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Robotics' second wave
| 题名： | Robotics' second wave |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | ROBERTO MICHEL |
| 摘要： | The first phase of warehouse robotics may be coming to close. That's because vendors today are talking more about fulfillment processes, integration and software, rather than the robots. The types of robotics systems available has matured and diversified. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can assist warehouse associates with picking efficiency. There's also AMRs that move larger loads, autonomous lift trucks, mobile goods-to-person systems, and mobile manipulation robots. In the last couple of years, rapid progress has been made with robotic pick-and-place solutions that use artificial intelligence (AI) and articulating robotic arms. This proliferation of warehouse robotics has come pretty fast and already has brought operational benefits for DCs, but what comes next? While new robots are sure to come, one big change is that more vendors are talking about software capabilities and the imperatives that go with that, like integration and reliable yet flexible process performance. "We are a fulfillment solution provider, not a robotics vendor," says Fergal Glynn, vice president of marketing for 6 River Systems, an AMR vendor whose bots work collaboratively with warehouse associates. "The reason being that the robot is a means to an end. What's important to our customers is the performance of the fulfillment process enabled by the robots." |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Logistics Management |
| 卷： | 61 |
| 期： | 12 |
| 页码： | 31-32 |
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