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ABB expands robotic item-picking range for fashion and logistics industries

March 22, 2025 by David Edwards

ABB is expanding its portfolio of robotic solutions for logistics and e-commerce supply chains with the addition of two new AI-powered functional modules to its Item Picking range.

Featuring ABB’s own AI-based vision technology, tested by world leading fashion retail and logistics companies, the Fashion Inductor and Parcel Inductor offer solutions for two of the most critical logistics processes: item picking and sorter induction.

Craig McDonnell, managing director business line industries for ABB Robotics, says: “With the growth of e-commerce set to drive increased parcel volumes of up to nine percent per year, there is a need for greater levels of speed and accuracy in picking and inducting unknown random items. [Read more…] about ABB expands robotic item-picking range for fashion and logistics industries

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: abb, fashion, item, logistics, picking, range, robotic, solutions

How Robotics is Enhancing Custom Apparel Production

July 11, 2024 by Mark Allinson

The fashion business is changing at a high speed, and technology has a significant role to play in this context. The most exciting development is the application of robotics in custom-made wear manufacturing.

Such a revolution not only improves the methods and accuracy in the industry but also brings out opportunities for innovations and environmentally friendly solutions.

The t-shirt printing industry has undergone drastic changes through the implementation of robotic technologies and has set higher and more professional standards in printing. [Read more…] about How Robotics is Enhancing Custom Apparel Production

Filed Under: Manufacturing Tagged With: accuracy, apparel, business, custom, efficiency, fashion, manufacturing, robotics, technology

Why Tartan Pants Are the Latest Obsession in Fashion

June 18, 2023 by Mark Allinson

Tartan, a traditional Scottish textile pattern characterized by crisscrossing horizontal and vertical stripes in multiple colors, has a rich history rooted in Scottish heritage.

While tartan has been traditionally associated with kilts and Scottish attire, it has recently taken the fashion world by storm, particularly in the form of tartan pants.

These stylish bottoms have become the latest obsession in the world of fashion, making a bold statement and capturing the attention of trendsetters worldwide. [Read more…] about Why Tartan Pants Are the Latest Obsession in Fashion

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: buy, fashion, style, tartan pants

The Rise of Sustainable Automation: Innovations and Best Practices in Fashion and Manufacturing

May 12, 2023 by Mark Allinson

Have you ever thought about how the fashion industry is responsible for roughly 10 percent of global carbon emissions? 

But here’s the good news – believe it or not – there’s a shift happening toward more sustainable practices; and automation is playing a huge role in this change.

Let’s dive into how innovations in fashion and manufacturing are making a difference. [Read more…] about The Rise of Sustainable Automation: Innovations and Best Practices in Fashion and Manufacturing

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: automation, companies, craftsmanship, customer, earth, fashion, human, innovative, lead, meeting, priority, products, reduce, study, sustainability, sustainable, technologies, technology, touch, true, waste, wonder

DHL opens its largest fully automated robotic fulfillment center in Germany

February 8, 2023 by David Edwards

DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, is now operating a fully-automated robot picking system at a logistics center in the Lower Saxon municipality of Staufenberg for an important long-time customer, Peek & Cloppenburg, an international chain of department stores from Germany.

The system, AutoStore, is made by robot specialist Element Logic and covers 6,000 square meters, making it one of the largest fully-automated storage and order fulfillment systems in Germany.

It’s located in one of the five halls at the location, each of which offers 10,000 square meters of space and 50 loading bays. DHL Supply Chain operates this massive logistics center for a range of customers. [Read more…] about DHL opens its largest fully automated robotic fulfillment center in Germany

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: autostore, center, chain, cloppenburg, customer, customers, dhl, fashion, fulfillment, germany, location, logistics, offers, order, peek, staufenberg, supply, system

Smart Robotics unveils collaborative robotic system to pick fashion items

August 22, 2022 by Mark Allinson

Smart Robotics, a provider of picking automation as a service for warehouses and logistics processes, has launched its latest collaborative robotic system – the Smart Fashion Picker.

The company says “the reliability of the cobot, and its ability to run continuously, ensures quicker return on investment – whilst answering the labour crisis in logistics and bettering the physical and mental health of warehouse employees”.

The Smart Fashion Picker addresses the pain point of transformation within warehouse automation. The need arises from the notion that the warehouse sector is quite late to automation, compared to other industries, and is now looking at a rapid transition to modern processes. [Read more…] about Smart Robotics unveils collaborative robotic system to pick fashion items

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: automation, cobot, fashion, items, logistics, pick, picker, picking, robotics, smart, warehouse, warehouses

GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

December 29, 2021 by Mark Allinson

GXO Logistics, which claims to be the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, has launched an “industry-first” pilot of intelligent automation at its fashion e-commerce warehouse in Tilburg, the Netherlands. 

GXO’s pilot of the Pick-it-Easy Robot station is tailored for one of its key global customers, in collaboration with value chain tech provider Knapp AG.

The pilot is the first application of Knapp’s Pick-it-Easy Robot technology for automated pocket induction in the sector for apparel logistics. [Read more…] about GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: apparel, arm, automation, collaboration, customers, e-commerce, fashion, gripping, gxo, knapp, logistics, pick-it-easy, pilot, pocket, product, provider, robot, sector, successful, technology, tilburg, warehouse

GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

September 7, 2021 by David Edwards

GXO Logistics, which claims to be the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, has launched an “industry-first pilot” of intelligent automation at its fashion e-commerce warehouse in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

GXO’s pilot of the Pick-it-Easy Robot station is tailored for one of its key global customers, in collaboration with value chain tech provider Knapp.

The pilot is the first application of Knapp’s Pick-it-Easy Robot technology for automated pocket induction in the sector for apparel logistics. [Read more…] about GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: apparel, arm, automation, collaboration, customers, e-commerce, fashion, gripping, gxo, knapp, logistics, pick-it-easy, pilot, pocket, product, provider, robot, sector, successful, technology, tilburg, warehouse

Automation and the Fashion Industry: A Quiet Revolution

June 8, 2021 by Mark Allinson

Many believe that we have recently entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is characterized by new modes of design, production and marketing. Being one of the world’s largest and most innovative industries, fashion is at the center stage of this shake-up.

This is not surprising, since fashion is big business. In the UK, for example, the fashion industry is valued at £26 billion, making it the country’s biggest creative industry.

From algorithms that detect what we will be wearing next season to targeted pricing, here are just a few ways automation technology is transforming the fashion industry. [Read more…] about Automation and the Fashion Industry: A Quiet Revolution

Filed Under: Business, Features Tagged With: ai, algorithms, analyze, analyzing, automation, behavior, clothing, customer, cuts, fashion, help, industry, inventory, market, marketing, predict, pricing, product, products, retailers, season, sells, specific, trends, winter

Coco Chanel to Robo Chanel?

October 12, 2018 by Anna

Danica Kragic, a former catwalk model who is now a professor in robotics, says the idea that the fashion industry can be fully automated is not one that looks like will happen any time soon…

The most futuristic thing at this year’s London Fashion Week – robots! With California-based Honee’s recent partnership announcement with OhmniLabs robotics company for a model with nerves of actual steel, tech and fashion are becoming more intertwined than ever.

Having walked the catwalks at Stockholm Fashion Week, independent robotics expert at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and IEEE member Professor Danica Kragic believes that the technology and fashion industries are on an inevitable and exciting collision course.  [Read more…] about Coco Chanel to Robo Chanel?

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: danica kragic, fashion, robots

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