![]() ![]() “And human beings are not good at figuring out where that bottleneck is. “That probably sounds unbelievable but the reason it works so well is because the throughput of a facility is ultimately limited at any one time because of a single bottleneck,” said Theobald. Theobald said use of Vecna’s Pivotal orchestration software alone doubled the throughput in a shipping facility without any additional resources when it was used to help figure out the best assignments in real time. ![]() How do you get the best throughput in your facility regardless of the fact it’s dynamic and unpredictable? Trucks come late, people don’t show up for work and pieces of equipment break down. “It’s like being a grandmaster in chess.” “That’s exactly our whole focus, orchestration,” said Daniel Theobald, founder and CIO of Vecna Robotics, Waltham, Mass. ![]() Their applications can analyze the jobs that need to be done and pair the individual tasks with the assets available to do the work. After programming, Fetch and other AMRs used in manufacturing can act on their own to unload trucks at a dock, take materials to storage and put them on a shelf, carry components to a manufacturing line, become a virtual part of that same line, and even take out the trash.ĪMRs’ autonomy calls up comparisons to self-driving cars, but these robots already have safety standards in place to ensure they can operate safely around humans.Īt the other end of the spectrum, AMRs can have sophisticated software “brains” capable of applying artificial intelligence to logistics management. When the acquisition closed in 2021, Zebra, Lincolnshire, Ill., got a two-fer, including both brawn and brains.Īt one end of the spectrum, it now offers technology that can accomplish weighty, brute-force tasks like lifting, carrying and pulling heavy stuff. Adding autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to its offerings through the acquisition of Fetch Robotics looked like a good next step. Zebra Technologies, a manufacturer of tools to digitize and automate workflows, had already augmented frontline workers in many industries with its barcode scanners and handheld mobile computers. Autonomous mobile robots are more than automated material handling Vecna Robotics’ Oxen Series Tugger, designed for long hauls and heavy payloads, autonomously picks up loaded carts. ![]()
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