Video of the Week: ABB Launches Robotic Depalletizer Solution for Logistics
ABB has announced the launch of its ABB Robotic Depalletizer Solution, designed to handle complex depalletizing tasks in the logistics, e-commerce, healthcare, and consumer packaged goods industries. Through the use of machine vision software, the application can quickly assess several box types, enabling customers to process assorted loads with little engineering effort and short setup time, ABB said.
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Teksbotics, Alshrouq Pilot Last-Mile Autonomous Delivery in Saudi Arabia
Hong Kong-based Teksbotics has announced it started a pilot of last-mile autonomous delivery in the King Abdullah University of Science and Technologies (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. It has partnered with Alshrouq Express for the project, which aims to design and build a cost-effective autonomous delivery vehicle for the last-mile delivery of e-commerce orders.
In the pilot project, a purpose-built last-mile delivery vehicle, known as UNO Commuter, was designed and developed by Teksbotics in accordance with requirements collected in Saudi Arabia. The autonomous vehicle is equipped with mechanical lidars, semi-solid-state lidars, camera, dGPS and an on-board driving control unit. The vehicle provides delivery services from the KAUST campus mail room to the KAUST Island Residence Area.
Kodiak Robotics has publicly demonstrated its fallback system, technology that autonomously pulls a self-driving truck over to the side of the road in the event of a truck or system failure. The company said a fallback is critical to safely deploying driverless trucks on public roads.
