July 10, 2018
Seegrid Named a Top Robotics Company in 2018 by ...
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, has been named one of the most noteworthy companies in the global robotics industry by Robotics Business Review (RBR). The RBR50 is an annual list of the innovative and ...
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June 20, 2018
Seegrid Appoints Three Senior-Level Leaders, ...
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, today announced new senior appointments and continued expansion of its workforce. The Seegrid team grew by nearly 20% in the first half of 2018, reflecting a high volume ...
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June 1, 2018
Smart Mobile Robots are Everywhere
Simple is better when it comes to training a self-driving vehicle. Forbes notes just how easy it is to create new routes with Seegrid vision guided vehicles (VGVs). Check out this article from Forbes about intelligent AGVs and AMRs like Seegrid ...
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May 17, 2018
The Human Side of the Autonomous Warehouse
In April, Seegrid announced that its self-driving vehicles reached 1 million production miles at customer sites. The milestone is significant, and Seegrid’s vision guided vehicles (VGVs) have now logged more infrastructure-free miles at customer ...
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April 25, 2018
Cool Vendors in Supply Chain Execution ...
Leading supply chain organizations gain competitive advantage by exploiting emerging technologies. Higher maturity organizations likely recognize the value of supply chain execution Cool Vendors; however, all supply chain leaders can use this ...
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April 11, 2018
Seegrid Announces 1 Million Accident-Free Miles ...
Having now traveled the equivalent of 40 times around the earth, Seegrid’s vision-guided vehicles (VGVs) have logged more infrastructure-free miles at customer sites than any other infrastructure-free AGV company. Read Article
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April 10, 2018
Seegrid Announces 1 Million Miles by Self-Driving ...
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, today announced that its self-driving vehicles have reached 1 million production miles at customer sites. Having now traveled the equivalent of 40 times around the earth, ...
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April 5, 2018
Seegrid Expands Supervisor Fleet Management ...
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, today announced the expansion of its fleet management software, Seegrid Supervisor. With the addition of three new features–Queues, Barcode Scanner support, and Caution ...
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March 1, 2018
Seegrid’s Jeff Christensen Named “Pro to Know” ...
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, today announced that Jeff Christensen, the company’s vice president of product, has been named the winner of Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Pros to Know Award for ...
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February 8, 2018
General Motors Increases Manufacturing ...
General Motors operates hundreds of manufacturing facilities across the world and produces millions of vehicles annually. GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant—one of its most complex manufacturing assembly facilities—employs about 1,800 workers in its ...
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January 30, 2018
More Proof the Revolution in Self-Driving ...
Seegrid, which makes self-guided vehicles for materials handling, is the latest robotics company to announce record-setting results for 2017. The company's revenue and profit milestones track broader trends for industrial robotics companies helping ...
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January 29, 2018
Record Growth for AGV Supplier
Seegrid, supplier of self-driving vehicles for materials handling, announced record-setting results for 2017, continuing the company’s upward trajectory and surpassing 2016’s revenue and profit milestones. “Manufacturing and e-commerce companies are ...
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January 25, 2018
Seegrid Announces Record Growth for 2017
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, today announced record-setting results for 2017, continuing the company’s upward trajectory and surpassing 2016’s revenue and profit milestones. Seegrid has firmly ...
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January 18, 2018
Advance Your Materials Handling Operations with ...
While warehouse operations will change significantly over the next decade thanks to analytics, there are ways companies can reap the benefits of data right now and improve operations for both the short-term and long-term. Learn how your facility can ...
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December 15, 2017
The Big Picture: Navigation Gets a Reboot for ...
There’s a battle underway to win hearts and minds in the world of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs). In a word, it’s all about navigation. Not long ago, every AGV system was guided by wires buried in the floor, laser targets on the walls, tape on the ...
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December 14, 2017
Selection Criteria for a Self-Driving Industrial ...
Manufacturers are increasingly turning to automation to solve their materials handling challenges. But as many are realizing, not all self-driving industrial vehicle companies are alike. The various robotic solutions on the market have vastly ...
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November 21, 2017
A Look at Supply Chains of the Future
We're living in an age when technology never seems to slow down, and the supply chain is no exception. There's no end to new ideas and tools for streamlining the movement of goods from the plant to D.C. and on to the consumer. Just keeping up with ...
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November 14, 2017
Seegrid Partners with Bell and Howell to Expand ...
