Tag: shortages
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Addverb and Velociti Alliance partner to automate grocery intralogistics
Automation solutions provider Addverb has agreed a new partnership with leading technology solutions provider Velociti Alliance to “bring innovative futuristic warehouse automation and robotics to the convenience store and grocery supply chain”. Addverb’s comprehensive portfolio of Mobile Robots, ASRS, Picking Technologies, and Software, integrated with Velociti Alliance’s solutions, will enable wholesale distribution centers and warehouses…
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Honeywell partners with Otto Motors to develop robotic solutions for supply chain operations
Honeywell has agreed a strategic collaboration with Otto Motors, a division of Clearpath Robotics, giving warehouses and distribution centers throughout North America an automated option to handle some of the most labor-intensive roles in an increasingly scarce job market. The collaboration enables Honeywell customers to increase efficiency, reduce errors and improve safety by deploying Otto’…
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Opinion: How to double up grocery logistics productivity with autonomous mobile robots
With growing labour availability issues, how can grocery logistics operations significantly boost performance? Vincent Jacquemart, CEO at French autonomous mobile robot designer and manufacturer iFollow, offers a solution. Faced with the likelihood of long term staff shortages and resulting rises in pay rates, warehouse and distribution centre operators in grocery and many other sectors are…
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Medical robotics startup Clarapath raises $32 million in additional funding
Clarapath, a robotics startup aimed at catalyzing change in the way pathology laboratories process human and animal tissues, has undertaken follow-on financing, extending its Series B round with an additional $15.5 million in funding, following the previous close of $16 million in Series B funding. The round included The 4100 Group (the investment arm of…
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New S&P Analysis: Stressed semiconductor industry needs water, gets liberal sprinkling of state support
By Christopher Rogers, senior researcher, Panjiva, part of S&P Global The global semiconductor industry is in the midst of a period of upheaval driven by both short- and long-term factors. The most obvious has been the imbalance in supply versus demand shown by shortages in the automotive industry, as discussed in Panjiva’s research of May…
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Acieta launches new robotic machine loading cell
Industrial automation specialist Acieta has launched a new, high-speed robotic machine loading cell. (See video below.) The company says the system will enable manufacturers to solve labor and capacity challenges. The global coronavirus pandemic has made it a challenging time for companies to recover fast and get production back up to speed to stay competitive…