"When we start to look at the model in the ecosystem of what it costs to clean an entire building, this really starts to get interesting and we can create immense value," says Brady Watkins, Head of Commercial Automation at SBRA.
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"It may seem like a little bit of a leap for us to go into Whiz and cleaning industry," Dawson admits. "But I want to make it clear that based on the vision we're driving toward; this is really our second step at really defining what automation can be in the marketplace."
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Walmart wants robots in stores. Target doesn’t | Q13 FOX News
The "Auto-S," Walmart's shelf-scanning robot, moves around aisles and identifies which items are low or out of stock. (Rick T. Wilking/Getty Images)
Walmart and Target are taking different approaches to adding robots in stores, a split that will have an impact on the companies’ massive workforces and shape the future of automation in retail.
Both of these legacy brick-and-mortar companies are testing robots in their warehouses. Walmart, the country’s largest retailer and private employer, expects to add self-driving robots that scrub floors to 1,860 of its more-than 4,700 US stores by February. It will also add robots that scan shelf inventory at 350 stores and bots at 1,700 stores that automatically scan boxes as they come off delivery trucks and sort them by department onto conveyer belts.
The Robots are Here. How Do We Work Safely with Them? -- Occupational Health & Safety
The idea of robots in the workplace is no longer a sci-fi plot. The future is here – and so are those robots.
Rapid advancements in technology have introduced many types of physical robotic systems in the workplace. Industrial robots now paint, weld, push, pull, lift and assemble products. Collaborative robots, which have one or more mechanical arms, provide workers with a (literal) extra set of hands.
What are the types of hazards associated with industrial robots, and what are possible solutions to mitigate risks?
Boston Dynamics Touts Partnerships With Construction Firms - Robotics Business Review
In a pair of announcements, Boston Dynamics today announced collaborations with several companies that would allow the company's Spot Robot platform to help automate tasks in the construction industry.
Trimble and Hilti plan to integrate its construction management software solutions, GNSS technology and reality capture devices with the Spot platform, and HoloBuilder released SpotWalk, a product integration with Spot that brings 360-degree reality capture to construction projects.
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'Polite' robots and underground tunnels: JD's vision for smart cities
In the not too distant future, polite robots will roam the streets delivering packages and an underground tunnel network will be woven into city planning.
That is the vision of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, its Head of Research Hui Cheng told a panel at CNBC's East Tech West conference in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, China on Tuesday.
With 51 billion of the world's 87 billion parcels needing to be shipped in the last year, Hui said JD intends to one day be able to automate the entire delivery pipeline, suggesting that this is a "golden stage for logistic automation and the logistical revolution."
Companies Adjust Financial Communications to Resonate With Humans and Robots - WSJ
After a year of deal-making and deal-avoiding—including seven acquisitions and the rejection of takeover bids—executives at Smurfit Kappa Group PLC thought it would be good to gauge how well they had communicated the company's strategy and its story along the way.
The Dublin-based company commissioned an investor-perception study from consulting firm Rivel Research Group, which polled dozens of shareholders and analysts. The results were an eye-opener for executives, who had assumed Smurfit Kappa—Europe's largest producer of paper-based packaging—would be viewed as focused on growth.
Labor Pains in the Age of Robots
Amid much anxiety over how the coming wave of automation and artificial intelligence could reduce jobs at retail stores, a new study from the University at Buffalo School of Management found that emerging technologies could have a greater effect on those who are not working for companies.
It concluded that with both self-employment and artificial intelligence (AI) investment on the rise, independent sales representatives, drivers and agriculture and construction workers are in the greatest danger of having their jobs automated because their work is routine and low in technical expertise.
Robots Are Taking Over Grandville Public Schools
GRANDVILLE, Mich. , Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Something unusual is happening over the next month in Grandville , Michigan. For three of the next four weekends, robots will take over Grandville High School and Grandville Middle School .
On Saturday, November 23 , Grandville plays host to its 14 th annual Regional Lego League Qualifying Tournament. This event brings together hundreds of 4 th – 6 th grade students and their robots to compete in an annual FIRST Lego League competition, with winners advancing to the State of Michigan Lego League Championship.
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