The Path to Lights Out
Reaching full automation can be a long road; here’s how to tackle it. The warehousing industry has long talked about the day of “lights out” facilities. If and when that moment will finally arrive depends on who you ask, but ...
Avoid “Pilot Purgatory” With This Six-Phase Process
When considering an investment in robotics and automation, many operations struggle to get past the pilot testing phase. Instead of identifying a solution and implementing it in a timely manner, they find it difficult to make a decision and instead ...
Beyond The Robot: Keys For A Successful Robotic Implementation
Investing in and implementing a collaborative robot (or “cobot”) solution — whether that be autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automatic guided vehicles (AGVs), or robotic arms — is not a unilateral undertaking. Rather, to ensure the success of the installation, there ...
Material Handling And Supply Chain Automation Discussed At U.S. Robotics ...
MHI participated in a workshop of industry professionals and academia to provide content for the publication of an updated version of the U.S. National Robotics Roadmap, slated to be released in the summer of 2020. The Roadmap was first published ...
Want Higher Performance Rates? Add Robotics To Human Workforce
The collaborative robot market will grow from $710 million in 2018 to $12,303 million in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50.1%, according to research from Markets and Markets. And while that may cause some workers concern ...