Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.86
January 05, 2023
…expand their customer base in the convenience store and grocery supply chain. Nodia, India-based Addverb said it provides smart end-to-end warehouse and industrial automation and intralogistics solutions. The company develops autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated storage retrieval systems (ASRS), and picking technologies. Velociti Alliance said it develops software services to help wholesale distribution facilities manage workflows. The Greenville, S.C.-based company said its software includes the following: CloudLogic, a game-theory-based system that updates picking and packing assignments within microseconds based on worker location and traffic patterns in the warehouse PiecePick, which increases productivity and accuracy by batching orders and shortening the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.36
May 03, 2021
…they are collaborating on a pilot project to offer grocery delivery via autonomous drones in Centerville, Ohio. The partners plan to launch a second pilot at a Ralphs store in California this coming summer. “Kroger's new drone delivery pilot is part of the evolution of our rapidly growing and innovative e-commerce business – which includes pickup, delivery, and ship and reached more than $10 billion in sales in 2020,” stated Jody Kalmbach, group vice president of product experience at Kroger. “The pilot reinforces the importance of flexibility and immediacy to customers, powered by modern, cost-effective, and efficient last-mile solutions. We're…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.32
September 21, 2023
…and CEO of Brightpick, in a release. “E-commerce and e-grocery companies seem to quickly understand the operational enhancements that a fleet of Brightpick Autopicker robots can provide,” he said. “Our strongest traction is in grocery and pharmaceuticals, probably because our robots excel at picking those items and can pick from ambient and chilled zones.” Brightpick automates fulfillment processes Erlanger, Ky.-based Brightpick offers robots using artificial intelligence to automate fulfillment processes including order picking, consolidation, dispatch, and stock replenishment. It claimed that its systems take weeks to deploy and enable warehouses to reallocate staffers dedicated to picking by 95% and to…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 22.72
December 19, 2018
RightHand Robotics is a leader in providing end-to-end solutions that reduce the cost of e-commerce order-fulfillment of electronics, apparel, grocery, pharmaceuticals, and countless other industries. Unlike traditional factory robots that can be complex to set up and are singly purposed, RHR solutions are simple to integrate and adaptable to improve the utilization of many different customer workflows, such as sorting batch-picked items, picking items from an ASRS, inducting items to a belt sorter, and order quality assurance.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.40
June 21, 2023
…continuing with Frankfurt, Vienna, Prague and other fulfillment centers. Grocery orders contain an average of 30 items per order, so item picking is a major operational challenge. In addition, 78% of grocers state rising workforce costs as one of their top three challenges and 92%* are dissatisfied with online order picking efficiency. A typical grocery fulfillment center also has to contend with various picking zones to handle ambient, fresh, chilled and frozen items. Brightpick said it offers the only mobile robot that automates both picking and order consolidation across these different zones. Rohlik has more than 1.5 million e-grocery customers…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.18
January 26, 2021
…a software solution that is said to improve online grocery margins, and increases the productivity of retailers’ e-commerce operations. The software based eGMS platform can be scaled to work for any size retailer and can deploy in the back of a store, within a dark-store and now in a micro-fulfillment center with Attabotics. The joint Attabotics and FoodX offering and the deployment of micro-fulfillment solutions for eGrocery will use Microsoft Azure Private Edge Zones, Azure Stack Edge and Azure Sphere. They will also use Azure Data & AI to unlock insights across the digital supply chain. The Network Supply Chain…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.89
February 16, 2024
…scalable, and sustainable,” said Adam Gurga, national manager of grocery and retail partnerships for Cimcorp. The MODEX 2024 trade show will be held March 11-14 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. Modular systems support supply-chain sustainability Cimcorp, which provides fresh food and tire handling robots, said it will showcase systems designed to optimize fresh and perishable food distribution for grocery retailers, bakeries, and dairies. The company said its systems modernize order fulfillment, support supply chain sustainability, and minimize lead times to maximize freshness for perishable foods. Offering modular systems that can be retrofitted into existing distribution centers,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.48
October 07, 2021
…chain, from farming and food processing to assembling online grocery orders and delivering them. Wayve yesterday announced a £10 million ($13.63 million U.S.) investment from Ocado Group PLC. The companies said they are partnering to accelerate the development of autonomous grocery deliveries in complex urban environments. “Ocado Group has been driving innovation in global grocery logistics for decades,” said Alex Kendall, CEO of Wayve. “Their cutting-edge approach to grocery operations and international reach aligns strongly with Wayve’s culture and global ambitions.” “Globally, there is huge momentum to transform mobility in grocery operations right now,” he said. “We are focused on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.31
February 14, 2023
…mobile base and a picking arm for e-commerce and grocery order fulfillment. The Erlanger, Ky.-based company claimed that its system is the only commercially available robot capable of both picking and consolidating orders in warehouse aisles. Like humans with carts, the autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can move around a facility, retrieve storage totes from shelving, and pick items from those totes to consolidate orders while still in the aisles, said Brightpick. “Our patented Brightpick Autopicker is the most advanced fulfillment robot ever created and is a game-changer in the warehouse automation space,” stated Jan Zizka, co-founder and CEO of Brightpick.…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 19.16
October 22, 2021
…companies of various sizes. In addition, we examine the difference between mico-fulfillment and hyperlocal fulfillment, two buzzworthy phrases in groceries and e-commerce, but not limited to those sectors. Here are just some of the topics in this free download: Mobile Robot Adoption by Warehouses Will Surge to the Half-Million Mark How to Get to Hyperlocal Fulfillment, Fast 3 Ways in Which Robots Are Helping the Supply Chain Industry Robots Deliver in the Last Mile, Giving Retailers and Patrons More Options How Can Robots Improve Picking Operations in Warehouses? Think of Robots as a Supply Chain Asset Warehouses Not Yet Taking…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.05
February 16, 2021
…they pursue their ambitions of becoming the leading omnichannel grocery retailer in their markets. “Over the past year, all Ahold Delhaize USA companies have seen a tremendous increase in online sales growth, and we believe this growth is here to stay,” said JJ Fleeman, president of Peapod Digital Labs and Chief E-commerce Officer. “As we think about shifting consumer expectations and the future of omnichannel shopping, we must continue to build and evolve our already strong infrastructure to optimize pick-up and delivery. We’re excited to kick off this pilot with The GIANT Company and Swisslog as we continue to build…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.03
July 25, 2021
Instacart, a leading online grocery provider, last week unveiled the first phase of an initiative to bring automated fulfillment technology to retailers across the U.S. and Canada. As part of the initiative, the San Francisco-based company announced it has signed a multi-year strategic deal with micro-fulfillment company Fabric. It will integrate robots and software with Instacart's proprietary technology to create new e-commerce services for retail partners and a faster, easier online grocery shopping experience for customers, said the partners. “Instacart is proud to serve as the chief ally to retailers during a time when e-commerce in North America is poised…
