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1) Autonomous forklifts return to the essence of intralogistics automation: efficiency, stability and flexibility
Starts 2:15 PM Ends 3:00 PM Date Monday, March 20
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor VisionNav Robotics

Autonomous forklifts transport large materials in the enterprise, but working flexibly in complex environments is still a challenge. On one hand, as logistics robots massively enter logistics and production, the complexity of business processes begins to emerge and the limitations of autonomous forklifts' ...

2) Bringing Automation to the Masses
Starts 1:15 PM Ends 2:00 PM Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Daifuku

While automation has been front and center for many, it's remained on the fringe for many others.  Current market conditions such as a shrinking labor force and shifting skill sets are motivating  stragglers to further investigate the benefits of automation. Overcoming perceived obstacles and reimagining ...

3) Case Study: How ShipHero Modernized their Warehouse without Doing a Rebuild
Starts 3:15 PM Ends 4:00 PM Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor inVia Robotics, Inc.

In this session we'll hear from ShipHero how they upgraded their operations with intelligent technologies – specifically digitization and automation – using existing facilities and operations. They were able to eliminate inefficiencies and better utilize their resources to increase productivity, without ...

4) Demystifying Fulfillment Automation
Starts 3:15 PM Ends 4:00 PM Date Monday, March 20
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor GreyOrange Inc.

Companies across the industry cannot meet modern fulfillment demands with technology built for a previous era. Join this session to learn how AI-driven cloud software and smart robotic automation can help overcome inadequacies in existing warehouse technology and capitalize on modern market developments. ...

5) How Can You Put Robotic Lift Trucks To Work? Warehouse Use Cases
Starts 12:15 PM Ends 1:00 PM Date Monday, March 20
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Yale Material Handling Corporation

The MHI annual industry report expects adoption of robotics and automation to reach 79% in the next five years. With warehouse turnover consistently high, robots are becoming an increasingly appealing option to relieve dependence on a transient labor pool. But do you really know what tasks can be ...

6) How Micro Deployments Accelerate Success and Time to Value
Starts 12:15 PM Ends 1:00 PM Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor SVT Robotics

The digital revolution ushered in the launch of new automation technologies and operational processes to go along with them. But even today’s automation opportunities are still bogged down with outdated implementation practices. The answer to those challenges can be found in micro deployments. This ...

7) How Reliable Robotics Ensures Retail Fulfillment Success
Starts 11:15 AM Ends 12:00 PM Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Vanderlande Industries, Inc.

Guaranteeing business continuity in times of extreme labor scarcity is a daily challenge for distribution centers. To overcome this challenge and reduce dependency on manual labor, proven reliable robotic solutions are needed in your warehouse operation. In this seminar, you will learn how to successfully ...

8) How Robotics is Disrupting Warehouse Fulfillment with Disruption-Proof Automation
Starts 11:15 AM Ends 12:00 PM Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Exotec

Nobody could have predicted the chaotic state of supply chain logistics during and after the pandemic. However, one thing is certain: the industry will never be the same. Supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, increasing cost pressures – the list of challenges warehouses are facing is long and ever-changing. ...

9) Humanizing Automation with Innovative Systems Integration: The Key to Speed, Efficiency & Lower Costs
Starts 4:15 PM Ends 5:00 PM Date Monday, March 20
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Murata Machinery USA, Inc.

In today’s marketplace, people want their products without delay, and since the COVID lockdowns, they’ve become accustomed to fast & free delivery. Consumers' expectations for access to products and speed of delivery have rapidly risen, and it’s driving changes throughout industrial machinery, manufacturing, ...

10) Innovations in Item & Parcel Sortation
Starts 10:15 AM Ends 11:00 AM Date Monday, March 20
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Tompkins Robotics

Tompkins Robotics is focused on the robotic automation of distribution operations. Our primary system t-Sort consists of autonomous mobile robots. t-Sort is a unique modular, scalable, configurable and portable, automated material handling sortation system that is creating a huge paradigm shift in the ...

11) MIX - Inspire the next warehousing
Starts 3:15 PM Ends 4:00 PM Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Mushiny Robotics (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.

MIX - Green Solution for Goods-to-Person. This innovative warehousing solution effectively combines the flexibility of latent AMR Goods-to-Person and the high storage advantage of Shuttle AMR Totes-to-Person, which simultaneously supports the storage and picking of large, medium and small sizes parcels. ...

12) More Parcels, More Problems – Mitigating Parcel Variability with a Symbiotic Human-AI Vision System
Starts 10:15 AM Ends 11:00 AM Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Plus One Robotics

As environmentally-minded consumers push for more eco-consciousness in their ecommerce providers, distributors have responded with increased SIOC (Ship In Original Containers) to both reduce waste and lower costs. SIOC, improved custom package creation, tighter advertising connections, and faster cycles ...

13) Next Gen Order Fulfillment Powered by Flexible Robotics
Starts 12:15 PM Ends 1:00 PM Date Wednesday, March 22
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Mujin

Customers have been asked to choose between implementing a manual process or investing in a large, costly ASRS solutions for order fulfillment, with few options in between available in the market. Due to trending labor shortages, manual fulfillment operations have proven to be flexible but not scalable. ...

14) On-Demand Apparel Manufacturer Accelerates Order Entry to Delivery with Flexible Automation
Starts 1:15 PM Ends 2:00 PM Date Monday, March 20
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Zebra Technologies Corp.

With a minimum order quantity of one and a goal to create and ship product within 24 hours, discover how BMC, an on-demand manufacturer of clothing and home goods opted for autonomous mobile robots to move materials among its 120 sewing stations rather than inflexible roller conveyors. Join us for a ...

15) Retrofitting for Today's Reality: How to Plan for Peak Volumes with Labor Shortages
Starts 1:15 PM Ends 2:00 PM Date Tuesday, March 21
Location Robotics & Automation Theater Sponsor Schaefer Systems International, Inc.

Learn how consumer behavior and labor markets are spurring today’s reality and how companies leverage automation as a solution. Consumers are changing shopping behaviors, and retailers need to accommodate to compete. E-commerce is fueling the increase in consumer demand even as labor shortages are the ...