Automate 2023: Top 3 Manufacturing Market Insights
May 30, 2023
Last week, over 25,000 manufacturing engineers, plant managers and technicians assembled in Detroit, Michigan to witness the largest display of automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, vision, m...
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OTTO Motors and AMT Automate Material Handling at a Packaging Facility
May 22, 2023
Alongside an increase in global demand, manufacturers are experiencing a labor shortage that has impacted productivity at their facilities. In fact, while 4.6 million new manufacturing jobs are projec...
8 Key Features for Large Scale Autonomous Mobile Robot Deployments
May 04, 2023
Worldwide, manufacturers are struggling to find workers to fill their open roles. In fact, while 4.6 million new manufacturing jobs are projected to be created by 2028, 2.4 million of them could go un...
A Guide to VDA5050: The Industry-Changing Interoperability Standard for Autonomous Mobile Robot Integrations
Apr 25, 2023
As autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) continue to lead the market as the industry standard for material handling automation, interoperability has emerged as the next frontier for innovation. Customers ar...
Increasing Material Flow Efficiency in Your Supply Chain
Apr 19, 2023
Modern supply chains need to be efficient to keep up with rising consumer demands and to reduce operating costs. In fact, customer demands for “more customized products and services,” “faster response...
7 Key Considerations When Assessing AMR Solutions
Apr 14, 2023
Material handling is one of the biggest consumers of labor in your operation. In an April 2023 webinar, it was not surprising that 75% of attendees were past the “challenge identification” stage of th...
The Future of Supply Chains: Top Takeaways from MHI’s Leading Industry Report and Trade Show
Mar 29, 2023
The supply chain is evolving faster than ever before. The perception of robotics in manufacturing facilities has transitioned from a futuristic concept to a necessity in tackling top company challenge...
Transform 5 Inefficient Material Handling Workflows with OTTO 600
Mar 20, 2023
The automation of unsafe and inefficient manual material handling is helping manufacturers produce goods faster and with higher quality, enabling better service for their customers. As the adoption of...
Optimize Your AMR Fleet for Higher Productivity with the Latest Software Release
Automation is helping manufacturers turn the global labor crisis into a competitive advantage by removing waste from repetitive, dangerous, and unproductive tasks like material handling. Autonomous mo...
From AGVs to AMRs: The Evolution of Material Handling Automation
Mar 01, 2023
Material handling automation isn’t new to manufacturing: the first instances of automation were widely used in the automotive industry, where a car chassis attached to a chain moved down the line, bri...
5 Takeaways from Top Global Industrial Robotics Survey
Feb 16, 2023
The 2022 McKinsey Global Industrial Robotics Survey reveals how industrial companies plan to spend on robotics and automation in the coming years, and how they have spent over the past few years. The...
Unlock Continuous Productivity in Automotive Factories and Warehouses with OTTO 100 and the Customizable Staging Cart
Feb 09, 2023
The automotive industry is rapidly changing as the world drives toward a sustainable future. With the rapid rise of battery electric vehicle (BEV) demand, automotive manufacturing facilities can’t kee...
What Is the Smart Factory and Its Impact on Manufacturing?
Feb 07, 2023
Technology has a profound impact on how factories operate today, from autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to cloud computing to 3D printing. The application of technology is making the process of manufact...
3 Reasons A Fortune 500 Automotive Parts Manufacturer Adopted AMR Technology
Jan 25, 2023
As the 9th largest automotive parts manufacturer in the world, Faurecia is a household name in the automotive industry. The company designs and manufactures consoles, door panels, dashboards and more ...
Being on Time, Every Time: On-Time Delivery & Customer Satisfaction
Jan 11, 2023
Meeting customer’s expectations and delivery requirements must be a top priority for any business to succeed. However, meeting those expectations is easier said than done. In fact, customer demands fo...
The Future of AMRs and AGVs in Material Handling
Jan 03, 2023
Last month, David Northup, our Director of Product Management, hosted “The Best of Both Worlds: Unlocking the Productivity of AGVs and AMRs”, a webinar that analyzed the differences between AMRs and A...
Bridging the Gap Between AMRs and AGVs to Deliver Predictability and Flexibility
Dec 19, 2022
On December 15th, managers from across North America joined us for a live webinar to discuss how manufacturers can unlock the productivity of both AGVs and AMRs. Dave Northup, our Director of Product ...
How AMR Technology Improves Predictability in Your Value Stream
Dec 12, 2022
A manufacturing facility’s lifeblood is its value stream. In order for a facility to be successful, that value stream must move quickly, efficiently, and predictably. This means knowing when and where...
