Exploring Mobile Robotics Success Stories with Locus Robotics

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

1:00 PM CT

This webinar covers how autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have transformed industries, boosting productivity and efficiency. With inspiring success stories from businesses that have already reaped the benefits of AMR, there is a takeaway here for everyone curious about the ROI of robotics in the supply chain.

Presented By:

Jason Lum, Senior Strategic Alliance Manager, Locus Robotics

John Wells, Sales, Locus Robotics

Manthan Pawar, Product Manager for Autonomous Mobile Robotics, Barcodes, Inc.

Key Takeaways from the Robotics Webinar

• Barcodes is a system integrator and installation partner for Locus Robotics
• Industries served include manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, logistics, hospitality, retail, healthcare, government, education
• AMRs help address labor shortages, ecommerce fulfillment demand, and overall flexibility incorporating automation in the supply chain

In this webinar, we speak in great detail about real-world AMR applications that have already proven successful. Watch the full recording of the webinar below:

Full transcript in progress. Check back soon for a full summary text.

Exploring Mobile Robotics Q&A

Can Locus Robotics integrate with Epicor Eclipse? Yes. We’ve got quite a few customers on Epicor, other older warehouse management systems, and even homegrowns. So as long as the database can communicate with us via SOAP, REST sockets or a few other protocols, we can integrate with that solution.

What are some of the hiccups and issues with robotics deployment that you have had to deal with in the past? One thing we find is what we put into operation on go live, day one doesn’t always look the same on subsequent days. Our team stays there, designs, develops, and changes onsite to make it work even better. Many of the issues arise from peer training. Users don’t always understand how to work with our bots. So we will spend a lot of extra time on training. Another aspect is is warehouse hygiene- making sure the warehouse has clean floors and organized aisles for AMRs to pass through. Things of that nature.

The Honeywell Xenon XP 1950h barcode scanner helps ensure clinical staff provide superior patient care.

With superior 1D/2D scanning performance and highly accurate area imaging, the 1950h scanner is a must for busy healthcare environments. Eliminate redundancies and wasted time caused by poor quality barcodes with the very best from Honeywell.

The Xenon Extreme Performance (XP) 1950h scanner continues the heritage of industry-leading performance and dependability by building on the solid basis of preceding Xenon healthcare scanners. The patient ID verification procedure is fast and simple thanks to the healthcare scanner, which guarantees that healthcare personnel attention is always on the patient (not the technology).

The Xenon XP 1950h scanner, which incorporates Honeywell’s state of the art imaging technology, provides exceptional scan performance. The healthcare scanner effortlessly collects even the most challenging or damaged codes. This enhances the efficiency and throughput of healthcare workers by removing unnecessary moves and lost time.

The Xenon XP’s class-leading reliability reduces downtime and service costs, resulting in a longer device lifecycle, a lower total cost of ownership, and better patient outcomes. It is designed to withstand 50 drops at 1.8 m (6 feet) and 2,000 tumbles at 0.5 m (1.6 feet), and it has an IP52 ingress rating for water and dust.

Xenon XP 1950h & 1952h Scanner Key Benefits

The Xenon series has many benefits for healthcare providers, including:

• Simplified patient ID verification
• Superior scan performance
• Disinfectant resistant housing
• Rugged design for reliable everyday use
• IP52 rated to resist water and dust
• Drop protection for up to 6 feet

For more details, download the Xenon XP 1950h/1952h spec sheet.

As for getting the scanners deployed and serviced, trust Barcodes, Inc. to manage all your healthcare technology needs. Contact us to learn more about healthcare barcode scanners can help improve your productivity and quality of care.

The Honeywell CT60XP is an exceptional mobile computer made for demanding commercial applications, such as transportation, logistics, delivery, and industrial manufacturing.

Eliminate redundancies and wasted time caused by poor quality barcodes with the very best from Honeywell.

CT60XP Mobile Computer Key Benefits

The CT60XP is tailor-made for manufacturers, distribution giants, and government organizations to count on real-time communication anywhere, anytime.

