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Material Handling Equipment

Automation and AI Drive North American Packaging Machinery Growth

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies

SKU proliferation, emerging AI applications, workforce constraints, sustainability and regulatory requirements, and rising input costs are among the forces influencing equipment decisions.

Warehouse worker in safety gear scanning barcode on stacked pallets in distribution center

Automating Manufacturing Quality Control with AI‑Powered Visual Inspection

In order to stay competitive and comply with safety requirements, visual inspection is required.

Warehouse facility with digital technology network overlay showing connected business and logistics icons

Agility's Next-Gen Humanoid Robot Built for Safe Human Collaboration

Agility (formerly known as Agility Robotics)

Digit 5 is Agility’s first humanoid robot engineered for cooperatively safe work in close proximity to people without the physical safety barriers required by traditional automation.

Automated warehouse facility with robotic arms, blue storage bins, and conveyor systems under industrial lighting

Training/Onboarding

The Human-AI Paradox: Why People Matter More in Automated Supply Chains

The skills employers value are not becoming exclusively more technical. Human capabilities are becoming more important alongside them.

Robot and worker exchange cardboard box in warehouse with shelving and fluorescent lighting

Universal Robots Unveils Platform for Industrial Automation and Physical AI Deployment

Universal Robots

The new Gen 7 robot platform is out-of-the box AI-ready, giving companies the modern software tools and next-level connectivity needed to take AI from the lab into industrial operations.

Collaborative robotic arm operating in an industrial warehouse with shelving and inventory.

Why “Good Enough” is the Smartest Warehouse Design Strategy

The best warehouse systems don’t have to be the most advanced. They need to fit the operation they’re meant to support.

Modern warehouse interior with automated storage racks, orange forklifts, and LED lighting

How Smart Wearables Bridge the Manufacturing Labor and Knowledge Gap

The factory of the future may be more automated than ever, but human intelligence is far from obsolete.

Warehouse workers in safety gear inspect a cardboard box near a forklift in a logistics facility.

Emerging Technologies

Revopoint Debuts High-Accuracy 3D Scanning for Industrial Inspection

This professional-grade tool combines high-speed 3D scanning for quality control engineers, reverse engineers, and industrial designers.

3D laser scanner product features including five scanning modes, volumetric accuracy, outdoor capability, and real-time verification with up to 90fps scanning speed.

From Pilots to Production: The Warehouse AI Trust Gap

Logistics Reply

Nearly half of respondents (49%) said AI is already running in at least one warehouse process, piloting in a couple of areas, or embedded across much of their operation.

Supply chain management concept with business icons including logistics, analytics, and collaboration symbols on blue digital background

SC Codeworks Launches AI-Native Integration Platform for Warehouse and Supply Chain Systems

Codeworks Integrate embeds AI directly into the integration process, giving teams hands-on support as they build, manage and troubleshoot integrations.

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EPG Reveals AI-Powered Communicator for Warehouse Operations

Ehrhardt Partner Group (EPG)

AURA Communicator enables employees to ask questions in natural language and receive relevant information from approved sources across warehouse management systems, automation technology, documentation, work instructions, tickets, and other connected applications.

Warehouse worker using Zebra mobile device with AI assistant interface in industrial storage facility

LogistiQ Unveils Large Package Singulator for High-Throughput Parcel Sort Facilities

In applications that handle 15,000 packages per hour with an average parcel length of 27 inches and a product gap of 12 inches, the solution can achieve an error rate of just 1.5%.

Industrial warehouse fulfillment center with automated conveyor systems, sorting equipment, and stacked cardboard packages under bright LED lighting.

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