It’s a tough time to be a warehouse operator. Many must contend with a dwindling labor supply while taking on skyrocketing demand brought about by the rise of e-commerce, making it tricky to capitalize on the influx of orders. But what if, rather than relying on the limited supply of skilled warehouse workers, an operator could eliminate the need for new hires entirely?
Fetch Robotics announced Wednesday a partnership with supply chain solution provider Körber to unveil a scalable case...
Global supply chain operator Geodis announced Monday that it has entered into a collaboration with intelligent automation and specialized software solution provider Knapp to debut a highly automated order fulfillment system for a leading specialty retailer. With an investment of over $50 million, Geodis will bring a new design and innovative technology to the unnamed national retailer’s fulfillment infrastructure by August 2022.
“Geodis’ investment in Knapp’s technology demonstrates our ongoing...
Kroger Co., America’s largest grocery retailer, announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with KNAPP, one of the world’s largest innovators in the intelligent automation space, to overhaul its Great Lakes Distribution Center in Delaware, Ohio.
Amy McCormick, Kroger’s corporate affairs manager, said the move “will more than double our capacity and allow us to better serve our customers in the Columbus division of Kroger.” The expansion will add 130,000 square feet to the warehouse...
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....
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Zebra Technologies, which provides everything from mobile computers and printers to data capture and machine learning systems and even temperature monitoring and sensing technologies, is adding warehouse robotics to its portfolio.
The Illinois-based global company will acquire Fetch Robotics, an on-demand warehouse automation provider, for $290 million in cash. Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) already owns 5% of Fetch. The transaction is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approval and is expected...
CognitOps, a software company that specializes in AI-based warehouse management applications, announced on Thursday it has raised $11 million in a Series A round led by FirstMark Capital. Past investors participated in the round, including Chicago Ventures, Schematic Ventures, Haystack and CEAS Investments. The company has raised a total of $14.5 million since 2018.
The company also announced Beth Ferreira, a partner at FirstMark Capital, will be joining the CognitOps Board of Directors and a...
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According to Rick Faulk, CEO of warehouse robotics firm Locus Robotics, there is about 20 billion square feet of warehouse space around the world. An additional 3 billion square feet will be built in the next few years. And yet, 95% of that space is completely unautomated.
Warehouse automation has rapidly accelerated in recent years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has quickened that pace, but there is a lot of room to grow, and plenty of automation solutions still to be developed.
“It all has to be...
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One of the biggest names in Hollywood merchandise sales has chosen an e-commerce fulfilment system from inVia Robotics.
Gnarlywood Group, which provides backend merchandise fulfillment operations for some of the nation’s largest entertainment brands, will deploy inVia’s Logic artificial intelligence-powered warehouse execution system (WES) at its Carlsbad, California, warehouse. Gnarlywood will eventually add inVia’s Picker autonomous mobile robots as part of efforts to modernize and automate...
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Imagine a distribution center that only requires the push of a button and waiting a few minutes to unload a truck. Then, a conveyor belt automatically moves pallets into a cold storage tower with no human interaction.
An automated distribution center with these features and capacity for 60,000 pallets of fresh and frozen foods is coming to Varennes, Quebec, in early 2023.
Groupe Robert, one of Canada’s largest trucking and logistics companies, is investing CA$150 million ($120 million) in just...
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Warehouses of all sizes are seeing a technology revolution and COVID-19 increased the need for tech implementation as...
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