Essential business applications depend on quick, accurate data capture. The CT60XP delivers in a highly durable, long-lasting form factor and doesn’t disappoint. 

Designed for optimal uptime and efficiency in the field or on the sales floor, CT60 XP provides an integrated, repeatable, and scalable approach based on a common hardware and software platform, freeing customers from the constraints of today’s integration and inflexible technologies without sacrificing enterprise security, reliability, performance, or management features.

Expedite CT60XP Deployment with Mobility Edge from Honeywell

Managing and maintaining many devices across the company adds time- and cost-intensive complications for company IT. Customers can use the CT60XP mobile computer in conjunction with the Mobility Edge platform to speed provisioning, certification, and deployment across the company.

Support through Android R

The CT60XP mobile computer has a product lifespan that spans four versions of Android, maximizing return on client investment and lowering TCO. It’s also Android Workplace Recommended, a Google-led program that assists businesses in confidently selecting, deploying, and managing the Android devices and services most suited to their workplace needs.

Stay Connected and Productive, No Matter Where You Work

The CT60 handheld is loaded with capabilities that will keep workers connected and productive throughout the day. With enough battery power to last a full shift, the industry-leading sophisticated network connectivity offers lightning quick file transfers, video streaming, and instant remote access to business apps among many other uses.

For more details, download the Honeywell CT60XP spec sheet.

Navigate a World in Motion with Honeywell and Barcodes, Inc.

Whether you use Honeywell devices or a wide variety of rugged computers, Barcodes, Inc. will work on a custom technology deployment solution that makes sense in the broader picture for your organization.

From mobile computer staging, configuration, kitting, deployment, to professional services, Barcodes, Inc. manages your IT needs on a single platform.

Improve worker productivity tenfold, reduce cost of equipment ownership, and free up valuable internal IT resources. Contact us today for a free consultation.

Is labor shortage or employee turnover a daily challenge? You’re not alone.

There are some serious gaps in the workforce, especially in professional services, hospitality, financial, retail, and manufacturing.

The labor shortage is a multi-faceted problem without a single quick fix. It doesn’t appear skilled workers are going to return to pre-pandemic levels any time soon, either. So what steps can be taken to mitigate this costly, complex challenge?

Barcodes, Inc. has a wide array of integrated technology solutions to address labor shortages, including automation, RFID, and enterprise mobility management. One aspect of high turnover and a shrinking talent pool is slightly overlooked, however: the user experience on the tools you use in your supply chain today.

Would offering a consistent user experience across devices and applications appeal to your workers? The answer is likely yes. Thanks to our strategic partnership with Ivanti, we tackle UI for telnet and web applications head on with industry-leading terminal emulation software.

Introducing Ivanti Velocity

Ivanti Velocity (powered by Wavelink) enables a modern, user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for legacy workflow applications, all without making changes to your WMS or enterprise application.

As noted in detail on the Ivanti Velocity spec sheet, the software emulates existing text-based telnet apps on Android devices.

Without impacting your apps or writing code, Ivanti Velocity brings order picking from their initial “green screen” (pictured on the left below) to a modern, voice-enabled GUI (on the right) that is much simpler to use.

Your workers will find it much easier to adjust to new Android-enabled hardware without major disruptions to your daily operations. Other key benefits of Ivanti Velocity include:

• Deploy Android-ready hardware with minimal barrier to entry
• Maintain your existing host system, (such as a WMS) without modification or migration
• Modernize your mobile experience with a GUI that is intuitive to navigate and use
• Increase accuracy and speed of order picking

Please watch this short video on Ivanti Velocity. This mobile application maximizes worker productivity and accuracy, all while reducing onboarding time (and in the long term, turnover).

The BCS 3600ex-NI handheld scanners are modeled after Zebra’s popular 3600 series of ultra-rugged scanners. In other words, these are an extremely rugged, explosion-protected Zebra DS3608 or DS3678.

The BCS 3600ex-NI is designed as the newest iteration of rugged explosion-protected scanners and is available for ATEX/IECEx and ETL.

