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MODEX Recap; Family-owned business turns to cobots for help

The Robot Report Podcast · 8 Apr 2022 · 1h 13m

What this episode covers

Steve Crow and Mike Oisman recap the MODEX tradeshow, highlighting Boston Dynamics' Stretch truck-unloading robot, Big Joe's cobot pallet jack, and the merger of Locust and Waypoint Robotics. They interview Brian Tu, Chief Revenue Officer of DCL Logistics, a family-owned fulfillment company that deployed Universal Robots cobots to address labor shortages and rising costs. Tu explains how the modular cobots improved productivity by over 200% and eliminated miss-picks, offering a flexible alternative to expensive, inflexible enterprise automation systems.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Boston Dynamics, Big Joe, Vecna Robotics, ROEQ, FlexCube, Phantom Auto, Locust Robotics, Waypoint Robotics, Sarkos, RE2 Robotics, NASA, DCL Logistics, Universal Robots, Zebra Systems, Six River Systems, Toyota, Woven Planet, Tesla
Products
Stretch, Ingenuity

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