{"id":562404,"date":"2022-04-11T18:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T22:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=562404"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:18:53","slug":"modex-recap-family-owned-business-turns-to-cobots-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/modex-recap-family-owned-business-turns-to-cobots-for-help\/","title":{"rendered":"MODEX Recap; family-owned business turns to cobots for help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MODEX Recap; Family-owned business turns to cobots for help by The Robot Report Podcast\" width=\"740\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1246933768&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=740\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Welcome to Episode 74&nbsp; of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/category\/podcast\/\"> <i>The Robot Report Podcast<\/i><\/a>, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Join us each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community.<\/p>\n<h2>MODEX Recap<\/h2>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s episode, Steve and Mike discuss some of the most significant robot product demos and announcements at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/modex-2022-show-guide\/\">recent 2022 MODEX show<\/a> in Atlanta GA. It was a record attendance year at MODEX for both attendees and robotics vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Products discussed in this episode include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Stretch trailer unloading AMR from Boston Dynamics<\/li>\n<li>New <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilerobotguide.com\/2022\/03\/28\/new-vecna-co-bot-pallet-jack-with-big-joe-forklifts\/\">&#8220;Co-bot&#8221; autonomous pallet jack<\/a> from a partnership between Big Joe and Vecna Robotics<\/li>\n<li>ROEQ launches <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilerobotguide.com\/2022\/02\/24\/roeq-tms-c500-doubles-the-payload-of-the-mir250\/\">3 new payload doubling cart devices<\/a> for MiR AMRs and announces intentions to start building AMR toppers for other AMR brands in the coming year<\/li>\n<li>FlexQube demonstrated the new eQart Navigator for the first time in public<\/li>\n<li>Phanton Auto demonstrated their tele-operated fork truck solution that allows remote drivers to safely operate equipment in the warehouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Interview with DCL Logistics<\/h2>\n<p>This week, Steve and Mike sit down with Brian Tu, chief revenue officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/dclcorp.com\/\">DCL Logistics<\/a>. DCL is a Universal Robots customer that deployed a number of UR cobots to help improve the efficiency of the logistics operations in their distribution center. The company has experienced a short ROI for this project and improved accuracy of order fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>DCL Logistics is a family-run business, and Brian is the second generation to take the 40-year-old company forward. The company is based in the Silicon Valley region and has a number of high-profile, high-tech brands in its warehouses.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of videos highlighting the UR robots deployed at DCL Logistics:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Collaborative robots from Universal Robots enables flexible automation at DCL Logistics\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EstUXL9V-0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DCL Robotics System - Picking Robots and Conveyance\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwd2M7yFogM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>If you would like to be a guest on an upcoming episode of the podcast, or if you have recommendations for future guests or segment ideas, contact <a href=\"mailto:scrowe@wtwhmedia.com\">Steve Crowe<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:moitzman@wtwhmedia.com\">Mike Oitzman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For sponsorship opportunities of <i>The Robot Report Podcast<\/i>, contact <a href=\"mailto:cnagle@wtwhmedia.com\">Courtney Nagle<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>We want your feedback:<\/p>\n<p>Tell us what you think are the most interesting robotics trends that will impact us in 2022? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/voicemail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leave us a voicemail<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MODEX recap and a discussion with automation end-user Brian Tu from DCL Logistics about the effective deployment of cobots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":562419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rbr50_analysis":"","rbr50_state":"","rbr50_country":"","rbr50_description":"","rbr50_numemps":"","rbr50_text_taxonomy_radio":"","rbr50_text_taxonomy_select":"","rbr50_url":"","rbr50_yearfounded":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1385,2013,1388,1401,3105],"tags":[3783,3499,389],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MODEX Recap; 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