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DB Schenker opens giant new automated e-commerce logistics hub in Spain

March 16, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

DB Schenker, a supply chain management and logistics service provider, has started operations at one of the largest automated e-commerce facilities servicing its retail customers in Spain, Portugal and France.

Operations in the 50,000 sq meter state-of-the-art warehouse in Guadalajara have started with 150 employees on newly created jobs, more than 200 robots and an optimized packaging system.

The site is equipped with a Goods-to-Person picking system to handle around 55,000 units per day using Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) provided by Geek+, the global leader in AMR technology. The system features innovative pick-and-pack solutions for a fast and flexible online-order fulfillment and efficiently deal with returns. [Read more…] about DB Schenker opens giant new automated e-commerce logistics hub in Spain

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: amr, automated, customer, db, e-commerce, features, global, guadalajara, hub, innovative, jobs, leader, logistics, operations, packaging, robots, schenker, site, solutions, spain, started, state-of-the-art, system, technology, warehouse

Zorabots partners with QSS to showcase humanoid robot and plans to establish robotics joint venture in Saudi Arabia

February 16, 2023 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Robotics and software company Zorabots have started talks to create joint venture with Saudi tech company QSS. The news comes after the two companies jointly presented what is believed to be Saudia Arabia’s first domestically created humanoid robot, called “Sara” (main picture and below).

Sara is being presented at the renowned tech event LEAP, being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the sophisticated humanoid has been declared by relevant authorities as a “Saudi tech jewel”.

The robot was developed by tech company QSS with the support of Zorabots. Due to the “overwhelming success” of Sara, Zorabots and QSS signed an agreement for further cooperation. Extensive talks were started for the establishment of a Belgian-Saudi joint venture. [Read more…] about Zorabots partners with QSS to showcase humanoid robot and plans to establish robotics joint venture in Saudi Arabia

Filed Under: Humanoids, News Tagged With: arabia, company, deblieck, developed, development, goffin, high-tech, humanoid, joint, leap, projects, qss, robot, sara, saudi, software, started, step, success, talks, tech, venture, zorabots

How has vaping technology improved in 2022?

January 12, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

You all must be familiar with the vaping industry. It has gained lots of reputation in the market. As the use of cannabis is good for both medicinal and recreational purposes.

Therefore, the vaping industry has moved to another level. People all over the world started using them in their work. Since the use of cannabis has become the norm, so the manufacturers are always looking for methods that would facilitate the consumers to the next level.

The different companies have started making new technologies that would help the consumers to start taking them to a new level. [Read more…] about How has vaping technology improved in 2022?

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: buy, companies, consumers, devices, industry, market, people, started, technology, vaping

Enway releases new generation of its sweeping robot

December 28, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

Enway has released the new generation of its autonomous sweeping robot, the B2.

The second generation of the autonomous sweeper is the first of a new series, says the company.

There are several new features and other advantages compared to the B1 for industrial cleaning. In addition, the Europe-wide export of the fully CE-certified self-driving sweeper starts now. [Read more…] about Enway releases new generation of its sweeping robot

Filed Under: News, Service robots Tagged With: addition, app, autonomous, battery, charging, cleaning, completely, data, enway, europe-wide, features, generation, inductive, industrial, manager, network, operator, robot, robots, smooth, started, station, sweeper, sweeping

New Suzuki factory in India starts operation

April 21, 2021 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

Suzuki Motor Gujarat, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suzuki Motor for the production of automobiles in India, has completed construction of the Plant C, and started production from April 2021.

Suzuki established SMG in March 2014, aiming to secure production ability in preparation for the automobile market growth in India, as well as for expansion of exports from India.

The Plant A started operating in February 2017, and the Plant B and Powertrain Plant in January 2019. [Read more…] about New Suzuki factory in India starts operation

Filed Under: Infrastructure, News Tagged With: ability, automobile, automobiles, india, market, maruti, motor, plant, production, smg, started, suzuki, units

GM and LG Chem prepare ground at new electric vehicle battery cell facility in Lordstown

May 22, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

General Motors and LG Chem have started to prepare the ground at their new electric vehicle battery cell facility in Lordstown. 

The two companies have established a joint venture called “Ultium Cells” for the battery cell manufacturing business.

Construction has started with ground prep activities for the future site of the Ultium battery cell manufacturing facility in Lordstown. [Read more…] about GM and LG Chem prepare ground at new electric vehicle battery cell facility in Lordstown

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: battery, cell, chem, electric, ev, facility, future, general, gm, ground, lg, lordstown, manufacturing, motors, prepare, started, ultium, vehicle

HGZN and Hyundai Robotics to build smart factory to manufacture robots in China

April 21, 2020 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

HGZN has partnered with Hyundai Robotics to embark on a project to build smart factory to manufacture robots in Haining, China.

