Robotics
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White Papers
White Paper – The Road Ahead: Why Logistics Providers Are Automating Costly Manual Processes
Did you know that logistics accounts for 9% of the global gross domestic product (GDP)? It’s one of the largest…
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Last Mile
Amazon to spend $700 million to retrain one-third of U.S. workforce
Amazon to retrain 1/3 of its workforce to meet challenges of securing high-skilled labor. Transport and logistics skills will also…
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News
Today’s Pickup: Taxing times in Ohio; YRC’s rank-and-file get ready to rumble
Ohio raises diesel and gasoline taxes; YRC’s rank and file get their hands on a new collective bargaining agreement; Uber’s…
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News
Visualizing warehouses: robots that can observe and manipulate work environments
Plus One Robotics helps warehousing robots get scene perception, allowing them to identify and pick parcels from a cluttered pile.
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Autonomous Trucking
Autobon AI wants to turn all trucks into autonomous trucks
Autobon AI is building an aftermarket autonomous vehicle system that would allow any commercial truck to be turned into an…
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News
FreightTech 25: At XPO Logistics, I.T. kept up with one acquisition after another
After an unprecedented acquisition spree, XPO Logistics focused on IT. Here, robots move smartphones in an XPO facility.
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News
Possibilities of artificial intelligence are limitless, and so are the things that could go wrong
As machines become more intelligent over time, it is important to look into how powerful the systems can get and…
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Economics
Today’s Pickup: UPS to add additional plug-in electric delivery trucks
UPS is planning to add 50 plug-in electric vehicles from Workhorse this year for testing with plans to add more…
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News
PwC: how autonomous vehicles are changing manufacturing
Manufacturers surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers have been slow to implement autonomous, mobile robotics in their operations--they're waiting for proven ROI. But…
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Autonomous Trucking
3PLs and shippers slowly adopting more automation, digitization tools
Automation and digitization continue to infiltrate the shipper and 3PL markets, even as those industries lag in investment, according to…
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