SAN JOSE, Calif, March 31: Fetch Robotics revealed that its
robots have now accomplished six months of uninterrupted function at one of the
warehouses of RK Logistics Group. Ever since their utilization in August 2016,
Freight robots have been functioning together with the workers at RK Logistics
to aid transportation objects throughout their Livermore, CA operation.
Over the progress of this utilization, the Freight robots
have made over 4,500 distributions and traversed a distance of approximately
1,000 kilometers. The material transference robots on location at RK work 24/7
over three dissimilar shifts. The chief objective of the robots is to make the workers
at RK more competent by removing easy jobs for example transferring items from
one portion of the warehouse to another. Up to the present time, the utilization
of these robots has resulted in noteworthy upsurge in warehouse output.
“We chose Fetch Robotics over other options because we felt
that Fetch would be the best partner for our business, and every day since then
has validated that decision,” revealed Cindy Traver, Senior Director of
Operations for RK Logistics Group, adding, “Within a few short months we saw a
full ROI on our implementation, and we are able to pass the savings from this
initiative on to our customers.”
"For all 1,000 kilometers that the robots have
traversed our warehouse floor in the past six months, that's 1,000 kilometers
that our workers haven't had to spend time transporting items," commented Landon
Spring, Senior Director of Business Development & Marketing for RK
Logistics Group, adding, "Fetch has partnered with us to implement
programs that make our operation more efficient, but also by allocating the
mundane transportation tasks away from our employees and onto the robots, we
are freeing up our people for higher value work.”
RK is using the Fetch Robotics’ VirtualConveyor solution,
which includes the Freight sequence of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and
charge docks with the Fetchcore cloud-based fleet administration software. The
AMRs function together with warehouse employees in active settings that are
also united with forklifts in the warehouse. The Fetch AMRs can securely do
their responsibilities no matter how demanding the contiguous setting.
“For anyone that wants to see a glimpse of the future with
robots and employees seamlessly working alongside each other, I encourage them
to take a look at Fetch Robotics in action at RK Logistics,” as stated by
Melonee Wise, CEO of Fetch Robotics, adding, “See for yourself how robots are
the next great productivity weapon for the logistics and material handling
industry.”
The routing of the robots inside the RK resource is all accomplished
via Fetchcore. Fetchcore permits clients to swiftly set up and utilize the
Freight robots. Fetchcore furthermore generates a facility map of warehouses;
at RK, this method only took one hour. The Freight AMRs traverse vigorously utilizing
the facility map, permitting the robots to organize their own trails to journey
swiftly and competently anywhere they require to go. Warehouse administrators furthermore
utilize Fetchcore to generate and plan workflows in a matter of minutes, and give
regular job tasks. Fetchcore encompasses an extensible API for added customization.
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