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2020 will change the way we look at robotics
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Earlier this month, Hyundai acquired a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics that valued the company at $1.1 billion. What’s most interesting about the news isn’t the acquisition itself (it does, after all, find Boston Dynamics switching hands for the third time in seven years), but rather what the company’s evolution tells us about the state […]
Topics: robotics, techcrunch, robot, videos, told, dynamics, change, look, way, company, viral, robots, boston, technology. -
Ecommerce Product Releases: March 16, 2020
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Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-March from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on digital currencies, multichannel fulfillment, advertising, platform migration, email marketing, same-day delivery, and visual analytics.
Topics: amazon, advertising, services, delivery, announced, robotics, ecommerce, fulfillment, service, releases, etsy, product. -
LiBiao Robotics opens hub in Frankfurt
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LiBiao Robotics has opened a European headquarters in Frankfurt to bolster its growth ambitions on our continent. The new location offers a showroom and areas for demonstrations of the autonomous sorting robots.“Frankfurt is the perfect location for our new European hub,” stated Xia Huiling, LiBiao Robotics’ founder and CEO. “As…
Topics: technology, frankfurt, libiao, sorting, opens, robotics, european, post, robots, robot, parcel, services, hub. -
Shopify buys warehouse automation tech developer 6 River Systems for $450 million
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Shopify, the shopping technology developer that’s quickly becoming the anti-Amazon, has taken another step up the sales supply chain with its $450 million acquisition of the warehouse automation and management technology developer, 6 River Systems. The acquisition will serve to boost efficiencies among Shopify’s Fulfillment Network service, which launched in June. The acquisition gives Shopify […]
Topics: robotics, shopify, systems, developer, technology, million, including, automation, acquisition, partners, buys, techcrunch, warehouse, tech, river, statement. -
Soft-hand Robots Are Coming to Ecommerce
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For decades, manufacturing and industrial warehouses have used "hard" robots. They handle repetitive tasks and heavy lifting. But “soft” robots are much more sophisticated. They can safely grasp perishable and fragile items such as eggs, fruit, and bottles. Soft robots could transform fulfillment in many ecommerce warehouses.
Topics: robot, ecommerce, distribution, items, centers, jobs, softhand, tasks, soft, robots, coming, robotics, technology. -
TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 customer experiments, Citrix-Tibco merger, building fundraising momentum
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Early-stage startups that hope to refine their value proposition and triangulate target users can't sit back and wait for customer intelligence to just roll in.
Topics: experiments, building, techcrunch, market, roundup, customer, momentum, robotics, product, learn, merger, citrixtibco, fundraising, startups, hope, alex, venture. -
The Democratization of Industrial Automation and Robotics
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As robots get more affordable and accessible for a wider range of companies, logistics providers are finding innovative new ways to incorporate them into their operations in order to help shippers run streamlined, industrial automated supply chains.
Topics: db, robotics, supply, logistics, industrial, companies, stikes, democratization, work, automation, robots. -
Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional
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Uber Eats is launching two autonomous delivery pilots in Los Angeles on Monday with Serve Robotics, a robotic sidewalk delivery startup, and Motional, an autonomous vehicle technology company. The new programs are a part of a range of new products Uber is launching across its ride-hail and delivery platforms, which are being announced on Monday […]
Topics: robots, serve, uber, eats, delivery, motional, autonomous, vehicle, customers, robotics, techcrunch, food, motionals, pilots. -
Walmart is adding Symbotic robots to warehouses across the country
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The push behind the massive influx of warehouse robotics funding is largely driven by one entity: Amazon. There are other factors driving the industry, of course, including the pandemic, labor shortages and supply chain constraints, but Amazon is forever looming in the corner, forcing companies to adopt creative and innovative ways to remain competitive. Not […]
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