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Autonomous Mobile Robot Makers Answer the Call During Holiday Rush
Autonomous mobile robots can do more than move goods during the holiday rush; with integrated software, AI, and processes, they can help retailers ride out supply chain disruptions.

Gap Inc. Includes Automation in New Texas Facility to Execute on E-Commerce Strategy
Gap Inc. recently opened its newest customer experience center, which uses a variety of robots and offers to share fulfillment expertise with other brands.

Goods to Robot Systems Take E-Commerce Fulfillment to the Next Level
Goods-to-robot systems combine automated storage, bin-picking robots, and machine learning to speed order fulfillment for retailers and e-commerce providers.

Robots Continue to Permeate the Modern Supply Chain
Robotic technologies continue to make inroads in the global supply chain, encountering some resistance but bringing efficiency and sustainability to many operations.

Cartken Uses NVIDIA Jetson, Rolls Out Robots as a Service for Deliveries
Cartken is offering Starbucks, Grubhub, and other last-mile deliveries through a RaaS model and is using NVIDIA Jetson for mobile robot mapping and navigation.

Amazon Robotics Details Development of Proteus Mobile Robot at A3’s AMR and Logistics Week
Amazon Robotics' Mikell Taylor outlined the key considerations and design decisions that she and her team thought about when developing the warehouse mobile robot.

StrongPoint to Install First AutoStore System With Frozen Food Zone
StrongPoint, an integrator partner of AutoStore will install its first automated storage system with three temperature zones for grocery distributor DLVRY in Norway.

Robots Edge Into Packaging
While still early days, robots have begun being used for more advanced packing and placing tasks.

Sam’s Club Installs Brain Corp. Inventory Scanners on Nearly 600 Robotic Scrubbers
The new scanning accessory has been fitted to the almost 600 autonomous floor scrubbers already deployed within Sam's Clubs nationwide. The towers are powered by Brain Corp's AI operating system, BrainOS.

Plus One Robotics Parcel Handling Systems Surpass 500M Picks
Plus One Robotics, whose PickOne vision software and Yonder human-in-the-loop remote supervision suite enable fast, reliable picking, celebrated the parcel-handling milestone.

Automation Is a Recession Hedge, Say Speakers at ffVC Drones & Robotics Summit
Automation, including robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles, can not only provide efficiency but also resilience, said speakers at ff Venture Capital's event.

KUKA and Roboception Bring Smart Bin Picking System to Market
KUKA said its new KUKA.SmartBinPicking software and Roboception's 3D camera combines AI-based object recognition with precise path planning for bin-picking robots.

Gausium and SoftBank Robotics America to Expand Service Robot Deployments Across U.S. Market
Gausium's X1 performs automated food service, while the Scrubber 50 Pro works alongside commercial cleaning teams scrubbing, sweeping, dust mopping, and sanitizing.

InOrbit Launches Developer Edition, Expands Mobile Robot Orchestration Capabilities
InOrbit announced at A3's mobile robot and logistics event the launch of a Developer Edition of its RobOps software, streamlined Connect certification, and more interoperability.

10 Humanoid Robotic Companies to Look Out For
Humanoid robots may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but these companies are making them a reality.

Alert Innovation Agrees to Be Aquired by Walmart as Micro-Fulfillment Market Grows
Alert Innovation, which provides micro-fulfillment technology for grocery e-commerce fulfillment, will be acquired by Walmart, The two companies have been partners since 2016.

FedEx Shuts Down Roxo Same Day Delivery Service as Amazon Scales Back Scout Program
FedEx said it was eliminating its Roxo same-day delivery robot as part of an internal reorganization, while Amazon is ending field testing of the Scout system.

Berkshire Grey Makes Equity Purchase Agreement Worth Up to $75M With Lincoln Park Capital
Berkshire Grey, which provides robots for picking, sorting, and moving items in warehouses, plans to use the capital to continue its growth and make strategic transactions.

ShipHero Implements inVia Automation to Upgrade E-Commerce Fulfillment Warehouses in Three States
ShipHero, which is both a third-party logistics provider and supplier of warehouse management systems, is working with inVia Robotics' software and mobile robots.

Webinar: Evaluating Automation for Retail and E-Commerce
In this Robotics 24/7 Roundtable, attendees can hear from e-commerce, retail, and omnichannel experts on best practices for selecting and using a variety of robots.



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