Utilize the corded (BCS 3608ex) or Bluetooth-enabled (BCS 3678ex) scanner* that best suits your demanding environment.

With the BCS 3600ex-NI handheld scanners, you have access to the most dependable, rapid, and precise scanning capabilities on the market, establishing new benchmarks for non-incendive scanning.

BCS 3600 Key Features and Benefits

• Superior performance with 1D/2D barcodes in all environments
• The most resilient design in its category
• A Bluetooth model in its own class for enhanced cordless mobility*
• Strong, replaceable battery*
• One cradle can hold up to seven Bartec scanners*

For a full list of features and non-incendive certifications, download the BCS 3600 spec sheet.

From the Refinery, to the Platform, to the Truck

Superior 1D/2D barcode scanning in all environments
The sophisticated imager scans 1D and 2D barcodes on a display or label quicker and with a 30% bigger working area than similar models for unmatched productivity. Even broken, unclean, badly printed, or shrink-wrapped barcodes may be scanned on the first try by employees.

OCR, photographs, and documents—not just barcodes
Zebra’s intelligent document capture takes, refocuses, and corrects pictures for easy reading. Multiple OCR fonts provide quick and easy data transmission.

Highest Drop and Tumble Standard, IPC Sealing in its class
The BCS 3608ex/3678ex is 23% more robust than previous scanners in its class, surviving a 2.4 m concrete drop. Even after 5,000 tumbles, the BCS 3608ex/BCS 3678ex simulates drop-induced tumbling. Both variants are IP65 dust-, spray-, and water-proof.

Easy Remote Setup and Management
The 123Scan Utility and Scanner Management Service (SMS) may remotely setup scanners, update firmware, prepare data for backend systems, verify Power Precision +/- battery statistics, and more. Remotely setup and expand scanners, prepare data for rapid transmission to corporate applications, check cordless model battery charge, and more.

Faster scanning and pick-list processing
Now, one click of the trigger captures the proper barcodes and adds the particular data format necessary for each one for immediate transmission to your back-end systems, with total control over barcode processing order.

Non-Incendive Scanning Starting at $1,800

The BCS 3600 from Bartec is a phenomenal non-incendive barcode scanner. Starting at $1,804, it’s hard to beat the performance to price ratio for scanners that are made for the harshest environments. For questions related to your specific environments and applications, contact us today.

The CubiScan 150 Scale improves inventory management, increases supply chain efficiency, and increases overall production, making it a great tool for firms looking to simplify operations and save money.

How Does the CubiScan 150 Scale Work?

The CubiScan 150 uses laser technology to scan and record the length, width, height, and weight of an object that is put on its measuring base.

Once object data is collected, it can be added to inventory management systems and shipping software to give exact and consistent information about how big and heavy goods are. To understand the best way to pack and ship items, ensure items follow shipping rules, and avoid common shipping mistakes, a CubiScan dimensioning system is an invaluable solution.

In addition, the CubiScan 150 can buffer thousands of data records, link to barcode scanning equipment, label printing devices, and interact directly (in batch or real-time mode) with your manifesting or warehouse management system.

The CubiScan 150 Scale has various advantages for a multi-use dimensioning system.

• It’s compact in size.
• It correctly measures and weighs things using modern volumetric scanning technology, delivering perfect measurements for packaging and shipping calculations.
• It saves valuable warehouse space, lowers shipping costs, and decreases mistakes.
• It has a user-friendly interface.
• It’s simple to integrate with current systems.

Reasons to Consider a CubiScan 150

The CubiScan 150 is a tough piece of equipment, with a maximum measuring range of 39 x 40 x 48 inches (100 x 100 x 120 cm) and a net weight capacity of 150 lbs (70 kg).

The scale is accurate, with a measurement precision of 0.1 inch (0.2 cm) and a weight resolution of 0.05 pound (20 gram).

The CubiScan 150 is equipped with lockable casters, allowing it to be used in a fixed position or swiftly relocated and redeployed as needed.

Each device has a USB connector, two active serial communication ports, one serial printer port, and an Ethernet port for network connectivity and data transfer.

