{"id":128733,"date":"2024-08-27t11:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-27t15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=128733"},"modified":"2024-09-10t09:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10t13:25:54","slug":"new-warehouse-robot-could-revolutionize-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2024\/08\/27\/new-warehouse-robot-could-revolutionize-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"new warehouse robot could revolutionize efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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mytra\u2019s innovative system lessens the need for forklifts, maximizes storage space and automates heavy-lifting tasks.<\/strong><\/p>\n by rick richardson the warehouses of the world are surprisingly empty spaces. there\u2019s a lot of material in these vital nodes of the complex global commodities of our transportation system, but there\u2019s also a lot of vacant space on the floor between their racks. the space is there to make room for the forklift, the workhorse of the warehouse, which must have room to maneuver when lifting and carrying pallets loaded with hundreds or thousands of pounds of merchandise. a forklift needs plenty of space and a professional driver to do a mundane but dangerous task.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a new robotics firm recognizes an improved approach to warehouse management. <\/span>mytra<\/span><\/a>, a company created by former employees of tesla and rivian, wants to automate and combine warehouse activities by using a robot and a storage rack system to improve the efficiency of product movement. this could also make the forklift obsolete.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n the system has a complicated yet basic design. mytra\u2019s solution, consisting of a pallet-sized robot and a three-dimensional steel cell matrix, picks up and moves objects using specially made mechanics and software to speed up moving them into and out of the warehouse while optimizing their storage.<\/span><\/p>\n according to chris walti, cofounder and ceo of mytra, \u201cwe wanted to go after the simplest problem in the whole industry, which is just moving things around from one place in the factory or warehouse to another.\u201d he said between 40 percent and 80 percent of the work done in a typical facility is done within the warehouse. he has direct familiarity with it from his prior position managing tesla\u2019s warehouse logistics, which, like many warehouse operations, depended on pallet racks and forklifts.<\/span><\/p>\n walti realized a fresh approach was required. he recognized the potential benefits of new robotics and automation technologies in his capacity as the leader of <\/span>tesla\u2019s optimus humanoid robot project<\/span><\/a>. walti founded mytra with ahmad baitalmal, who oversaw factory software at tesla and rivian. the robot in the company\u2019s system is <\/span>specially made<\/span> to move in three dimensions and lift <\/span>up<\/span> to <\/span>3,000 pounds<\/span>. it operates inside a grid of cells that resembles a cage. last month, the network of albertson\u2019s supermarket stores started using mytra\u2019s initial system.<\/span><\/p>\n warehouse robots are already transporting and hauling things for businesses, ranging from dhl to amazon, so this is familiar ground. however, walti claims that mytra\u2019s method automates a lot more of the movement and tasks <\/span>that occur<\/span> in <\/span>a normal<\/span> warehouse, most of which require assembling mixed pallets. worker activity in the warehouse resembles a shopping run. and that calls for a great deal of manual labor. going to every station and lifting a sack of concrete or a case of coca-cola is backbreaking, according to walti. \u201cmost of this can be automated by our system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n a new kind of warehouse robot according to walti, the robot at the center of this system is a significant advancement for the sector. he claims that no mobile robot can move over <\/span>100 pounds<\/span> in a vertical direction. the steel grid structure that comprises mytra\u2019s racks and a specially created screw-drive mechanism at each of the robot\u2019s four corners, which employs mechanical leverage to ascend and descend, work together to enable mytra\u2019s 3,000-pound vertical load limit.<\/span><\/p>\n the company\u2019s unique selling point is the grid system, which eliminates the need for the aisles that take up valuable space in forklift-based warehouse operations. the rack system\u2019s cellular nature allows for configuration of any size or shape. there were 36 cells in albertson\u2019s initial installation. according to walti, mytra <\/span>is discussing<\/span> possible uses involving tens of thousands or possibly hundreds of thousands of cells with other clients. he claims, \u201cwe\u2019re bringing software reconfigurability to physical space.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n the traditional warehouse might change thanks to mytra\u2019s robot-based approach. however, <\/span>according to walti<\/span>, \u201cforklifts are still superb at loading things in trailers and stacking pallets on a dock,\u201d so the forklift\u2019s day may not be over entirely. all this does is make a great deal fewer of them necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" mytra\u2019s innovative system lessens the need for forklifts, maximizes storage space and automates heavy-lifting tasks.<\/strong>
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