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ProMat roundup: The biggest announcements from Day 1 & 2

CHICAGO — ProMat 2023 is well underway, and the announcements have been coming fas and furious.

The massive trade show, running this week for the first time since 2019, features 1,000 of the top supply chain and logistics companies pitching their latest and greatest solutions to tens of thousands of guests.

As you can imagine, the 500,000-square-foot show floor is jam-packed with firms across industries like robotics, automation, manufacturing, assembly, delivery, fulfillment and information...

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Need a 26-foot-tall robotic warehouse worker? Geek+ can handle that

Warehouse operators looking to maximize space often go taller with their racking. As more operations look to automate warehouse operations, that height can provide an obstacle to effective storage and retrieval of items, especially in an e-commerce environment where retrieval of single items dominates the picking process.

Welcome the 26-foot-tall warehouse worker.

Global autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company Geek+ has introduced a 26.24-foot robot – the RoboShuttle RS8-DA – with a flexible arm...

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Could warehouse automation increase truck capacity by 30%?

Fast-growing warehouse robotics firm Geek+ is adding another weapon to its portfolio of automation solutions designed to improve warehouse efficiencies, lower costs and increase throughput speed.

The Smart Mixed Case palletizing solution, co-developed with warehouse management tools provider WSR Solutions, combines Geek+’s autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and WSR’s intelligent palletizing algorithm to more efficiently collect and pack multiple outbound orders on a single pallet. The result is a...

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Geek+ surpasses 20,000 autonomous robots deployed

Autonomous mobile robotics (AMR) company Geek+ announced it has now deployed 20,000 robots across the globe.

The Beijing-based company has automated warehouses for the likes of Circle K, Walmart, Nike, Decathlon and more in the past two years. It opened U.S. offices in February 2020 and now operates in 30 countries.

“In past months, we’ve seen worldwide curiosity turn into action with numerous business leaders deciding to invest in intelligent automation,” said Yong Zheng, Geek+ founder and CEO....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/geek-surpasses-20000-autonomous-robots-deployed

Warehouse robotics company Geek+ raises $200 million

Warehouse robotics company Geek+ raises $200 million (Photo: Geek+)

Chinese warehousing robotics startup Geek+ announced it has raised over $200 million in Series C investment, one of the largest rounds closed in the warehousing industry to date. The company continues to remain the most funded warehousing robotics startup in the world with a Series B investment of $150 million in late 2018 and total funding of nearly $390 million. 

This round of Series C funding was split into two individual fundraising events – one in 2019, which was led by GGV Capital, D1...

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