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MARCH 22, 2023

I spent the full day yesterday roaming the floor and meeting with exhibitors. 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. ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Newer AMRs from companies like Locus Robotics can also travel to pick locations where they meet workers who pick and place items on the robots (robot-to-goods picking, as opposed to goods-to-man). The Kiva robots rely on people to unbox items and put them in bins on shelves that are later delivered to workers who pick products.

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