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Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023

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For those of you that were unable to attend, this article will provide a thorough second-hand experience of a day at this expansive exhibit. DHL is currently utilizing the solution for integration of multiple vendors of robotics and collaborative robotics. ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago.

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5 Myths of Making Robots Work with People

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There are many myths when it comes to the implementation of what some call “ human in the loop ” robotic systems or just optimizing “sharetasking” between humans and robots in the DC. In most cases, a WMS follows basic logic and location sequence pick paths in allocating work.

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Four Truths About DC Robots, Jobs, And Warehouse Execution

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The symbiotic relationship between workers and robots has given rise to a new term, collaborative robots or cobots. Tye Brady, Amazon Robotics’ chief technologist made a similar point about human-robot collaboration in a recent interview in Robotics Business Review. Which brings me to the third truth.