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• Genius Or Gimmick

• Electric Tractors Are Shocking

• AI Is F'n Awesome

• Tech of the Day: Totes, yeah totes

• ⭐ Job Posting of the DAY! ⭐

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Genius Or Gimmick

Have you heard of Inuitive? How about a M4.5S? Don't ring a bell? That makes at least two of us. Inuitive, which seems to be a take on the word intuitive or maybe it was just a misspelling, is a company that sells ROCs. Not those kind of rocks. Robot On Chip. These guys claim to have created the holy grail of AGV and AMR sensor modules that can provide human like sensing capabilities to your mobile robotic platform.

Why do I question the legitimacy of this tech, of this company? Check out their video. A fake "breaking news" kinda video that's really cheesy. Like ooozing with warm week old ricotta or if you're the dairy free sort maybe it's like that kind of cheese that doesn't melt.

Electric Tractors Are Shocking

John Deere wants to pretend they're the coolest kids on the block with their fancy self driving tractors. But the really cool kids don't have to say they're the coolest. Let me announce the cool kid, CASE IH is awesome! Self driving..yep, they also can do some assisted driving so that the combine and a trailer can sync up for unloading on the go, and the really cool thing? How about an electric tractor?!?!?!?! Yeah maybe finally we'll get all those farm kids to stop "rolling coal" with their big diesel trucks and they can start adopting electric trucks as their go to. If CASE has come up with an electric tractor then what in the world is taking so long for the electric tractor trailers (aka big rigs aka semis). the power consumption of a tractor must be massive! I can't wait for someone to transplant one of these power systems into a MONSTER TRUCK! What a redneck environmentalist's mash up!

Here's the video!!!!

Tech of the Day: Totes, Yeah Totes!

What's the most basic of essentials in a warehouse or manufacturing facility? You might think it's the forklift, WRONG. Maybe you think it's an ERP system, boooo. So many wrong answers from all of you! Totes, totes are the essential glue holding the universe together!

The basics: You put stuff into totes and then you can carry the totes. Pretty simple huh? Yeah I guess if you want to waste your company dollars on trash. When you purchase totes there are 4 key things to note.

Application - What are you doing with the totes? Are they going into a clean room or are they going to hold oily parts? Do they need to be conveyable or will they be picked up by a human? The application is important because it will help determine the material the tote is made of as well as other factors including dimensions.

Payload capacity - All totes are not created equal. It's really important that you pay attention to this often overlooked detail. I've seen so many totes in facilities and many of them are not being use appropriately. Someone in purchasing thought you could get buy with a cheaper tote, but they don't have to try to carry that flimsy thing around with parts falling out of it. Make sure to get a real world number of how much weight you want to put in a tote. Anything over 40lbs is a bit of an ergonomic issue so keep that in mind. You don't need old Billy Joe filing a workman's comp claim cause you overloaded his totes causing an injury.

Dimensions - Have you found a machine that shrinks or enlarges totes? If you have let me know, otherwise make sure to order the right size totes. Do you need to move totes along a conveyor? Then make sure they fit on there. Do you need people to move them? Make sure they're not too big to carry. Want to limit the chance the weight of a tote won't be exceeded? Then make sure you can't physically put more into a tote than the capacity. It's not rocket science but dimensions matter.

Material - There are all kinds of totes. Cheap injection molded plastic ones, fiberglass reinforced, steel, corrugated plastic, and I could keep going on and on. If you put oily greasy parts in a corrugated plastic tote...the tote won't last long. Put aluminum parts in a steel tote and you're asking for galvanic corrosion. Material matters and mainly for the longevity of your totes.

Totes are not cheap and making sure you order the right ones for the job at hand will ensure that your totes last and do the job you need them to do. If you need totes...just do a quick internet search and you'll find several companies ready to take your money. Before handing them your cash make sure to talk to someone and get feedback on your application. If they don't have someone that knows a thing or two about totes then buy elsewhere!

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AI Is F'n Awesome

I hear AI and I start to get the tingles! I'm such a fanboy. From art to music to coding there seems to be a new AI tool being released daily. Probably not really daily but there's a lot going on in the field.

The latest one I heard of is Character AI. Wow, simply WOW. This a an AI tool that allows you to chat with preprogrammed AI characters of your choosing. Want to carry on a conversation about quantum physics with Elon Musk..go for it. Albert Einstein can give you relationship advice. The possibilities are endless. I spent my day talking with Tony Stark about how I can build my newsletter audience!

https://beta.character.ai/

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JOB POSTING OF THE DAY

Here Ye Here Ye! GrayMatter is hiring a Customer Success Manager. This isn't just a job were you send out client surveys. At GrayMatter the Customer Success manager matters, like brain matter. Check out this gig and several others they have posted!

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