We know that due to the ongoing lockdowns because of COVID-19, our Industries have suffered in various ways, especially the manufacturing industry which contributes to around 20% of our GDP. In our previous article we also discussed about the chief factors causing disruptions in the operations of these industries. But as the situation improves, many leading businesses have started taking steps forward to ensure smooth operation and survive this crisis situation. Today let us see what are the major changes that these companies are bringing around and how these are helping them out. Automation: Labor issue is an ongoing problem which our manufacturing industries have been facing since many years. Now…
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Mobile Robots for Warehousing
Warehousing is the age-old process of storing goods safely after they are brought from manufacturer and before shipping them off to the distributor or customer. Though the definition remains the same, the process has undergone a considerable change over the years. With the increasing diversification of logistics and enterprise models, warehousing has also been modernized to a great extent. During this unprecedented COVID-19 situation, world economy has definitely seen a rise in e-commerce sales and trade, leading to increase in the demand for optimum warehousing solutions specially for e-commerce giants like #Amazon and #Flipkart. The latest trend in this is Warehousing Robots. At Rucha Yatra LLP we focus on building commercial…
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AGVs in Textile
Material Handling in manufacturing sector refers to the movement of any kind of material/load within the limits of shop floor or at the most to the transportation vehicles or warehouses. Auto Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are the newest trend in material handling. AGVs are portable robots, which follow a prefixed path for navigation. They can tow the material stored on trailers and trolleys attached behind them or can store the material on the overhead beds for conveyance. They are used to transport loads in a manufacturing facility or a warehouse, where repetitive movement of material is required with little or no human interaction. Now a days, they are deployed in nearly every…
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AGVs in Healthcare Industry
Yesterday, one of our engineers came across a short video clip while scrolling through the news. It was that of a robot serving food to the corona virus affected patients in China. He immediately showed this to a few of us colleagues. Such a great concept, such a noble cause! Who would have thought that in this dreadful spell of corona virus scare, robots can come handy this way? The wheels in our heads started spinning. We had always said that AGVs can help in medical sector. In fact, they are being used in hospitals across various countries since as early as 1980s. In today’s topic AGVs in Healthcare, let…
