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Walmart is launching dozens of high-tech warehouses staffed entirely by robots to help it meet the staggering increase in demand for online orders. The automated robots will be used to…

Ocado has become the first UK grocer to warn customers of an increase in missing items and substitutions thanks to “staff absences across the supply chain”.

Ocado is dramatically accelerating development of “robotic picking products”

Automation Google Cloud James Matthews Ocado Technology

August 12, 2020

Automation Contactless Manhattan Associates Robots

Ocado is accelerating the development of its “robotic picking products” as the pandemic presents opportunities bigger “than we imagined (were) previously possible”. Ocado Technology’s chief executive James Matthews explained during…

Is there such a thing as too much automation? And will we see robotics and automation sweep successfully throughout the entire supply chain in the future?

Is automation the answer?

Features Op-ed

June 15, 2020

Alex MacPherson

Automation Delivery / Supply Chain News

COVID-19 transformed the way we live our daily lives practically overnight. While the UK might be welcoming the return of ‘normality’ to certain areas of daily life, Government guidelines still…

Co-op is dramatically expanding its robot delivery network after the number of customers using them during lockdown more than doubled.

Co-op to quadruple number of stores offering robot delivery as demand surges

Automation Co-op robot delivery Starship Technologies Tesco

June 2, 2020

Co-op is dramatically expanding its robot delivery network after the number of customers using them during lockdown more than doubled. The grocer has partnered with Starship Technologies to offer same-day…

South Korean companies are using automated robots that can disinfect stores and dispense hand sanitizer to customers as the pandemic continues to accelerate the usage of such machines.

This robot will scan your temperature, tell you to put on a mask and disinfect the room

Automation Robots SK Telecom Waymo

June 1, 2020

South Korean companies are using automated robots that can disinfect stores and dispense hand sanitizer to customers as the pandemic continues to accelerate the usage of such machines. SK Telecom,…

Gap is accelerating the rollout of automated robots to fulfil online orders in its warehouses in a bid to reduce human contact during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gap dramatically accelerates robot rollout as COVID-19 encourages automation

Automation Gap Kindred Robot

May 22, 2020

Gap is accelerating the rollout of automated robots to fulfil online orders in its warehouses in a bid to reduce human contact during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fashion retailer is…

Walmart to add hundreds more autonomous robots to its stores

Automation Robot Walmart

January 14, 2020

Walmart is set to dramatically ramp up the number of autonomous robots in its stores as it expands its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics. Bossa Nova’s shelf-scanning robots stand six…

In-store automation has become a major competitive advantage for retailers promising to attract online shoppers back to the high street.

In-store automation provides major competitive advantage for retailers

Automation Capemini research

January 10, 2020

In-store automation has become a major competitive advantage for retailers promising to attract online shoppers back to the high street. Nearly 60 per cent of customers say they would shift…

Automation is most vital investment priority according to 21% of UK businesses

Automation BDO Chief Financial Officers Financial Directors

November 13, 2019