Tag: gap
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UPS and Gap units partner to offer ‘unmatched automation and supply chain capabilities’ to apparel merchants
Two business units from within logistics giant UPS and famous retail brand GAP are combining their expertise to offer “unmatched automation and supply chain capabilities” to apparel and footwear merchants. The companies say their new offering will enable mall and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to benefit from capabilities “previously only available to billion-dollar brands”. Ware2Go, a…
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ABB survey reveals re-industrialization ‘at risk’ from global education gap in automation
A global ABB survey has revealed a growing trend in US and European businesses towards re-shoring or nearshoring operations to build resilience in the face of global challenges – but at the same time, a significant education gap in the skills necessary for these strategies to succeed. Sami Atiya, president of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete…
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Retail giant Gap improves supply chain with Kindred ‘Sort’ robots
Retail giant Gap says it has improved its supply chain output by implementing robots supplied by Kindred. (See video below.) The system Kindred has supplied uses industrial robotic arms originally manufactured by Fanuc integrated into a solution called “Sort”. Gap says that it has been “faced with an unprecedented surge in e-commerce and an extreme…
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Kindred unveils new robotic solution for e-commerce fulfillment
Kindred has unveiled a new robotic solution for e-commerce fulfillment. The company debuted the Kindred Sort 3.7 piece-picking robot at the recent Modex Show. The enhanced Sort 3.7 system features eight additional cubbies, for a total of 27, translating into a 42 percent increase in the number of items it can sort at e-commerce fulfillment…
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A digital skills crisis is looming in manufacturing – but there could be a game-changing solution
According to recent research, there’s an escalating talent shortage in the manufacturing industry. As the sector benefits from advances in technology, including implementation of automated processes and robotics – the digital skills gap has only widened. In the 2018 Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute skills gap and future of work study, researchers predicted a potential…
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Hyundai walking car concept for the ‘first responder’ industry
Any first responder will tell you that the first 72 hours following a natural disaster are the most crucial to saving lives. However, often times due to the nature of the disaster (forest fire, earthquake, hurricane, or flood), it can be difficult for search-and-rescue and humanitarian aid missions to reach and get immediate help to…
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Nvidia unveils new reinforcement learning research at ICRA 2019
Nvidia researchers from the newly opened robotics research lab in Seattle, Washington have presented a new proof of concept reinforcement learning approach that aims to enhance how robots trained in simulation will perform in the real world. (See video below.) The work was presented at the recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in…
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Sick launches new compact image-based code reader
Sick has launched a new compact image-based code reader, Lector621, for reliable detection of 1D, 2D, stacked codes, and plain text. The high-performance DPM – direct part marking – decoder can read laser or dot-peened codes perfectly, even in the case of low contrast levels, contamination, or poor code quality. This fills a gap in…