News

Award-winning VVR confirms the successful partnership between RealWear and Mantis for Vision Picking solutions

27.05.2021

Mantis is pleased to announce that the partnership with RealWear is crowned with 3 new successful projects. Mantis is a Global ISV + Reseller of RealWear, the leader in assisted reality solutions. Since the beginning of the partnership, Mantis has designed and developed a specialized vision picking module (VVR) based on the popular RealWear HMT-1 assisted reality device for Vision + Voice. VVR has since won the Gold Supply Chain Award for warehouse innovation.

VVR, which relies on theRealWear HMT-1's advanced voice recognition capabilities and a wearable RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) device for confirmation, revolutionizesPiece Picking / Pick-to-Cart, Case Picking & Sorting / Put-Wallsthat have been supported by traditional R/Light/Voice-directed applications. By combining voice, vision and RFID confirmation devices,VVRdrastically reduces a picker’s learning curve, minimizes errors and increases productivity while freeing the warehouse workers hands.

The partnership between RealWear and Mantis is fruitful to both parties and customers, with several projects already in place and very promising results.TheMantis WMS Logistics Vision Suite(LVS) module is integrated with theRealWear HMT-1assisted reality solution for picking and sorting and is implemented with success on several occasions. On a specific customer the increase of picking productivity was up to 20% with a further error reduction of 5% compared to RF picking.

Taking it a step furtherVVRon theHMT-1is ready to be in use and further studied by a university as part of its designated school curriculum.

»Our strategic partnership withMantisenables us to further evolve in the supply chain industry and help our common end-customers to dramatically accelerate their digital transformation efforts to protect their workforce and ensure effective performance increase,« saidJon Arnold, Vice President, EMEA atRealWear.

»We consider our partnership withRealWeara strategic one as it allowsMantisto continue delivering logistics innovation to our customers that are seeking innovative technologies and services to enhance their ability to effectively increase their productivity and continue their business development path«, saidGeorge Baglatzis, CCO atMantis.