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Gap dramatically accelerates robot rollout as COVID-19 encourages automation

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…

Central Food Hall, a Thai supermarket, has employed robots which use UV-C lights to kill germs to help sterilise its stores.

Robots are being used to kill coronavirus in stores with UV-C light

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April 2, 2020

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Central Food Hall, a Thai supermarket, has employed robots which use UV-C lights to kill germs to help sterilise its stores. The supermarket is the first to deploy the UV-C…

Automated delivery vehicles have become “a bigger market than moving people” thanks to a spike in demand during the coronavirus crisis.

Starship Technologies autonomous delivery robots expand to UK town centres for first time

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March 19, 2020

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Starship Technologies is expanding its autonomous delivery robots across its hometown of Milton Keynes to celebrate two years of commercial operation. Tesco and Co-op have been using Starship Technologies’ delivery…

Walmart is set to dramatically ramp up the number of autonomous robots in its stores as it expands its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics.

Walmart to add hundreds more autonomous robots to its stores

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January 14, 2020

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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…

An Amazon employee from its Staten Island fulfilment centre has died of COVID-19, raising serious concerns about the safety of its workers

Amazon set to spend $1.5bn this holiday season as it eyes 30 min delivery times

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November 22, 2019

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Amazon has warned investors it will spend an extra $1.5 billion across the upcoming holiday season as it looks to capture more Prime memberships by offering a super swift delivery…

Whole Foods Market is set to install a new fully automated robotic barista, allowing users to completely customise and receive their coffee within minutes.

Whole Foods introduces fully automated robotic barista

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October 11, 2019

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Whole Foods Market is set to install a new fully automated robotic barista, allowing users to completely customise and receive their coffee within minutes. Briggo will install its robotic barista…

Amazon is set to invest $40 million in a new state-of-the-art Amazon Robotics facility which will serve “as the company’s epicentre of robotics innovation”.

Amazon Scout delivery robots rolled out in California

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Amazon Autonomous California Delivery Irvine Robot Scout

August 7, 2019

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Amazon’s Scout delivery robots are set to begin carrying out autonomous deliveries in Irvine, Southern California, marking its first deployment outside of Seattle. Its autonomous delivery drone, which is plastered…

Postmates’ autonomous delivery robots get new state-of-the-art navigation sensors

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July 25, 2019

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US delivery startup Postmates has unveiled its new automated delivery robot which will use laser lidar sensors from Ouster to navigate the world. Postmates, which unveiled the first generation of…

Walmart Chile will resume talks with workers after widespread strikes over robot push

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July 16, 2019

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Walmart Chile on Monday said it would resume talks with a union of 17,000 workers who walked off their jobs last week in protest over the retailer’s push to automate…

Ford looks to solve “last 50ft” delivery issue with two-legged robots

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May 22, 2019

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Ford’s fleet of autonomous vehicles will soon be able to deliver all manner of items to customers waiting in their homes or workplaces, but it’s the final curb-to-door journey that…

Coronavirus and consolidation: How the online delivery market has transformed during the pandemic

21/05/2020 10:50 AM

The online food delivery market will emerge from the pandemic nearly unrecognisable from how it went in.

Online food delivery has, almost overnight, become one of the most important and potentially lucrative arms of the retail and restaurant industry. Once disruptive start-ups like Deliveroo, Just Eat and…

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Gap dramatically accelerates robot rollout as COVID-19 encourages automation

Robots are being used to kill coronavirus in stores with UV-C light

Starship Technologies autonomous delivery robots expand to UK town centres for first time

Walmart to add hundreds more autonomous robots to its stores

Amazon set to spend $1.5bn this holiday season as it eyes 30 min delivery times

Whole Foods introduces fully automated robotic barista

Amazon Scout delivery robots rolled out in California

Postmates’ autonomous delivery robots get new state-of-the-art navigation sensors

Walmart Chile will resume talks with workers after widespread strikes over robot push

Ford looks to solve “last 50ft” delivery issue with two-legged robots

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