Humans of OTTO Motors: Meet Amoli
Dec 01, 2022
OTTO™ Motors, a division of Clearpath™ Inc., designs, manufactures and operates self-driving vehicles to automate material movement inside busy factories and warehouses. Using self-driving technology ...
Humans of OTTO Motors: Meet Dan
Nov 24, 2022
Humans of OTTO Motors: Meet Hilary
Nov 10, 2022
Humans of OTTO Motors: Meet Garima
Oct 26, 2022
The Labor Shortage Is Killing American Manufacturing. Here’s How AI Can Bring It Back To Life.
Oct 18, 2022
Originally posted on Forbes on August 28th, 2022. ...
Humans of OTTO Motors: Meet Sam
Oct 13, 2022
OTTO Motors, a division of Clearpath Inc., designs, manufactures and operates self-driving vehicles to automate material movement inside busy factories and warehouses. Using self-driving technology mu...
Improving Uptime and Safety with Autonomous Mobile Robots
Oct 12, 2022
Mauser Packaging Solutions (Mauser) is a global packaging leader with over 180 facilities worldwide. Their team needed a solution for their 24/7 production schedule, which their existing AGV system co...
2.26 Software Release: Move Materials Faster in Your Manufacturing Facility
Oct 10, 2022
Manufacturing organizations are accelerating their adoption of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to effectively tackle labor challenges. They are using AMRs to carry out tedious and dangerous material h...
Humans of OTTO Motors: Meet Elchin
Aug 10, 2022
Are robots the answer to manufacturing hiring challenges?
Aug 09, 2022
Regardless of industry or geography, manufacturers face daily struggles to meet their timelines because there are not enough workers to work on the line or the loading dock. For the fourth year, hirin...
Humans of OTTO Motors: Meet Cam
Jun 30, 2022
Forget What You Know About Forklifts: NFSD 2022
Jun 22, 2022
This blog was originally posted by our partner, Honeywell Intelligrated. See original blog post here....
Seeing is Believing: Simulating AMRs for Successful Deployments
May 19, 2022
You wouldn’t ask an architect to build anything without designing it in AutoCAD first, so why are you installing AMRs without simulating the deployment first in software? In this post, Bonnie Yue, Sim...
Meet OTTO Lifter, Your New Co-Worker
May 04, 2022
We’ve seen tremendous interest in the new OTTO Lifter since we launched it at the MODEX supply chain trade show in March. We designed OTTO Lifter to address many warehouse automation and material hand...
Lessons Learned in Business-Critical AMR Installations
Apr 25, 2022
At the recent MODEX supply chain trade show, OTTO Motors’ CEO and Co-Founder Matt Rendall was joined by three automation experts on the front line of deploying AMR solutions. Joining Matt, were: Elle...
Putting Autonomous Mobile Robots To Use In Automotive Manufacturing
Nov 10, 2021
Faurecia Interior Systems is an integral part of North America’s automotive manufacturing sector, supplying components for 1 in every 3 vehicles. They needed a reliable, small-footprint material handl...
OTTO Motors CTO Ryan Gariepy Returns to ROS World
Oct 14, 2021
Next week marks a milestone for OTTO Motors’ CTO Ryan Gariepy as he’ll be attending his tenth ROS developer conference. Organized by Open Robotics, Ryan has played a key role in initiating and helping...
From Fixed to Flexible: Implementing OTTO AMRs in Mission-Critical Manufacturing Operations
Aug 20, 2021
Danfoss Power Solutions, the hydraulics segment of the $7B multinational organization, Danfoss, transformed a mission-critical operation and created a flexible foundation for continued growth—in just ...
Changing the Way the Industrial World Moves
Apr 06, 2021
This blog is authored by OTTO Motors CEO and Co-Founder, Matt Rendall....
AMRs, Automation, and the Human Factor
Feb 11, 2021
Whenever the growth of robotics and AI-powered automation in industry is discussed, it is commonplace for concerns to be raised about the impact on employment and job opportunities. Yet far from being...
AGV vs AMR: A Comparison of Automated Material Transport
Feb 09, 2021
From Automated to Autonomous: What’s the Difference? The words automated and autonomous are easily confused and often interchanged, but their meaning is inherently different....
Largest AMR Deployment For Material Handling: Q&A with Matthew Rendall and Matthew Chang
Feb 01, 2021
For years, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) have been considered a promising technology for materials movement because they provide the flexibility of human forklift, with the throughput and reliabilit...
Proving the Case for Autonomous Mobile Robots
Jan 19, 2021
This is the third blog in our "The Business Case for AMRs" series. You can read the first blog here. We set out, in partnership with PULSE Integration (PULSE), to undertake what we believe is the worl...
