Automation & robotics - Articles - Page 15

As Amazon Pushes Forward With Robots, Workers Find New Roles

September 14, 2017

Nissa Scott started working at the cavernous Amazon warehouse in southern New Jersey late last year, stacking plastic bins the size of small ottomans. It was not, she says, the most stimulating activity. And lifting the bins, which often weigh 25 pounds each, was also tiring over 10-hour shifts.

Ramping Up Cybersecurity in the Age of Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

August 21, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

We're at the dawn of a promising new age of autonomous vehicles and connected devices for supply-chain management. And with that cutting-edge technology comes the heightened risk of cyberattack.

The Futuristic Supply Chain

July 26, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, Managing Editor, SupplyChainBrain

Fuel-Cell Powered Drones Aim to Improve Supply Chain Efficiency

April 10, 2017

Environmental Leader

In a move that Intelligent Energy says will make supply chains more efficient, the clean energy company has signed a deal with PINC to supply air cooled fuel cell systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Driverless Robotic Vehicles Have Great Potential, But the Human Element Still Needed - for Now

July 15, 2016

EBN

In the world of material handling, the notion of "driverless-ness" has been around for 60 years since the first automated guided vehicle (AGV) appeared in a grocery warehouse. High-tech warehouse operations are already used to the sight of AGVs performing tasks such as the vertical storage and retrieval of pallets and the loading and unloading of pallets onto outbound trailers.