Pickle Robot at work for an apparel company ( above ); Corvus One drone ( above right ); Locus AMRs deployed at KSP Fulfillment’s warehouse ( right ).
Detachable Mobile Manipulator Robot Lends an Arm Rethink Robotics launched new robotics products, including seven Rethink Reacher cobots, its Rethink Ryder AMR line, and the Rethink Riser mobile manipulator robot (MMR). The Rethink Riser MMR allows a single AMR to serve multiple stationary cobot applications. Rethink Riser is designed for intermittent pick-and-place operations and machine tending applications where cycle times are relatively long, making it dif cult to justify the purchase of a dedicated cobot for each station. Rethink Riser allows exible cobot redeployment.
since mid-October 2024, unloading containers of products. So far, the Pickle Robot has unloaded more than 1.5 million pounds of apparel, including pants, shirts, and accessories. Each container holds between 800 and 1,200 cases that each weigh up to 30 pounds, which the robot unloads while the associates manage the robot and the downstream processes inside the building. The robot performs work that is physically demanding and repetitive for the associates in uncomfortable
conditions—the container is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. The Randa inbound team and ful llment associates report positive experiences working alongside the robot. Autonomous Inventory System Takes Flight Corvus One, a drone-powered autonomous inventory management system from Corvus Robotics, operates in distribution centers without any added
Apparel Maker Seeks Help in a Pickle
Pickle Robot has been in production at Randa Apparel & Accessories’ Fort Worth, Texas, logistics ful llment center
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