The Growing Digital Divide in Manufacturing
Jan 18, 2021
This is the second blog in our "The Business Case for AMRs" series. You can read the first blog here. There is a growing consensus that digitization is opening up a chasm in the manufacturing industry...
The Business Case for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Manufacturing
First deployment of OTTO AMRs at scale at an F500 company demonstrates clear benefits in productivity, cost savings, and robustness.Analysis reveals that a single AMR unit represents just 10% of the e...
Bringing Robotics and People Together in the Supply Chain
Aug 27, 2020
Tech experts and manufacturing leaders have upheld automation as the future of the industry for years. At the same time, for as long as robots have worked in factories, people have voiced concerns ove...
What Skills Are Needed to Be a Connected Worker?
Aug 20, 2020
Industrial analysts frequently debate what traits people need to shine in today's workforce. A person working on a production line needs manufacturing skills, plus communication capabilities, the will...
4 Signs Your Warehouse Environment Needs Mobile Robots
Jul 30, 2020
Mobile robots in warehouses help companies increase their output and meet customer demands, allowing the companies to maintain a competitive advantage. Specific characteristics make warehouse environm...
Business Resiliency: How We’re Enabling Our Customers and Partners Remotely
Jul 22, 2020
COVID-19 has impacted us all as we manage through our new normal. Now more than ever, we’re committed to helping manufacturers realize the immediate benefits of AMRs by adapting our services for remot...
Prioritising Health and Safety Around Workplace Automation
Jul 16, 2020
With 73% of companies expecting to have automation technologies adopted within the next 5 years, there is little question that the steady growth of AI-driven automation in the workplace is having a pr...
Canada Enlists Robots in the Fight Against COVID-19
Jul 06, 2020
On March 11th of this year, the World Health Organization confirmed that the COVID-19 outbreak had become a global pandemic. The world changed overnight as we grappled with the fear and uncertainties ...
What To Ask Your AMR Vendor About Scale Before You Buy
Jun 18, 2020
This is the third and final blog post in our series on scalability where our VP Product, Jay Judkowitz, shares valuable guidance on achieving scale with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)....
Building a Scalable AMR Solution: Keep Traffic Flowing
Jun 11, 2020
This is the second blog post in our series on scalability where our VP Product, Jay Judkowitz, shares valuable guidance on achieving scale with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)....
Building a Scalable AMR Solution: How OTTO Scales
Jun 04, 2020
This three-part blog series will focus on AMR scalability. Authored by our VP Product, Jay Judkowitz, the series will delve into how scale is achieved at OTTO Motors and the questions you should consi...
Core Value #1 - “Customer First”
Jun 01, 2020
Today marks an important milestone for the company we started in a cold basement with lime green carpets some 11 years ago. The world was a very different place back in late 2008 - The global financia...
Embracing the Digital Mindset: Top Takeaways From MHI’s 2020 Industry Report
May 14, 2020
The 2020 MHI Industry Report provides a wealth of data, analysis and recommendations for your company’s investment plans. Since all five of the top company challenges have remained the same since 2019...
3 Ways Autonomous Mobile Robots Can Improve Your Safety Culture
Apr 30, 2020
Workplace safety has been a prevalent concern for the manufacturing industry, one which has been heightened as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. With approximately half the American workforce still phy...
5 AI Technologies and Their Application in Materials Handling
Apr 22, 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to have a seismic impact on logistics, with estimates that the technology could add between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion a year in value to the industry. Th...
From Market Insights to Customer Experiences: Our Take On MODEX 2020
Apr 16, 2020
MODEX 2020 was certainly a different experience for attendees and exhibitors this year. On March 11th, while MODEX was in full swing, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 had become a...
Top 3 Takeaways From PLANT's 2020 Advanced Manufacturing Report
Mar 11, 2020
PLANT Magazine recently released its 2020 Advanced Manufacturing Report. While the report included many insightful statistics into the importance of investing in advanced manufacturing technologies, t...
OTTO Motors to Expand Into Japanese Markets With Its Mobile Robots
Mar 02, 2020
Originally posted in The Robot Report on February 12th, 2020....
The 3 Most Successful Ways to Automate Your Supply Chain
Feb 19, 2020
Supply chain automation uses technology to manage and streamline complex processes. Respondents to the 2019 MHI Annual Industry Report believe supply chain automation will upend the industry by adding...
4 Ways Automation Will Transform Skills Needed in the Workplace
Feb 13, 2020
Every major technological breakthrough in human history has pushed people to embrace new skills. Fears that new technology will make people obsolete and force them out of work are also nothing new; pe...