For a full list of capabilities, download the CubiScan 150 spec sheet.

See the CubiScan 150 in Action

Learn how the CubiScan 150 may help you minimize costly charge-backs and improve the most crucial component of your business: your bottom line.

NiceLabel Cloud offers centralized label management, enabling consistent and accurate labeling across locations.

Loftware’s custom labeling solution streamlines label design, approval, and printing processes, enhancing efficiency.

The cloud-based platform also promotes collaboration and real-time visibility into labeling activities.

Key Benefits of NiceLabel Cloud:

• Ensures regulatory compliance
• Provides scalability and security
• Reduces common errors at the granular level
• Centralizes label management for consistent and accurate labeling across locations.
• Streamlines label design, approval, and printing processes
• Promotes collaboration within the supply chain
• Increases real-time visibility into labeling activities

NiceLabel’s Label Cloud manages labeling for organizations of all sizes, from label design through print (and every step in between). Label Cloud includes a built-in label designer that provides a user interface similar to Microsoft Word.

Without any prior understanding of barcoding or designer training, you may easily design professional labels.

See How Easy it is to Use Label Cloud

Label Cloud makes it simple to expand labeling across departments, as well as to business partners such as suppliers, contract manufacturers, and third-party transportation providers.

This provides a consistent, clean, and predictable movement of items throughout the supply chain with minimal issues.

As adopters of NiceLabel in some of our own custom printing processes, we can safely say that Label Cloud is the simplest, yet most comprehensive, cloud labeling solution today.

Contact us to speak with a cloud labeling expert. You’ll be surprised at how seamless and easy it is to implement with a trusted labeling partner.

Maximize mobile POS with Citizen printers, the Citizen CMP-20II and CMP-30II mobile printers from Barcodes put barcode label and receipt printing in the palm of your hand.

When you print on the go, you have the freedom to do more tasks, more affordably, in more places.

See the Citizen Mobile Printers in Action

Don’t waste time to go back and forth to print receipts and labels. Watch the video below and see how Citizen’s CMP-20II and CMP-30II mobile computers can increase efficiency and productivity in your operations.

Key Benefits of the Citizen Mobile Printers

Citizen mobile printers offer several key benefits that make them valuable tools for on-the-go printing:

• Portability: Citizen mobile printers are designed to be compact and lightweight, making them highly portable. They are easy to carry around, allowing users to print documents, receipts, or labels wherever they go.

• Wireless Connectivity: Most Citizen mobile printers come with wireless connectivity options such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. This allows seamless printing from smartphones, tablets, or laptops without the need for any physical connections. Users can print wirelessly from their mobile devices, improving convenience and eliminating the hassle of cables.

• Versatility: These printers are capable of printing various types of documents, including receipts, tickets, labels, invoices, and more. They often support different paper sizes and formats, accommodating a range of printing needs. This versatility makes Citizen mobile printers suitable for a wide range of industries and applications.

• Durability: Citizen is known for manufacturing rugged and durable printers. Mobile printers from Citizen are typically designed to withstand the rigors of everyday use, making them suitable for demanding environments such as field sales, transportation, logistics, or retail.

• Battery-powered: Citizen mobile printers are often battery-powered, allowing users to operate them without relying on a constant power source. This feature is particularly useful for professionals who require printing on the go, enabling them to print documents or receipts in remote locations or while traveling.

• Quick and Efficient: Citizen mobile printers generally offer fast printing speeds and high-quality output. They employ advanced printing technologies, including thermal printing, to deliver quick and reliable results. This efficiency is crucial for professionals who need to print documents on the spot, ensuring productivity and customer satisfaction.

• Easy Integration: Citizen mobile printers are designed to be easily integrated into existing systems and workflows. They often come with compatible software development kits (SDKs) and support standard printer languages, enabling seamless integration with various operating systems, POS (Point of Sale) systems, or mobile applications.