Bell and Howell has announced that it has been selected by Seegrid, a leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, for technical service and support in North America. The partnership expands Seegrid’s service capabilities as the ...
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November 14, 2017
Seegrid Partners with Bell and Howell, Expanding ...
Bell and Howell announced today that it has been selected by Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, for technical service and support in North America. The partnership expands Seegrid’s service capabilities as ...
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October 31, 2017
Warehouse Technology Drives Cost Down
Warehouse efficiency has always been an integral part of business systems. As costs and competition increase and profit margins decrease, this efficiency has become essential for the continuation of a company's existence. Methods of efficiency will ...
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September 12, 2017
Seegrid Named a Top Workplace by Pittsburgh ...
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, was recently recognized as one of the Top Places to Work in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Seegrid was also named the #1 Top Workplace Where Employees Feel ...
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August 24, 2017
Self-Driving Forklift Takes the Human Factor Out ...
Robots and autonomous vehicles are taking over a growing number of domains, and jobs in warehouses are no exception to that rule. That is where self-driving industrial vehicle company Seegrid's new GP8 Series 6 forklift enters the picture. The GP8 ...
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August 23, 2017
Seegrid Announces New Self-Driving Vision Guided ...
Seegrid, the leader in connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, today expanded the company’s suite of automated solutions with the announcement of the GP8 Series 6 self-driving pallet truck. Further enhancing the Seegrid Smart ...
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August 22, 2017
New Seegrid Offering Puts Self-Driving Vehicles ...
Automation in the supply chain increases efficiency, reduces costs, and decreases errors. Today, Seegrid, which makes connected self-driving vehicles for materials handling, has announced the GP8 Series 6 self-driving pallet truck. The truck is ...
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August 1, 2017
Bringing Robots With Eyes to a Warehouse Near You
Seegrid is the leading provider of self-driving vehicles for materials handling, with its vehicles having driven more than 670,000 miles across factories and warehouses on behalf of companies like Amazon, GM, Whirlpool and Boeing. Chris Visnic ...
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June 27, 2017
From Steel City to Roboburgh: Pittsburgh Still ...
The story of Pittsburgh’s role in the Industrial Revolution is undisputed. So is the well-worn, late 20th-century narrative of the city’s declining manufacturing base. So it might come as a surprise that manufacturing is once again strong in Steel ...
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June 20, 2017
4 Steps On Your Journey Toward Industry 4.0
Introducing new technology can be disruptive: upending the status quo is always challenging for businesses and their employees. For manufacturers, though, the idea of the smart factory of the future is quickly becoming a reality, and even those ...
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June 6, 2017
Vision-Guided Vehicles Deliver Parts to Appliance ...
If Ohio ever needs a catch phrase to promote its manufacturing success, “five out of eight is great” would be appropriate. The reason is because Ohio is home to five of Whirlpool Corp.’s eight U.S. assembly plants. Those five factories are located ...
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June 1, 2017
As More Robots Join the Workforce, Some Say It ...
Bob Zorn's coworkers were waiting for him when he started his shift at Giant Eagle's warehouse in Pittsburgh. The two blue, autonomous pallet jacks sat idle near the receiving bays. Their stately calm was out of place in the chaos — organized chaos ...
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May 28, 2017
Turning Auto Plants Into WALL-E Worlds
While Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been laying out a futuristic vision of highly automated, human-free car factories staffed by robots, it's the legacy auto industry that's quietly putting a version of that vision into motion. Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, ...
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May 12, 2017
Embracing Automation: Preparing the Workforce to ...
Seegrid works with customers to train their frontline men and women to be the first generation of automated robotics operators, supporting the transition to a robotics-integrated workforce, which ultimately enables companies to be more productive ...
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May 3, 2017
Seegrid, Raymond Partner on Autonomous Lift Truck
Jeff Christensen, vice president of products at Seegrid, discusses its unique partnership with The Raymond Corporation in creating an automated tow tractor lift truck. Watch the video from Food Logistics. Watch Video
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April 24, 2017
Vision-Guided Robot 'Mr. Roboto' Joins Zulily's ...
Robots are changing the workflow of warehouses, and at the same time, providing a glimpse of the future workplace, as online retailer Zulily is finding out. The company, which sells clothing, home decor, toys, and gifts from up-and-coming as well as ...
