UPS Velocity warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky. [Photo: UPS Media] United Parcel Service opened a new, technologically advanced warehouse last week. The 900,000 square foot facility, the company’s largest, will operate with over 3,000 robots doing the heavy lifting. The warehouse will initially employ 200 workers, but that number may eventually grow to 500. All of…
Chesky_W/Getty Images If I tell you that I saw a robot today, what comes to mind? What is a robot? This is not a trick question. Robots in science fiction Because we’ve seen so many robots. We’ve seen Robbie the Robot from the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, Rosie the housekeeper from The Jetsons, the animated…
A small manufacturing facility in Kirkland — a clean, high-tech, extensively automated operation — has begun to churn out aerospace parts with a workforce of just two people. Is that a bright vision of the future for a local industry that currently faces a severe labor shortage? Or a glimpse ahead to a largely peopleless…
The creators of the bipedal robot Digit are bringing the world’s first factory for humanoid robots to Salem and say they will soon have the capacity to produce 10,000 robots a year. Agility Robotics, a Corvallis-based company, announced the opening of RoboFab Monday. Construction of the 70,000-square-foot facility began last year and is set to…
Since the 1920 Czech-language play R.U.R., we have imagined machines – robots – able to carry out … [+] human activities (Photo by Fresco/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images Investors are always trying to predict which trends are next. It is a challenging endeavor. The differences between short-term fads driven by hype and long-term trends…
This content was written and submitted by the supplier. It has only been modified to comply with this publication’s space and style. “It is amazing to see that so many robotics enthusiasts from all over the world have joined us to enhance their robotic skills and benefit from the training we offer,” said Mikkel Vahl,…
August 24, 2023 Universal Robots News Summary More than 200,000 robotics enthusiasts have joined the Universal Robots Academy. Universal Robots Academy Has Empowered More Than 200,000 People to Use Collaborative Robotics Aug. 24, 2023 – Since 2016,…
There’s no denying automation will eliminate certain jobs in the coming years. But as companies adopt robots on manufacturing floors, in kitchens and on delivery routes, workers have a growing opportunity to join the ranks in helping to build and implement the technology. Both humanoid and nonhumanoid robots are set to reduce employment in the…
