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

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

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