In light of the current situation with the Corona virus (COVID-19), we would like to inform you that Smart Robotics has taken preventive actions and safety precautions to ensure the safety of our employees, customers, partners and distributors. This means that: All our employees now work from home. We remain operational and will continue ourRead more
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As of February 1st, Smart Robotics has opened an office in Utrecht, the Netherlands. As we continue to grow rapidly, the opening of a second office was a logical choice and will help attract new employees from the northern part of the Netherlands. Smart Robotics has officially started the 1st of May 2015 in aRead more
Press release – 2 march 2020 – With the rise of e-commerce, robots have become indispensable in distribution centers across the world. However, logistics robots are not as smart and fast as you might think. Because they cannot predict what happens when items are hit or tossed, robots have difficulty placing them on a conveyorRead more
When looking into automating your warehouse with robotic solutions, a question that often arises is; do we choose a robot or a cobot solution? What is the best choice? A clear answer to this question cannot be given. However, one can look into the advantages and disadvantages of both solutions. This blog discusses these advantagesRead more
EU-Startups, an European online platform for tech-startups, has published the top 10 promising European robotics startups to watch in 2020 and beyond. We are happy to announce that Smart Robotics has been included in this top 10. EU-Startups has chosen robotics startups that show the most promise, taking into account factors such as the sector,Read more
A central part of many (industrial) robot solutions is the robot arm. These robot arms, together with their controllers and associated software, are sold as stand-alone products by various manufacturers. However, what do these different robot arms offer and what are the trends in the developments of these robot arms? Robot arm manufacturers The historyRead more
On Monday the 20th of January, Smart Robotics was part of an internal event for the personnel of DSV Solutions Netherlands. During this event, we presented ‘the future of logistics’ by demonstrating our Smart Palletizer and Smart Item Picker. In addition, Mobile Item Picking was presented in cooperation with Eurotec. We were happy to seeRead more
The well-known DSV, a large player within transport and logistics, cooperates with Smart Robotics and the Technical University Eindhoven on a project where universally applicable cobots in logistics are researched, developed and implemented. The demand for collaborative robots in SME’s is growing rapidly. However, the investments in these robots are often too high for SME’s. Besides,Read more
Smart Item Robotics, developed through a cooperation between Vanderlande and Smart Robotics, recently won the Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Award by Material Handling Product News. This award honors the achievements of companies for advances in materials handling systems and equipment within manufacturing, distribution centers and warehouses. Besides this cooperation on item picking solutionsRead more
When deploying a fleet of mobile robots, there are choices to be made on how to implement the planning and control of the fleet. While centralized planning offers the highest level of predictability and control, there can be a drawback in flexibility and reactivity. On the other hand, employing decentralized planning that runs on the robots themselves is highly flexible and theRead more