In the “Automate the Freight” series, I’ve concentrated on stories that reflect my premise that the killer app for self-driving vehicles will not be private passenger cars, but will more likely be the ...

Sixteen teams of robotics researchers are traveling to Japan this week to help Amazon.com Inc. solve its warehouse problem. The company has a fleet of robots that drive around its facilities gathering ...

OSARO’s customers benefit from streamlined access to SVT’s SOFTBOT ® Platform, which shortens automation deployment and eliminates the complexity of systems integration SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)- ...

Computer scientists used artificial intelligence to control a robotic arm that provides a more efficient way to pack boxes, saving businesses time and money. Rutgers computer scientists used ...

Robots in Amazon’s warehouses are taking on a new role of boxing up orders, and they do so much more efficiently and quickly than the human workers they replace. As Reuters reports, Amazon has been ...

The technology that is rapidly changing today’s packaging industry seems almost like science fiction. Allow me to enlist the aid of Hollywood to make the point. Suppose we hop into Doc Brown’s ...

Albuquerque, New Mexico-based El Pinto Foods operates a restaurant and manufacturing operations, where it provides co-packing and private labeling services. The company offers a range of products, ...

Way back in March, we spotted video of the SWITL, a robotic hand with a penchant for picking up globs of condiments without changing their shape. Neat, yes, but what sort of applications might such a ...

As the president and CEO of Accurate Box Company, Lisa Hirsh is always seeking new and innovative ways to help her firm increase production while maintaining its above-industry quality standard. It ...

Amazon is starting to roll out new box-packing robots, which look set to make human workers even more dispensable in Amazon’s warehouses. The new robots are supposedly five times more efficient than ...