• Cost-Effective: While the price may vary depending on the specific model and features, Citizen mobile printers are generally considered cost-effective. They provide a good balance of performance, durability, and affordability, making them an attractive choice for businesses and individuals looking for mobile printing solutions.

These key benefits make Citizen mobile printers a popular choice anywhere that portable printing capabilities are necessary for day-to-day operations. Contact us today to speak to a mobile printing expert and look at Citizen printers in-depth.

The Epson TM-P20ii printer keeps things moving in the workplace.

Epson’s Mobilink TM-P80II Plus receipt printer is extremely fast, portable, and wireless. The Mobilink TM-P80II has a sturdy design that can withstand rough handling thanks to its IP54-rated enclosure that protects against water and dust, as well as a drop rating of 4.9 feet.

The Mobilink TM-P80II Plus is a versatile wireless receipt printer thanks to its portability and compact design.

Furthermore, the Mobilink TM-P80II Plus provides consistent quality performance and crisp, presentable receipts.

The Mobilink TM-P80II Plus is the ideal choice for portability without sacrificing performance, thanks to its versatile connectivity options, including Bluetooth, Serial, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and USB-Network-Tethering.

Unboxing the Epson TM-P20ii Printer

Let’s have a quick look at what comes in the box when you order the Epson TM-P20ii from Barcodes, Inc. Contents and packaging may vary depending on model.

Key Benefits of the TM-P20ii Printer

This printer from Epson is a powerful, liner-free label making machine. No matter your use case, the printer exceeds in just about every department.

• Portable and lightweight – ultra small, easy to wear (belt clip included); prevents carry fatigue.
  
• Robust design – IP54-rated enclosure is water- and dust-resistant; withstands harsh use with a 4.9-foot drop rating.
  
• Crisp, presentable receipts – auto cutter and de-curler improve printing look and handling, assuring clear, smooth edges.
  
• 34-hour battery life – (battery and USB-C cable)

• Fast battery charging – 2.5 hours (charger available separately).
  
• High print quality and speed – print sharp, crisp text, barcodes, and logos at up to 100 mm/sec.
  
• Versatile connectivity – Wi-Fi® 5 or Bluetooth® 5.0 to connect to a variety of devices and networks.
  
• High-capacity media basket – maximum uptime, thanks to 51 mm outside diameter. Replace rolls less often.
  
• Modern design – sleek, business-friendly design.
  
• Optional accessories – include a single or quad battery charger, spare battery, waist strap, shoulder strap, and soft carrying box.

Consider Epson for Your Barcode Label and Receipt Printing Needs

The TM-P20ii printer is a fabulous, dynamic label and receipt printer that you can depend on in today’s most demanding retail, catering, restaurant, and hotel environments. Contact us today for a closer look at what mobile printing upgrades we can assist your business with.

Print Labels, Tags, Invoices, Quotes, Receipts, and More on the Spot

The Brother RuggedJet 4250WBL mobile label and receipt printer raises industry standards with a smart new way to manage and deploy printers.

Like other RuggedJet printers from Brother, the 4250WBL is well designed to meet the needs of a busy mobile workforce, in the field or inside the four walls.

To support efficiency and changing connection requirements in your facility, the RJ-4250WBL offers a wide variety of connectivity options (including twin Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® radios).

With AirPrint®, you can immediately get started printing straight from your screen without having to write or use an app.

All the capabilities you need to print 2-inch to 4-inch labels for shipping, pallets, picking/packing, and more across your organization are available on this very tough, high-performing, and rechargeable printer.

Benefits of the Brother RuggedJet 4250WBL Mobile Barcode Printer

• Fast, efficient print speeds up to 5 inches per second
• Reinforced parts and sturdy construction
• IP54 certification for dust/moisture and 6.88 foot drop protection
• Easy to connect and pair with any device
• Smart, reliable lithium ion battery
• Compatible with Windows, Android, Apple iOS, and AirPrint
• Accessories for even greater mobility, such as mounts, cases, straps, and adapters

For a closer look, download the RJ4200 series spec sheet. When you are ready for a deeper conversation about how to deploy 4250 printers to your workforce, reach out to us.