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Machine vision, automation streamline logistics and warehousing operations

Control Engineering

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used machine vision and sensing technologies to move around freely and a key part around automation when it comes to logistics. Logistics, warehousing, and shipping organizations are struggling to operate faster.

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New enabling technologies from Automate 2025

Robotics Business Review

Here are some of the latest enabling technologies for manufacturing and logistics as part of our ongoing Automate coverage. According to Cattron, the XBMCU provides robust capability to support machine-to-machine functionality in both directions with high data volume.

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PUDU T300 marks Pudu’s move from service to industrial robots

Robotics Business Review

T300 also supports several key functions like PUDU VSLAM+ , a fusion of laser SLAM and visual SLAM for positioning, which PUDU has extensive experience in, this lets the robot adapt to its environment and update its map in real time. With its ability to navigate through spaces as narrow as 60 cm [23.6 The robot is able to cross 0.7

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AMRs and AMVs Create Safer Surroundings and Adjust Workflows Quickly

Fabricating & Metal Work

From mobile robots to cobots and beyond, AI is giving robots unprecedented levels of speed, accuracy, and payload carrying ability, enabling them to take on more tasks in settings like flexible factories, warehouses, logistics centers and laboratories. “AI-enabled The required safety functions are complex.

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Five robot trends for 2023

Control Engineering

This is important as more and more logistics companies refuse to ship batteries for safety reasons. Since most industrial products now require a semiconductor chip to function, their supply close to the customer is crucial. Robots play a vital role in chip manufacturing, as they live up to the extreme requirements of precision.

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Autonomous mobile robots’ role growing in industrial operations

Control Engineering

Chinese logistic startup Geek+ partnered with domestic smart logistics and integrated solutions provider Engero to create the world’s first fully automated intelligent cold chain port warehouse in Tianjin, China.

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Automation upgrades reduce sortation system wiring and lower costs

Control Engineering

However, for large postal and parcel providers, e-commerce retailers and third-party logistics (3PL) companies, capital investments still need to make good business sense. Business continues to boom in the intralogistics industry. Today’s PLCs all use real-time operating system (RTOS) options rather than proprietary firmware.