The official groundbreaking ceremony for the “HGZN’s Intelligent Robot Industrialization Project” was held recently at the Economic Development Zone in Haining.

With a strong industrial city as its goal, HGZN – an acronym for Jiangsu Hagong Intelligent Robot Company – is focusing on the smart robot industrialization project. [Read more…] about HGZN and Hyundai Robotics to build smart factory to manufacture robots in China

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: automation, build, business, china, factory, hagong, haining, hgxd, hgzn, hyundai, industrialization, intelligent, manufacture, manufacturing, project, robot, robotics, robots, smart, started

A Short History of Night Vision Devices

April 7, 2020 by Polly Leave a Comment

Night vision devices (often called night scoped by the general public) are used to intensify our sight when the lighting conditions are very poor. You can choose from many types of such devices. You’ll find a complete review on many sites that can help you find out more about the present-day technology.

An infrared imaging system, also called an “active” night vision device, will focus the infrared light on a certain scene. Since infrared is not in the light spectrum that humans can notice, the beam that is produced is not detectable. The technology of image-converting is what transforms said illuminated scene by the infrared into an image we can see.

A thermal imaging system doesn’t work very differently as this one can convert the pattern of heat that is emitted by people, animals or objects, into an image we can distinguish.

The night vision devices that were initially created for wars, but are now available in stores for the general public, are known under the “passive” night vision system name. Such a system has the role of amplifying an image that was picked up in a minimal light (for example, starlight), into an image we can see.

The view that we get using such a device is anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 times brighter than the image our eyes could see without any such device.

Said devices for night vision were initially created for and only used by the army since being able to see in the dark gives you a big advantage over the enemy and can be used as a tactic to have the upper hand. Wars in which night vision devices were used are the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War.

These devices have also started to be used by the police forces. By the late 1990s, these items were being available for the public for the first time as well. They started by being used in high-end cars and are now available for most everybody to be used when they please.

How did it all start?

The research for devices that can work during the nighttime started in the United States, in the 1940s. The country managed to create a technology program by the end of the decade and in the 1950s it created an infrared viewing system. This falls into the “active” technology category because it made use of a directed beam of infrared light.

Although this beam was not noticeable by the naked eye, a person having the equivalent technology could manage to pick up the beam easily. The types of viewers that were used during the mid-1950s and 1960s are now known as “Generation 0” technology.

ITT Corporation started being the producer of night vision devices for the US military in 1958. The Department of Defense would later found its own laboratory in 1965 with the aim of improving the technology that was already existing. In the same decade, scientists created the first passive night vision system that could be considered workable.

Such a device bore the name “Starlight” as they had the ability to pick up and amplify the images that could only be seen by starlight. It came to be known as a “Generation I” device and, obviously, gave the best results under the moonlight.

New developments and commercialism

After being used in the Vietnam War, the technology started to develop more, creating devices that were smaller and less bulky and were called “Generation 2” devices. During the 1970s and the 1980s, the U.S. military worked continuously on developing and refining this technology and passive “Generation 2” devices appeared.

By the end of the 1980s “Generation 3” technology was being developed. These products had better resolutions even when the light was really low. The US Army used them in the Persian Gulf War and the troops had the advantage of seeing in the dark, but also through smoke or dust.

At the end of the 1990s, the Department of Defense cut much of the funding for the development of night vision and the shift of the producers moved to the consumer market.

In a short period of time, night vision devices went from just an idea to one important part of any combat to being used by everyday citizens.

Filed Under: Design, Features Tagged With: beam, called, created, device, devices, generation, image, infrared, light, night, Night vision devices, passive, public, Starlight, started, system, technology, thermal imaging, vision, war

Universal Robots sells almost 40,000 units

January 10, 2020 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

Universal Robots has sold almost 40,000 units to date, but says the market for collaborative robots remains “largely untapped”.

The company started selling its collaborative robots more than 10 years ago, and has become the leader in a category which it effectively created.

At the time, collaborative robots were unheard of, and industrial robots were always thought of as big, powerful machines which needed to be caged off in case of danger to human workers. [Read more…] about Universal Robots sells almost 40,000 units

Filed Under: Features, Industrial robots Tagged With: cobot, cobots, collaborative, company, investment, manufacturers, market, return, robot, robots, started, universal, ur

ZMP starts shipping its logistics support robot CarriRo in Korea

October 3, 2019 by Mai Tao

ZMP has started shipping its logistics support robot CarriRo in South Korea. The Japanese company is operating within a joint venture with Anro. (see video below.)

ZMP says it will begin shipping CarriRo in Korea from the end of November 2019.

The sales company in Korea will be T-Robotics, which is engaged in the robot business in Korea, and Anro. [Read more…] about ZMP starts shipping its logistics support robot CarriRo in Korea

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: anro, business, carriro, companies, company, customers, korea, logistics, november, robot, shipping, started, support, t-robotics, zmp

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