Improving Supply Chain Agility with Autonomous Material Handling
Feb 05, 2020
Exceptionally agile companies can process more materials and manufacture products faster than competitors. Companies benefit from quicker deliveries and better service as a result of being agile, beca...
3 Ways Demand-Driven Supply Chains Benefit From Autonomous Vehicles
Jan 30, 2020
A demand-driven supply chain is flexible enough to respond to real-time signals. It supports fluctuating customer needs, and enables seamless warehouse communication in order to adapt to those changin...
Choosing The Right Material Handling Technology: Why Sunview Patio Doors Automated with AMRs
Jan 22, 2020
Sunview Patio Doors (Sunview) quickly understood that manual material movement was limiting their efficiency, flexibility, and safety. Read more about the challenges that led Sunview to incorporate au...
The Cost of Doing Nothing is Dangerous: Why Sunview Patio Doors Changed From Manual Material Movement
Jan 08, 2020
With 40 years of experience, Sunview Patio Doors (Sunview) is a leader in their industry. Sunview has been successful at meeting customers’ increased demands for faster and better service, while provi...
Five Key Industry 4.0 Technologies
Jan 02, 2020
Originally posted via ARC Advisory Group. New Industry 4.0 technologies, spanning mobile computing to cloud computing, have undergone vast development in the last decade and are now ready to be used a...
iRobotics Industry Set for Seismic Change as Growth Shifts from Fixed Automation to Mobile Systems in Enterprise
Dec 23, 2019
Originally posted on Robotics Tomorrow on December 10th, 2019. ...
The Impact of Automation on the Logistics Labor Market
Dec 17, 2019
Unlike the trials of driverless cars such as Uber, Google and Tesla, adoption of autonomous vehicles in warehouses and factories has progressed past the prototype stage, as part of a rapid, global shi...
How Industry 4.0 Material Handling Technology Impacts Critical KPIs
Dec 12, 2019
Material handling in warehouses and factories is an inefficiency often forgotten about, or completely ignored, in the manufacturing industry. However, material handling is an essential variable cost t...
'Tis the Season of High Demand and Few Available Workers to Meet It
Dec 04, 2019
With the holiday season upon us, factories and warehouses are starting to feel the full effects of the increase in gift purchases and the decrease in available labor. From clothing to electronics to a...
How Becoming a Showcase Facility Will Benefit Your Bottom Line
Nov 26, 2019
Warehouse managers who invest in innovative Industry 4.0 technology, such as automation, increase efficiency, reduce costs related to human error and adequately meet client needs. Automation can also ...
How the 4 Main Sources of Waste Are Costing Factories Time and Resources
Nov 14, 2019
Waste reduction is an ongoing priority in many warehouses because companies understand the direct connection between eliminating waste and increasing efficiencies in the warehouse. The four main sour...
Warehouse Automation Market to Hit $27B by 2025
Nov 07, 2019
Originally posted by Robotics Business Review on September 12th, 2019. ...
North American Robot Shipments Grow Beyond Auto Industry, RIA Says
Oct 31, 2019
Originally posted on Robotics Business Review on February 28th, 2019. ...
Robots Will Be Working in 50,000 Warehouses by 2025, Report Says
Oct 24, 2019
Originally posted by Robotics Business Review on March 26th, 2019....
Key Takeaways From Top Performing Industry 4.0 eBook
Oct 17, 2019
Automation has transformed the way factories and warehouses work, making it cheaper and faster to produce a wide variety of products. However, material handling remains an inefficiency in manufacturin...
Robot Mimicry or Mastery? The End of Bench Manufacturing Is Near
Oct 08, 2019
Originally posted by IndustryWeek on April 30th, 2019. Written by Ken Pulverman, CMO of Parsable....
OTTO Motors Discusses Safety of Self-Driving Vehicles Around Workers
Oct 02, 2019
OTTO Motors CTO Ryan Gariepy had the opportunity to present “8 Steps to Safer Autonomous Vehicles” at ROSCon JP on Wednesday, September 25th, 2019. Ryan had a blast discussing Industry 4.0 in front of...
Top 3 Takeaways From MHI's Annual Industry Report
Sep 25, 2019
The 2019 Material Handling Institute (MHI) Annual Industry Report contains a wealth of data on how companies are adopting new supply chain technologies. Here are the top three takeaways you need to kn...
How Autonomous Robots Benefit the Supply Chain
Sep 19, 2019
Manufacturers often struggle to find ways to improve their supply chain. Labour displacement, hiring challenges, and an increased need for safety all negatively impact productivity. However, investmen...
