Apex Motion Control, specialists in robotics and automation for the baking and food industry, has created a new function for its Baker-Bot: end of line palletizing.
CPG players will see increased integration of robots throughout the industry, growth in frictionless shopping experiences and enhanced ability to cater to consumer shopping experiences through computer vision.
As we enter the next “roaring 20s,” retailers and CPG organizations will experience technological revolutions involving sophisticated AI tools like prescriptive analytics and innovation in mobile devices and robots that will lead to increased productivity, optimized shopping and employee experiences and greater customer satisfaction.
Material handling, assembly and pick-and-place will be the three biggest applications of collaborative robots.
December 6, 2019
Interact Analysis, UK, released “The Collaborative Robot Market – 2019,” a report that indicates strong and sustained growth for the collaborative robot industry.
Logistics systems, such as autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) represent 41% of all units sold, followed by inspection and maintenance robots (39%).
September 20, 2019
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Germany, released its annual World Robotics Report, which showed an annual global sales value of $16.5 billion in 2018.
With this acquisition, Shopify will add 6 River Systems’ cloud-based software and collaborative mobile robots to its newly released Shopify Fulfillment Network.
September 10, 2019
Shopify Inc., Canada, announced plans to acquire 6 River Systems, Inc., a Waltham, Mass.-based provider of collaborative warehouse fulfillment solutions.
The study finds that the yearly revenue for cobot arms will reach $11.8 billion by 2030, an increase from $711 million in 2019.
August 22, 2019
The collaborative robotics (cobot) market will become increasingly mainstream over the next 10 years, according to “Industrial Collaborative Robots Market Tracker,” new analysis from ABI Research, New York.
Piab, Hingham, Mass., introduced piSOFTGRIP, a new soft gripping tool developed to grip sensitive and lightweight objects of odd geometries and/or an unusual surface.