Industry Trends

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Technology Innovations

Game On: How Gamification Transforms Mundane Assembly Tasks Into Motivating Challenges

April 12, 2024
Treating work like a game sounds like a win-win for productivity and employee happiness, but researchers at West Virginia University found some surprising results from their experiment...
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Automation

Fortna OptiSweep Robotic Sorting System for High-Volume Distribution Centers

April 17, 2024
Fortna's OptiSweep consolidates and transports small orders away from sorting systems using Geek+ robots to bring them to goods-to-person locations for bulk consolidation and ...
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Industry Trends

How Position Indicators Increased a Tube Producers Process Reliability

April 16, 2024
PackSys Global relies on monitored changeovers with digital position indicators from SIKO in its tube welding machines, handling various tube types and eliminating downtime.
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Material Handling & Packaging

RightPick 4 Robot Picking System

April 12, 2024
RightHand Robotics' RightPick 4 piece-picking system uses AI-based software algorithms to pick & place more items, even ones it has never seen.
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Industry Trends

Lift Table Buying Guide

April 10, 2024
Get the big picture when investing in lift tables and work positioning equipment.

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March 11, 2024
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Electrical & Electronics

AC Elite G2 Commercial EV Charger

March 11, 2024
The MaxiCharger AC Elite G2 Business charger provides fast charging capabilities for a wide range of commercial vehicle brands. With a charging power of up to 19.2 kW (80 A), ...
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Speed Limiters May Be Coming to All Vehicles Near You

Feb. 27, 2024
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Road to Zero Coalition are urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require intelligent speed assistance...
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Industry Trends

Japan's "2024 Problem" and Why Robots are the Answer

Feb. 22, 2024
With labor shortage challenges and overtime regulations coming into the fold, the world's number one robot manufacturing country is developing automation strategies to overcome...