ArcBest Helps Bridge the Gap Between Robotics and Logistics Using NVIDIA Technology
March 18 2024 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
ArcBest leverages NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor to
advance its AI offerings, transform material-handling technology
and shape the future of the supply chain
Today, ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB), a leading logistics company,
announced a collaboration with NVIDIA that uses the NVIDIA Isaac
Perceptor to improve safety and efficiency in material-handling
processes across warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing
facilities.
ArcBest is bringing the NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor platform for AMRs
— cutting-edge machine vision technology — to its newly launched
Vaux Smart Autonomy™ autonomous forklifts and reach trucks. The
Isaac Perceptor modular perception stack brings 3D-surround
perception, enabling a robot to better recognize objects, track
human motion and make informed decisions that guide its path, for
safer, more flexible and more efficient operations.
“Innovation is critical to our long-term growth strategy and our
customers’ success,” said Judy R. McReynolds, ArcBest chairman,
president and CEO. “This collaboration with NVIDIA enhances our AI
and technology capabilities, which helps us better serve our
customers and drive the global supply chain forward.”
Continuous improvements to support customer needs
With a constantly evolving economic environment, today’s supply
chains are more complex than ever. Customers across industries need
logistics providers to develop innovations to solve their most
pressing challenges — now and in the future.
While Vaux Smart Autonomy’s current perception technology can
handle real-world environments, Isaac Perceptor’s capabilities
include cost-effective, targeted obstacle perception in a user’s
intended target environments. This enables more accurate movements
in unpredictable conditions, better obstacle avoidance and an
overall safer environment. It also improves localization in dynamic
environments such as bulk stacking or cross-dock warehouse
facilities by utilizing a vision-based 3D view of its
surroundings.
“Today’s material handling environment can be incredibly
complex, with variability in the facility and products. Customers
have expressed a need for greater efficiency and improved safety,”
said Michael Newcity, chief innovation officer of ArcBest and
president of ArcBest Technologies. “Our shift from 3D LiDAR sensors
to visual AI technology is part of our continual progress and
another step towards addressing these challenges. This advanced
technology is not being used by any other robotics company in the
logistics space, making our solution truly leading edge.”
Isaac Perceptor generates over 16.5 million 3D points per second
per camera, enabling precise depth perception of obstacles, and
therefore 3D occupancy mapping, for more efficient and safer
material handling processes. This technology is also more cost
effective than current 3D LiDAR sensors.
Vaux Smart Autonomy — looking ahead
ArcBest recently launched the company’s next step in its
revolutionary Vaux suite: Vaux Smart Autonomy. The offering
combines AMR forklifts and reach trucks, intelligent software and
remote teleoperation capabilities to automate materials movement
within warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing
facilities — all while keeping humans in the loop.
The company is committed to redefining industrial automation,
empowering partners and customers with unprecedented productivity
and adaptability as it evolves. Watch the short video at
arcb.com/technology/vaux/smart-autonomy to see Vaux Smart
Autonomy’s full capabilities. For additional details on the
complete Vaux suite, visit arcb.com/technology/vaux. To learn more
about ArcBest’s full scope of industry-leading technologies, go to
arcb.com/technology.
ABOUT ARCBEST
ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB) is a multibillion-dollar integrated
logistics company that helps keep the global supply chain moving.
Founded in 1923 and now with 15,000 employees across 250 campuses
and service centers, the company is a logistics powerhouse, using
its technology, expertise and scale to connect shippers with the
solutions they need — from ground, air and ocean transportation to
fully managed supply chains. ArcBest has a long history of
innovation that is enriched by deep customer relationships. With a
commitment to helping customers navigate supply chain challenges
now and in the future, the company is developing ground-breaking
technology like Vaux™, one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2023. For
more information, visit arcb.com.
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