Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.55
June 14, 2023
…improve the performance and efficiency of assembly, fulfillment, and other processes. The industries Photoneo serves include automotive, logistics, e-commerce, grocery, medical, and manufacturing.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.52
June 09, 2023
…for Kiva Systems while working at Webvan, an online grocery business that ceased operations in 2001. While working there as the director of business process in logistics, he took note of how inefficient their fulfillment process was. “After I had been there for six months, I looked through the cost of running the fulfillment center—70% of the cost was the human labor doing the picking and packing,” he said. “When I was studying the labor, 70% of their time was walking around.” Mountz noted when he multiplied those two numbers together, he found 49% of the company’s costs came from…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.28
June 03, 2023
…type of goods. One great example comes from the grocery industry. In the past, grocery retailers have typically focused their automation investments on shelf-stable goods. Fresh and perishable food distribution, on the other hand, has remained mostly manual. Why? When handling perishable products like fresh produce, dairy foods, and baked goods, time is of the essence. These products need to move through the distribution process as quickly and efficiently as possible to maintain quality and freshness. Otherwise, they could spoil prematurely, creating excess waste, food safety issues, and unhappy customers. Previous generations of robotic systems weren’t built to meet this…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.93
May 13, 2023
Associated Food Stores, or AFS, a provider of groceries and other goods and services to independent retailers in nine Intermountain states, and Symbotic Inc., a provider of A.I.-enabled robotics technology for the supply chain, this month announced they have entered into a commercial agreement to implement Symbotic’s A.I.-powered robotic warehouse automation technology in AFS’ Utah distribution center. Symbotic’s end-to-end automation system, with robotic case pick capabilities, will allow AFS’ distribution center to improve a variety of retail-facing experiences, including overall supply, expanded selection and delivery of products to stores. Willmington, Mass.-based Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.87
May 04, 2023
…as well as valuable commercial and R&D expertise in non-grocery retail segments.” Hatfield, U.K.-based Ocado Group provides e-commerce order-fulfilment systems to large grocery retailers worldwide. For the past two decades, the company said it has developed robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, simulation, forecasting, and edge intelligence technologies. Ocado Group holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd. in the U.K. in a joint venture with Marks & Spencer, and it acquired materials handling robot startup Myrmex Inc. for €10.2 miliion ($11.26 million U.S.) last year. Shopify to also shed logistics unit Omnichannel retail provider Shopify acquired 6 River Systems…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.36
March 29, 2023
…robotic technologies that address use cases in retail, e-commerce, grocery, 3PL [third-party logistics], and package-handling companies,” he said. “We look forward to partnering with Berkshire Grey to accelerate their growth and deliver ongoing excellence for customers.” SoftBank Robotics makes service robots using BrainOS for commercial cleaning and disinfection. In 2020, the company sold its interest in Boston Dynamics to Hyundai Motor Group. In 2021, SoftBank acquired 40% of automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) provider AutoStore. Earlier this month, SoftBank Robotics U.K. and Bunzl Distribution partnered to offer robotics in Spain. Terms of Berkshire Grey acquisition Under the agreement, SoftBank…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.82
March 27, 2023
…so excited to see Gatik trucks starting to deliver groceries throughout our Dallas division,” said Raúl Bujalil, vice president of supply chain strategy and technology enablers at Kroger. “These autonomous box trucks will help us continue our commitment to creating a seamless shopping experience - where customers can access their favorite fresh foods, with zero compromise on value or convenience.” Gatik trucks help address e-commerce demands Gatik said its autonomous middle mile solution will help support Kroger by meeting customers’ immediate needs whether they shop online or in-store, providing access to goods faster and more reliably than ever before. Since…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.73
March 27, 2023
…continue to see interest in some sectors, such as groceries. We have a couple of big retailers that are looking at G2P and AutoStore because trying to find land for new facilities is a long process. One electronics provider in the Columbus, Ohio, area wiped out 60% to 70% of a building for an automated storage and retrieval [ASRS] system, with a ton of success. Another client in Upstate New York, a sporting goods retailer, is looking at Brightpick. ROI and workforce concerns How can companies be sure of their return on investment (ROI) over time? Stretar: From a pure…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 37.81
February 27, 2023
…automated platform it said was designed to revolutionize online grocery. Unlike other automation being tested in the grocery industry, Fulfil said its robots do all the picking and packing across all product categories and temperature states. As it emerged from stealth, the robotics startup also announced that it recently closed a $60 million Series B round of funding led by Eclipse with participation from Khosla Ventures and DCVC. Historically, fulfilling online grocery orders has been expensive Fulfil said its robotics platform uniquely solves several challenges in the online grocery business. Although grocery e-commerce has soared in popularity since the pandemic…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.42
February 23, 2023
…vision, and handling systems for third-party logistics providers (3PLs), grocery retail, horticulture, and e-commerce. Its customers include DHL, monta, Double R Trading, KWS, and Royal Lemkes. The company designed its Lowpad S robot for food distribution centers and post and parcel companies, while its Lowpad M is intended to move pick carts and Danish CC trolleys. The Lowpad L is designed to move racks and trolleys for the e-commerce and parcel markets. Lowpad's Supervisor is its fleet management software, and Organiser is the integration layer between Supervisor and a customer's warehouse management system (WMS) or enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.59
February 22, 2023
…time,” said Hjalmar Van Raemdonck, head of digital system solutions at ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions division. 'More parcels or groceries will be delivered on time with less vehicles to ensure efficient delivery operations and the best customer experience,” he added. “Our collaboration with Clevon brings a unique combination of next-generation mobility technologies to the market of last-mile delivery.” The integration of ZF SCALAR will allow Clevon to focus on its core competence and the development of autonomous driving functionality and, at the same time, build courier fleets to test its technology and scale its worldwide operations.
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.…