Hiring Qualified Workers Remains Industry’s Top Challenge
Sep 09, 2019
Ahead of other worthy contenders like customer demand for lower prices, faster response times, competitive pressure, and forecasting, manufacturers named “hiring qualified workers” as their top challe...
Move Fast and (Don't) Break Things: Commercializing Robotics at the Speed of Venture Capital
Aug 28, 2019
Clearpath, the parent company of OTTO Motors, had a blast attending 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Montreal, Canada from May 20-24, 2019. Our CTO, Ryan Gariepy...
Understanding Industry 4.0
Jun 20, 2018
You’ve heard it in the context of thought leadership, in conversations about advanced manufacturing, and from tech giants who are propelling innovation, but what exactly is Industry 4.0? To quote our ...
Does Automation Lead to Job Loss?
Jun 06, 2018
There is no denying that technology and automation are changing the way we work. With advancements in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and autonomous mobile robots comes fear that many traditio...
6 Lean Manufacturing Principles
May 30, 2018
Most manufacturing companies will waste a large amount of resources in a single year -- sometimes as much as 90%. Following lean manufacturing principles, which originated from the Toyota Production S...
5 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends for 2018
May 25, 2018
This year is shaping up to be a transformative one for the supply chain logistics industry. Digital technology and other supply chain technology trends are enabling big changes for how companies sourc...
How Manufacturers Can Use Data to Improve Predictive Maintenance
May 09, 2018
When manufacturing production stops for an unplanned event, such as equipment failure, it accumulates down time. Maintaining equipment and machinery while keeping costs down is a constant challenge fo...
How Autonomous Mobile Robots Contribute to a Culture of Safety
Apr 12, 2018
"Our goal is to meet human levels of performance and far exceed human levels of safety." - Ryan Gariepy, CTO and Co-founder, OTTO Motors...
MODEX 2018: Get Maximum Business Impact with OTTO Motors
Mar 29, 2018
Many of this year’s MODEX attendees will go to the show to see what technology is coming and how innovation can help the future of their business. But for those attendees that visit the OTTO Motors bo...
Removing Roadblocks of Machine to Machine Communication in Manufacturing
Mar 08, 2018
A big part of maximizing the value of industrial automation, and full realization of the benefits of Industry 4.0, is the flow of data and information. This has applications in a lot of environments, ...
OTTO Motors Joins Walter Isaacs on Onstage at SXSW 2018
Feb 28, 2018
On March 10th, 2018, OTTO Motors CEO and co-founder, Matthew Rendall, will join Walter Isaacson on stage as part of a special taping for the podcast Trailblazers. This will mark the second year in a r...
How Industrial Autonomous Mobile Robots Use Sensors for Localization and Mapping
Feb 14, 2018
Any investment you make in your operations comes with an expectation that it is going to start providing value back into your business as soon as possible. Reliability and accuracy are crucial to runn...
Autonomous Technology is Transforming Medical Device Manufacturing
Feb 07, 2018
Autonomous technology enables improved and more efficient production in increasingly complex and competitive industries, such as medical device manufacturing. ...
Technology and Material Handling Equipment
Feb 01, 2018
How efficiently materials move through a manufacturing or warehouse facility will affect the cost of production as much as any other part of the supply chain. Given its importance, companies have foun...
Autonomous Mobile Robots as an Asset in the Warehouse
Jan 18, 2018
Automation has changed the landscape of the modern warehouse. It’s technology that can be used to improve operations by increasing efficiency, speed, reliability, and accuracy. High on the list of aut...
Lean Material Handling: The Role of AMRs in a Lean Environment
Jan 11, 2018
The manufacturing industry has been moving towards a lights- out approach, that is factories and warehouses operating with as little human intervention as possible. This has led the industry to adopt ...
The Move to a Connected Factory
Dec 07, 2017
Many of today’s customers want customized products, which does not always make for a cost-efficient manufacturing process. Automation technology allows businesses to meet customers’ demands by integr...
Material Handling Process Best Practices
Nov 30, 2017
The foundation of warehouse efficiency is set by the material handling process. Inefficiencies in the handling of goods result in decreased performance throughout the warehouse operations, which in tu...
The Importance of Measuring Warehouse KPIs and Metrics
Nov 23, 2017
Measuring warehouse KPIs is one of the most critical components of managing a warehouse, and setting benchmarks for production, quality, safety, or service goals is essential. Whether a process is man...
Improving Materials Handling and Warehouse ROI Through Automation
Nov 16, 2017
Every warehouse is concerned with operating costs, and automation is one way to reduce expenses and increase efficiency. Automated warehouse operations can lead to increased productivity, better mater...
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