8+ hour, 23+ min ago   (856+ words) Independent Intelligence for Logistics & Supply Chain Leaders Recent developments suggest that transition is beginning to become more visible. Autonomous trucking company Gatik announced a $200 million Series D financing round on August 25. The size of the investment is significant, but the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (838+ words) Independent Intelligence for Logistics & Supply Chain Leaders Amazon has spent years automating fulfillment centers, where robots move inventory, assist picking, sort products, and reduce the number of touches required to get an order out the door. Its next major automation…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1356+ words) It was into that world that Automation Research Corporation, later ARC Advisory Group, was founded. At the time, one of the central industrial technology questions was how far computing could reach into the physical systems that actually ran factories, utilities,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1384+ words) Nvidia’s latest move into shipbuilding is not really about ships. It is about whether artificial intelligence can finally improve productivity in one of the world’s most complex, labor-intensive, and stubbornly difficult manufacturing environments. Nvidia and Kawasaki Heavy Industries plan to…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1584+ words) The most important part of Google DeepMind’s latest robotics announcement is not a humanoid robot walking across a room, bending down, or placing an object on a shelf. It is the possibility that robotic intelligence may no longer need to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (784+ words) As distribution centers add robots, conveyors, voice systems, and other automation, the larger challenge becomes coordinating the flow of work across people, machines, inventory, and shipping commitments. Series connection: Part 1 described convergence at the enterprise level. This installment examines the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (679+ words) Symbotic’s recent acquisition of UK-based ARMS Innovations suggests the industry’s next phase is being defined by a different objective. The focus is shifting beyond automating physical work toward continuously optimizing how an entire warehouse operates. “By integrating ARMS’s advanced software…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (762+ words) Watch the full video That is beginning to change. BMW’s expanding collaboration with robotics companies Figure AI and Hexagon offers one of the clearest examples yet of humanoid systems moving beyond laboratory-style demonstrations and into actual manufacturing workflows. Importantly, BMW…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (778+ words) Warehouse Control Systems were built for a simpler era. They did a good job coordinating conveyors, sorters, and fixed automation, but modern warehouses now run on a much more dynamic mix of AMRs, AS/RS, vision systems, WMS, labor, and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (752+ words) Logistics Viewpoints Manual trailer and ocean-container unloading remains one of the most ergonomically challenging activities in warehousing and distribution operations. The work is highly repetitive and, in many operations, is associated with higher injury risk and inconsistent staffing, making inbound…...