raises more than $100 million in D+ financing round
Locus Robotics, a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots for fulfillment warehouses, has expanded its partnership with Radial, a bpost group company, an e-commerce fulfillment specialist.
Under the agreement, Locus AMRs will be utilized at the fulfillment center in Romeoville, Illinois.
Locus’s innovative AMR technology will support high-volume order fulfillment for SKIMS, a solutions-oriented retail brand creating the next generation of underwear, loungewear, and shapewear. [Read more…] about Radial expands relationship with Locus Robotics
Seegrid, a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots for material handling, has launched a new customer resource, Seegrid Help Center, an online knowledge base that gives Seegrid’s global logistics, e-commerce, and manufacturing customers exclusive access to specialized insights, product information, and innovative mobile automation use cases curated by Seegrid’s expert engineering, service, and support teams.
Jim Rock, chief executive officer at Seegrid, says: “Our robots and software are proven, having safely driven more than seven million autonomous miles while moving billions of pounds of materials in our customers’ highly dynamic, complex industrial environments.
“Every autonomous mile and pound moved represents real-world knowledge and expertise, making Seegrid uniquely capable of helping our customers succeed with mobile automation.” [Read more…] about Seegrid launches online knowledge base for its autonomous mobile robots
NuPort Robotics, a Canadian autonomous trucking company, says it plans to set up operations in India with a mission to improve safety on Indian roads.
NuPort’s technology provides transportation solutions for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, such as buses and trucks, by enabling next-generation automated vehicles to be more fuel-efficient and safer to operate with enhanced driver experience.
NuPort is targeting the deployment of Level 2 autonomy which includes advanced driver assistance systems, data analysis and driver suggestions – all of which cumulatively lead to safer and more efficient vehicle performance. [Read more…] about NuPort Robotics to take its autonomous trucks and buses to India
Virtual Incision, a medical device company pioneering the world’s first miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery platform, says the US Food and Drug Administration has approved an Investigational Device Exemption supplement to complete the final stage of its clinical study analyzing the MIRA Platform in bowel resection procedures.
The approval was supported by a favorable interim clinical study report on the safety profile of MIRA.
The IDE supplement approval puts Virtual Incision on track to obtain the clinical evidence needed to bring innovation to the soft tissue surgical robotics industry, a market that has been historically dominated by a single player. [Read more…] about FDA approves Virtual Incision to complete clinical study enrollment for its MIRA platform
Kollmorgen, a manufacturer of motor solutions for the robotics industry, is relocating to new premises in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The move is part of a strategic initiative to meet the future demands for automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots, by expanding the business and increasing the innovation and development capacity.
The company says the relocation will increase speed of innovation and development, and improve training experience for partners and end-users. [Read more…] about Kollmorgen relocates to new premises in Sweden
NTT, the national telecommunications provider of Japan and one of the largest such companies in the world, is training industrial robots to become data center workers.
The company has a separate business division for data centers called Global Data Centers and says its global platform is “one of the largest in the world”.
Its data centers tend to be huge facilities and are “expensive to run”, mostly because of the massive amount of electricity necessary and the cooling infrastructure, not to mention the sheer floor space required. [Read more…] about NTT training robots to become data center workers
Digital currency is becoming a part of our everyday lives. It is unique in that it uses processing power to create a payment.
This means that you have to have a powerful computer or phone to use digital currency. [Read more…] about How Did Omi Crypto Start?
