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automatedwarehouseonline.com | Eugene Demaitre
Hyster Co. today expanded its Hyster Reaction lineup of operator-assist technologies with its pedestrian-awareness camera. The company said the system can accurately identify pedestrians at ranges up to 16 ft. (4.8 m) through a 110-degree field of view. It provides automatic alerts to the lift truck operator when a pedestrian is detected.
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1 week ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Eugene Demaitre
Gatik AI Inc. intends to set the industry benchmark for autonomous truck safety. The company today announcing that it has received independent validation for the Safety Case Evaluation and Functional Safety phases of its Safety Assessment Framework from TÜV SÜD. Gatik claimed that this third-party audit was the first of its kind and that it marks a significant milestone toward commercialization of self-driving freight operations.
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1 week ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Brianna Wessling
With more than 10,000 employees and an annual product value exceeding $4.1 billion, GEM Co. is one of China’s top manufacturers. It has a special focus on sustainable development and waste recycling and needed to efficiently move materials. In the field of urban mining, GEM recycles and uses waste power batteries, electronic waste, scrapped cars, waste plastics, and nickel-cobalt-lithium-tungsten strategic resources.
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2 weeks ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Brianna Wessling
DHL is one of the world’s leading logistics providers, with more than 600,000 employees and a 2024 revenue of over $92 billion. To keep up with increasing demand and stay ahead of its competition, the Bonn, Germany-based company uses robotics to support numerous warehousing and logistics tasks. Generally, DHL prefers robotic systems that can work in many facilities on many different tasks.
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2 weeks ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Rueben Scriven
The latest round of tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump is set to create significant disruptions in global supply chains, impacting multiple industries, including the warehouse automation sector. As Interact Analysis continues analyzing the long-term implications of these tariffs and updating its market models accordingly, the research firm wanted to share its initial impressions.
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3 weeks ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Eugene Demaitre
From the COVID-19 pandemic and economic fluctuations to today’s tariffs, supply chains have been constantly stress-tested. Companies worldwide are looking to robotics and software to help their operations be more resilient. Every challenge is an opportunity, noted Infios. Supply chain, logistics, and warehouse businesses can’t simply react; they need to devise strategies in response to tariffs, Infios noted in a recent blog post.
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3 weeks ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Brianna Wessling
Nearly our entire top 10 this past month is made up of stories from ProMat 2025. It goes without saying, the show dominated the news cycle in March 2025Here are the 10 most popular articles on this site from March 2025. Subscribe to the Automated Warehouse Newsletter to stay updated and have the news delivered straight to your inbox.
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1 month ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Eugene Demaitre
Unloading trailers and containers is a labor-intensive task that has been difficult to automate, but a number of companies have made progress. Contoro Robotics today said it has raised $12 million in Series A funding to scale its artificial intelligence-powered robots. “Unloading trailers is one of the most physically demanding jobs in the warehouse, yet it remains largely manual,” stated Dr. Youngmok “Mok” Yun, founder and CEO of Contoro Robotics.
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1 month ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Eugene Demaitre
From automated storage and picking to packout, Kardex Holding AG announced several offerings for warehouse operators at ProMat last week. The Zurich-based company is a partner of automated storage and retrieval system, or ASRS, provider AutoStore Holdings Ltd. “We’re one of seven AutoStore partners, and we’re the fastest-growing one,” said Mitch Hayes, president of Kardex Solutions Americas.
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1 month ago | 
automatedwarehouseonline.com | Brianna Wessling
ProMat came to a close today, ending an exciting week of exhibits, networking, and educational talks. Over the show’s four days, more than 50,000 supply chain and manufacturing professionals gathered in Chicago to see the industry’s latest innovations. Here are seven new automated warehousing products that debuted at the show. To stay up to date on the latest technologies and trends at the show, follow the rest of our ProMat coverage.