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Slamcore secures $14 million funding from investors including Rockwell Automation

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Slamcore, a developer of spatial intelligence software, has announced a $14 million funding round from top investors, including ROKStar Ventures, a subsidiary of Rockwell Automation, one of the world’s largest industrial automation and digital transformation companies. 

The round brings Slamcore’s total funding to $40 million, with backing from investors including Toyota Ventures, Interwoven Ventures, MMC Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and IP Group.

The investment arrives as global industrial operators face an urgent dual challenge: the need for productivity gains amid rising safety risks on factory and warehouse floors. [Read more…] about Slamcore secures $14 million funding from investors including Rockwell Automation

Slamcore launches new AI-powered safety solution that turns forklifts into safety-aware machines

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Slamcore, a specialist developer of spatial intelligence software, has launched Slamcore Alert, a dedicated pedestrian detection and driver alert solution.

This new system immediately transforms existing industrial machines – such as forklifts and manual material handling equipment – into safety-aware assets.

While the warehouse and logistics industry is increasingly focused on expensive, full-scale autonomous robots, Slamcore is addressing the market’s immediate need for practical solutions that maximize current resources and help protect workers. [Read more…] about Slamcore launches new AI-powered safety solution that turns forklifts into safety-aware machines

Sick launches AGV forklift safety solution

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Sick has developed the Safe AGV Forklift, a PLd/SIL2-certified safety solution that enables a driverless forklift to continue to operate productively when the forks are in the load-carrying position.

The Sick Safe AGV Forklift is claimed to solve ‘stop-start frustration’, which slows operation and leads to wear and tear of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) fitting with a forklift: when the protective laser scanning fields are infringed because the forks are down, the AGV must be brought to a safe stop.

Designed specifically for AGV forklifts with a drive wheel, the device integrates two laser scanners providing protective fields in front and behind the vehicle, with a controller and an encoder to monitor the speed of the vehicle.

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