Topic: warehouse automation
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Amazon Unveils Warehouse Robot With Advanced Touch Sensing
Amazon's new warehouse robot, Vulcan, features advanced touch-sensing capabilities, marking a major advancement in warehouse automation technology. Vulcan uses force sensors and machine learning to handle 75% of Amazon's inventory, with one arm organizing items and another retrieving them using a...
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Gather AI Raises $40M for Warehouse Drone Technology
Gather AI secured $40 million in Series B funding led by Smith Point Capital, bringing its total to $74 million to advance its autonomous warehouse inventory drone technology. The company's system uses drones and AI to provide real-time inventory visibility, focusing on identifying critical data ...
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Tesla Veteran Joins Pickle Robot as First CFO
Pickle Robot has appointed former Tesla executive Jeff Evanson as its first CFO, bringing significant financial expertise from his role in investor relations and capital raising at the electric vehicle company. The company is reportedly expanding through a major new partnership with UPS, which is...
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Amazon Unveils New AI & Robotics Research Team
Amazon is forming a dedicated AI research team to develop advanced robotics systems, signaling a deeper investment in intelligent automation within its consumer product division. The team will operate out of Lab126, Amazon’s hardware R&D hub, aiming to integrate AI into robotics for more efficien...
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AI Will Transform Every Job, Says Walmart CEO
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon asserts that AI will fundamentally reshape every job across all sectors, emphasizing that this transformation does not necessarily mean mass layoffs but will require significant investment in employee upskilling. AI's impact extends beyond white-collar roles to all workf...
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Amazon's AI Glasses for Delivery Drivers Now Available
Amazon has launched AI-powered smart glasses for delivery drivers to provide a hands-free experience, displaying critical information like navigation and package scanning directly in their field of view. The glasses automate tasks such as locating packages and guiding drivers to exact addresses, ...
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