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From Sketches to Digital Warehouse Layout with the WarehouseDesigner

29. October 2025

AI is changing warehouse planning: WarehouseDesigner transforms simple sketches into digital, optimized warehouse layouts in seconds, accelerating the planning of modern warehouse systems....

Smart Logistics and Object Tracking: A Futuristic Vision of Transportation and Supply Chain Management

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Computer Vision in Yard Logistics: Robust Object Tracking in Real Time

22. May 2025

Want smarter logistics? Real-time object tracking with computer vision boosts efficiency, delivers actionable insights, and tackles key challenges. Discover tech and use cases....

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Deep Learning-based Re-Identification in Logistics

17. January 2024

Deep learning-based re-identification can be used to recognize objects of the same type in images. The computer vision method is successfully used to automate processes in intralogistics....

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Automatic categorization of online store items from product descriptions

16. November 2022

In this blog post, author Eduardo Brito shows how the classification of items in online stores can be automated and presents a resource-saving solution using an application example....

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ML in logistics: How can CNNs make automation in bin picking more efficient?

13. April 2022

The scope of application of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in industry and logistics is currently still limited, although they can help to efficiently automate various tasks. Various application methods can promote their use....

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The intelligent shelf: The path to intelligent human-machine interfaces in industry

02. February 2022

Hand-held devices and traditional paper documents in logistics restrict employees' movements. The Fraunhofer IML is developing an intelligent shelf as a solution, which is intended to pave the way for an intelligent human-machine interface....

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Bin packing: When even Computers have to guess

11. August 2021

Bin packing is part of the thoroughly scrutinized class of combinatorial optimization problems. This Blog post applies two practical heuristics to a concrete example and compares their efficacy regarding two criteria....

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Localization of autonomous robots using a floor camera

26. May 2021

The localization of autonomously driving robots is essential for their navigation in space. Lamarr scientists have developed a method that enables robots to determine their spatial position without prior knowledge and using a floor camera....