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April 20, 2017
Saved by the Machines
American company Seegrid, which specialises in autonomous 3D vision navigation, uses cameras to navigate the warehouse with its “Vision Guided Vehicle.” “We take pictures in stereo – five pairs of cameras to cover the entire dome – with a 360 degree ...
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April 19, 2017
Machines on the Move
More self-guided AGVs at automotive plants are also in evidence across the Atlantic. For example, Pennsylvania-based materials handling equipment supplier Seegrid has supplied the manufacturing industry across the US with vision guided vehicles ...
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April 13, 2017
Automation Education: Training the First ...
Automation in material handling is not a new concept; in fact, automation has supported production since the early 19th century. More recently, as automation technology has become more capable, some are concerned about how this will influence ...
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April 3, 2017
Seegrid Expands Supervisor API to Provide ...
Seegrid, the leading provider of flexible automated materials handling solutions, announces the expansion of Supervisor application programming interface (API) to offer more advanced, connected solutions for customers. Seegrid delivers on the ...
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March 31, 2017
Seegrid Announces Strategic Advisory Board
Seegrid, the leader in vision guided autonomous vehicles for materials handling, today announced the company’s new strategic advisory board. The board, composed of experts Patrick Donahoe, Mel Wolfgang, and Dr. Ken Gabriel, will enable Seegrid to ...
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March 30, 2017
Seeing is Believing: Putting Faith in Automated ...
What do you get when you combine Seegrid's unparalleled automated guided vehicle solution with the efficiency of Raymond Corp's electric lift trucks? To start with: flexibility. All the infrastructure you'll need is built onto the trucks; the ...
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March 22, 2017
Robotics Business Review Names Seegrid a Top ...
Robotics Business Review (RBR) has unveiled its sixth annual RBR50 list, naming Seegrid as one of the most noteworthy companies in the global robotics industry for 2017. The global robotics industry is more competitive than ever, and new companies ...
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March 15, 2017
Seegrid Announces New Chief Financial Officer ...
Seegrid, the leader in vision guided autonomous vehicles for materials handling, today announced it has appointed Steven Barto as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Barto has proven expertise in managing rapid expansion as an executive and ...
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February 15, 2017
Lifting the Curtain on New Lift Truck ...
The chronic shortage of qualified labor in the food and logistics industry is boosting interest in automation, including automated lift trucks, also known as automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Removing labor from the equation not only saves on costs, ...
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February 2, 2017
Seegrid Supports Auto Industry Growth with ...
Seegrid, the leader in vision guided autonomous vehicles for materials handling, today announced that one of the largest automotive manufacturers solidified its relationship with Seegrid by purchasing another fleet of vision guided vehicles (VGVs). ...
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January 18, 2017
Seegrid Achieves Record Growth, Doubling Orders ...
Seegrid, the leader in vision guided autonomous vehicles for materials handling, announced today the completion of a successful 2016, in which Seegrid doubled orders based on increased demand from both existing and new customers. Innovative ...
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August 29, 2016
Seegrid Raises $25M to Expand Industrial AVs That ...
Seegrid, a robotics company that makes autonomous industrial vehicles, is expecting to double its revenue for the second year in a row. The Pittsburgh-based company just announced that it has raised $12 million of equity capital from Giant Eagle, ...
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August 23, 2016
Seegrid Secures $25M in Additional Financing
Seegrid, the pioneer and leader in vision-based autonomous industrial vehicles, announced today that the company has raised approximately $12M of equity capital from Giant Eagle, its majority shareholder, and several other existing and new ...
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August 12, 2016
Seegrid Named Pittsburgh Tech 50 Awards Finalist
Seegrid, the pioneer and leader in vision-based autonomous industrial vehicles, today announced that the Pittsburgh Technology Council has named it a Tech 50 Awards Finalist for Manufacturing Innovator of the Year. Since 1997, the Pittsburgh ...
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July 20, 2016
Seegrid Names Pete Chryplewicz to Detroit, MI ...
Seegrid, the pioneer and leader in vision-based autonomous industrial vehicles, today announced the addition of Pete Chryplewicz to the Company’s strategic account sales team. Chryplewicz will be heading up the important Detroit, Michigan robotics ...
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February 16, 2016
Seegrid Named a Top Global Robotics Company
Seegrid named a top global robotics company by Robotics Business Review. “Seegrid is honored to be recognized as a robotics leader in the global materials handling industry. Seegrid’s 3D perception technology is changing the way materials are ...
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