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Published around October 22, 2026, a detailed guide from FEBATT outlines eight critical OEM checks f
Published around October 22, 2026, a detailed guide from FEBATT outlines eight critical OEM checks for selecting warehouse robot batteries to ensure fleet availability for AGVs and AMRs. A battery is framed not merely as a component but as a constraint on throughput, requiring fit to specific missio...
On October 22, 2026, packaging journal reported that Werner & Mertz, the German manufacturer of clea
On October 22, 2026, packaging journal reported that Werner & Mertz, the German manufacturer of cleaning, care, and washing products known for brands such as Frosch, automated the palletizing of approximately seven-kilogram cartons in an existing production line using a compact robot cell from Koch ...
On October 22, 2026, the international technology company Körber AG announced an investment acquirin
On October 22, 2026, the international technology company Körber AG announced an investment acquiring a stake in NAiSE GmbH, a Germany-based software firm founded in 2017 that has operated self-funded until now and specializes in vendor-agnostic fleet management for intralogistics. This strategic pa...
Signode, a global provider of transit packaging equipment, automation solutions, materials, and afte
Signode, a global provider of transit packaging equipment, automation solutions, materials, and aftermarket support with over $2 billion in revenue, more than 80 manufacturing facilities across six continents, and over 6,000 employees, announced on October 22, 2026, an expanded portfolio of autonomo...
Signode is demonstrating integrated end-of-line and warehouse automation solutions at PACK EXPO Inte
Signode is demonstrating integrated end-of-line and warehouse automation solutions at PACK EXPO International 2026 (Booth S-3100). The exhibit connects case handling, collaborative robotic palletizing, strapping, stretch wrapping, and autonomous material handling. A live demonstration includes the O...
CMES Robotics is making the U.S. debut of its AI-powered mixed-case robotic palletizer at PACK EXPO
CMES Robotics is making the U.S. debut of its AI-powered mixed-case robotic palletizer at PACK EXPO 2026 in Chicago. The system, which launched internationally in Q1 2026, uses AI-driven vision and grasping technology to identify, orient, and stack cases of varying sizes and shapes onto a single pal...
Plus One Robotics is demonstrating AI-powered depalletizing and palletizing at PACK EXPO 2026 (booth
Plus One Robotics is demonstrating AI-powered depalletizing and palletizing at PACK EXPO 2026 (booth N5660) in partnership with Torfresma. The live cell uses Torfresma’s TRF Compact modular system paired with an ABB robot and Plus One’s AI vision and supervised-autonomy platform. The system addresse...
beRobox introduced its 3D Dynamic Safety module for the PALTZ robotic palletizer series at PACK EXPO
beRobox introduced its 3D Dynamic Safety module for the PALTZ robotic palletizer series at PACK EXPO 2026 in Chicago (October 18–21). The module integrates Sonair’s ADAR One, the world’s first SIL 2 / Pl d safety-certified 3D ultrasonic sensor, directly onto the robot arm (demonstrated with a Univer...
Blue Yonder published an FAQ describing how its Robotics Hub sits between a WMS and multi-vendor rob
Blue Yonder published an FAQ describing how its Robotics Hub sits between a WMS and multi-vendor robot fleets. The Hub receives high-level tasks (pick, putaway, replenish) from the WMS, selects the appropriate AMR, G2P system, or other device, translates the task into vendor-specific protocols, and ...
A September 22 technical explainer compared AGVs and AMRs for warehouse material handling. AGVs rema
A September 22 technical explainer compared AGVs and AMRs for warehouse material handling. AGVs remain preferable where paths are stable, volumes are high and predictable, and infrastructure such as magnetic tape, QR codes, or induction wire can be accepted; they typically deliver lower unit cost an...
Modern Materials Handling published a system report on GEODIS’s 600,000-square-foot Plainfield, Indi
Modern Materials Handling published a system report on GEODIS’s 600,000-square-foot Plainfield, Indiana, operation, where pallet-jack AMRs replaced manual electric pallet-jack travel for case picking. About 75 percent of volume is case pick. After pandemic-driven volume spikes forced three-shift ope...
Numina Group announced Batchbot 2.0, an AMR plus voice-directed picking system aimed at high-volume
Numina Group announced Batchbot 2.0, an AMR plus voice-directed picking system aimed at high-volume e-commerce and wholesale fulfillment. The design uses high-capacity, decoupled carts that can carry 35-plus orders per trip so that fewer robots travel and operators walk less. Combined with Numina’s ...
The fifth annual Intralogistics Robotics Survey from Peerless Research Group, MHI, and The Robotics
The fifth annual Intralogistics Robotics Survey from Peerless Research Group, MHI, and The Robotics Group found robotics moving from pilots into mainstream warehouse and DC operations. Fifty-two percent of 166 respondents already use at least one robot type, up from 48 percent, while 32 percent plan...
Modern Materials Handling published its 2026 Industry Outlook Survey showing that warehouse and mate
Modern Materials Handling published its 2026 Industry Outlook Survey showing that warehouse and materials-handling investment remains mixed in the near term but is more confident over a two-to-three-year horizon. Sixteen percent of respondents said the economy had little or no impact on plans, while...
Automated Warehouse’s 21 September homepage refresh highlighted operator-facing movement in software
Automated Warehouse’s 21 September homepage refresh highlighted operator-facing movement in software-plus-hardware programs rather than a single SKU. Items surfaced in the same window include Daifuku’s localization and modular warehouse-software strategy under reshoring pressure, and the RLWRLD–CJ L...
English-language discussion on X in the last day clustered around two operational themes rather than
English-language discussion on X in the last day clustered around two operational themes rather than product launches. One thread treats the warehouse as the pre-home training ground for humanoid autonomy: mobile-robot fleets already running in fulfillment and manufacturing are where perception, fle...
FlexLink published product detail for the RI20 semi-open palletizing cell aimed at closed-carton end
FlexLink published product detail for the RI20 semi-open palletizing cell aimed at closed-carton end-of-line work in high-throughput plants that cannot spare a conventional heavy-robot cell. The cell uses a KUKA KR20 R1810 Cybertech or FANUC M-20iA/35M arm, suction tooling for single or double pick,...
A 21 September industry briefing restates the AGV versus AMR decision as an operations design proble
A 21 September industry briefing restates the AGV versus AMR decision as an operations design problem rather than a technology fashion contest. AGVs remain path-constrained machines that follow tape, reflectors, wires or other fixed guidance and therefore deliver highly repeatable pallet, cart and l...
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