Control Engineering

APRIL 13, 2023

At ProMat 2023, Anthony Cantrell, executive director of global accounts for warehouse and logistics at Fanuc America demonstrated the CRX-25iA collaborative robot (cobot). Cobots offer several benefits for palletizing applications.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Automation insights Manufacturers at Pack Expo are focusing on delivering comprehensive yet user-friendly solutions, addressing challenges like the skills gap and high customer demand in the packaging and logistics industries.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Industries that stand to benefit the most include food and beverage, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, logistics and construction as companies are trying to fill labor shortages to keep operations running efficiently. One of the benefits of robotic automation is its ability to enhance workforce productivity.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is being driven by demand from battery driven applications and a need for greater flexibility in manufacturing and logistics processes. Manufacturers Maxon, Ametek and MinebeaMitsumi currently dominate the market, but the landscape is highly fragmented. By 2027, the market will be worth almost $6.5

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Autonomous mobile robot insights Autonomous mobile robots are designed with built-in safety features that can carry large amounts of weight and are useful in logistics and warehousing operations. Kyle O’Brien is industry manager – logistic at Omron Automation.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Automate features automation applications to meet any business need, whether in manufacturing, logistics, consumer goods, food processing or any number of other industries. It’s where you’ll learn how to power your productivity, become more efficient, gain a competitive edge, and future-proof your business for years to come.”.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Thought leaders, product experts, partners and customers will share experiences in industry forums, partner solutions, customer voices, insights and education and product intro labs.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 1, 2023

Key takeaways from the service robotics market study The industrial or commercial services robotics category is expected to have the largest market share in the near future, followed by the logistics and transportation, and medical sub-segments.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Robotic process automation acts as a virtual workforce which benefits the logistics companies to streamline operations like scheduling and tracking shipments, invoice generation, report, and customer service.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

These manufacturers use robot automation to manufacture powerful batteries cost-effectively and in large quantities to support their electric vehicle projects. This is important as more and more logistics companies refuse to ship batteries for safety reasons. These investments make the shipment of heavy batteries redundant.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Other potential buyers could be retailers or logistics companies (a lá Amazon/Kiva) or larger warehouse automation system integrators (the likes of Dematic or Honeywell Intelligrated). However, our expectation is that this would come from companies not already active within the sector.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 12, 2023

By providing a focus on material handling, Siemens Logistics can: Provide an assessment and uncover any roadblocks during the planning stage when they are most economical to resolve. Courtesy: Siemens Advantages of material handling focus Many applications need to consider different topologies of controls.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 28, 2023

In the long term, demand from new EV manufacturing lines and from service sectors such as intra-logistics will further fuel the market, resulting in an average growth rate of 5 to 7%, which is much higher than the pre-COVID period.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 26, 2023

Learning Objectives Motion control advances, robotics help warehousing, distribution centers and logistics in factories, as shown by ProMat 2023 exhibitors. With 562,700 net square feet of exhibits (more than 1000 booths), covering 1.2

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Control Engineering

JUNE 16, 2023

But not just in the warehousing and logistics sector, but also in the manufacturing sector.” . “Also, we saw constraints placed on the labor market, which because of labor shortage as well as the cost of labor, has been a driver for industrial automation.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 11, 2023

It’s often mentioned that the industrial robots on the market today, which are designed for the automotive industry, are largely over-spec for logistics applications. Firstly, the cost of robotic picking is still prohibitively high in many scenarios, particularly for one shift operations.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 15, 2022

The complex houses the Festo North America logistics and warehouse center. A guest at the Festo 50th Anniversary Gala marvels at the lifelike flight of the Festo Bionic Swift. Courtesy of: Festo U.S. The 47-acre campus is currently comprised of three buildings totaling 565,000 sq ft.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Logistics mobile robot revenues to exceed 1 million by 2027. We forecast an installed base of over 4 million mobile robots by the end of 2027, 1.5 million of which will be installed in 2027 alone. Meanwhile, revenue growth will average 30-40% annually out to 2027. Courtesy: Interact Analysis. The short-term perspective.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2023

However, for large postal and parcel providers, e-commerce retailers and third-party logistics (3PL) companies, capital investments still need to make good business sense. Business continues to boom in the intralogistics industry.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This includes organizational support on the front end of the project, but also how, from a logistical standpoint, everything might and might not come together. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the plan should also specifically quantify what failure means.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2022

Efficient and reliable automated storage/retrieval systems (AS/RS) are crucial to keeping warehouse logistics up and running. If human involvement continues to be a regular occurrence, the wireless system should be re-examined.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2023

PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, represents more than 950 North American manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, components and materials and providers of related equipment and services to the packaging and processing industry. Dow is the show’s official Sustainability Partner.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 27, 2023

Robotics aren’t only for the largest manufacturing or warehousing applications. Kajuch: Robotics technologies are emerging in more applications for the third-party logistics (3PL) space. Robotics can work for everyone in any sized application.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

Pavilions at FABTECH are dedicated to 3D/Additive Manufacturing, Forming & Fabricating (Hall A); Welding, Welding Automation, Robotics & Industrial Automation (Hall B); and METALFORM, Finishing, Tube & Pipe (Hall D). Designed specifically for small- to medium-sized discrete manufacturers that leverage Microsoft Azure for U.S.

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Control Engineering

JULY 21, 2022

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used machine vision and sensing technologies to move around freely and a key part around automation when it comes to logistics. Logistics, warehousing, and shipping organizations are struggling to operate faster.

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Control Engineering

JULY 15, 2022

Adding robotics automation to a facility was traditionally thought to be only for the “big guys” due to the capital expense costs involved, said Rick Faulk, CEO at Locus Robotics , a leading developer of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for warehouse and logistics applications.

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