SVT Robotics

What robotics technology can learn from the USB — Point of Sale

Point of Sale

Grace Sharkey starts this episode of Point of Sale with a dive into recent retail headlines before introducing robotics software company, SVT Robotics. 

Sharkey explains why and how SVT aims for its software, the SOFTBOT platform, to become the “USB of robotics.” She also talks about the impact of inventing the USB, how it made computing technology more deployable and how that can relate to robotics deployments in today’s world. 

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SVT Robotics to conduct multi-robot orchestration with $25M series A

Software company SVT Robotics recently announced it has closed on a $25 million series A funding round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from Prologis Ventures to step up the company’s mission to make it easier for warehouses to invest and deploy robotics automation.

“With the seismic shifts we’ve seen in supply chain demands, warehouse operators want to adapt, but they need a way to quickly deploy fully integrated automation,” said William O’Donnell, managing director of...

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GSCW chat recap: Warehousing, automation explosion driven by e-commerce

GSCW Chris Riemann and AK Schultz discuss warehousing

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Warehousing revolution: Moving your supply chain forward

DETAILS: Warehousing has changed more in the past five years than in the previous 70 years. Chris Riemann and A.K. Schultz discussed the role of automation in this warehousing revolution and how organizations can move their supply chains forward during this e-commerce boom and COVID pandemic.

SPEAKER: Riemann, managing director of Deloitte Consulting

BIO: Riemann is the managing director of retail and consumer product...

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Warehouse automation: What’s in store for 2021

Among the select group of people who had a banner year in 2020 are founders of warehouse robotics startups, who saw venture capital investment in warehouse automation shoot up more than 50%. 

The money flow coincided with a massive surge in e-commerce orders and a shift toward smaller batch items (people ordering one pair of socks or a six-pack of baby formula).

These trends are sending manufacturers and brands on a frantic hunt for ways to bring down the costs associated with warehouse tasks —...

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SVT Robotics raises $3.5M in seed round

SVT Robotics, a startup whose software accelerates and simplifies deployment of industrial robotics, announced that it has completed a seed round of $3.5 million. Cowboy Ventures led the investment round, with Dynamo Ventures, Schematic Ventures, Ludlow Ventures and NRV participating.

Founded in 2018, SVT Robotics is riding a surge of interest in robot deployments in the warehousing and manufacturing sectors. The company seeks to streamline a “disparate, highly fragmented technology environment”...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/svt-robotics-raises-35m-seed-round