Tag: scanning
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Walmart makes Brain Corp ‘the world’s largest supplier of inventory scanning robots’
Sam’s Club, a membership warehouse club and a division of Walmart, has completed a national, chain-wide rollout of “Inventory Scan” towers that have been added to its existing fleet of robotic scrubbers in partnership with Brain Corp, a provider of artificial intelligence for robots. In doing so, Walmart has made Brain Corp “the world’s largest…
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SICK completes microScan3 portfolio with industry-leading functionality in Pro I/O variant
SICK’s newest safety laser scanner, the microScan3 Pro I/O, features an everything-in-one design for seamless, versatile use. Universal I/O integration works with any safety controls, and the intelligent host/guest functionality makes it possible to connect up to three guest scanners to the microScan3 Pro I/O. Additionally, the microScan3 Pro I/O does the work of four…
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Leica Geosystems nominated for robotics award at CES
Leica Geosystems, a provider of measurement technology, has been named a CES 2022 Innovation Awards Honoree for the Leica BLK ARC, a four-legged canine type of robot. This year’s CES Innovation Awards program received a record high number of over 1,800 submissions. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2022, the world’s most influential technology…
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SICK microScan safety scanners now offer Fail Safe over EtherCAT
SICK’s microScan3 family of safety laser scanners is now offering Fail Safe over EtherCAT (FSoE) integration. SICK says this is the world’s first safety laser scanner with this capability. Originally launching in 2016, the microScan3 is an extremely intelligent and durable safety laser scanner that enhances machine availability and productivity due to its safeHDDM scanning…
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SICK unveils ‘world’s smallest’ safety laser scanner for robots
SICK has launched what it says is “the world’s smallest safety laser scanner”, the nanoScan3. The company says the new component is designed for “easy and economical integration into the smallest of machine designs”, particularly for automated guided vehicles, carts, mobile platforms and service robots. The ultra-compact SICK nanoScan3 is just eight centimetres tall, so…
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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…
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Faro launches high-resolution 3D ScanArm for engineering and design applications
Faro Technologies, a provider of 3D measurement and imaging solutions has launched the Faro Design ScanArm, a portable 3D scanning solution tailored for 3D modeling, reverse engineering, and CAD-based design applications across the product lifecycle management (PLM) process. The Faro Design ScanArm is portable 3D scanning solution tailored for 3D modeling, reverse engineering, and CAD-based…