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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…

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

Central Food Hall Robot UV-C

April 2, 2020

Automation Delivery / Supply Chain News

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…

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

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

autonomous delivery Co-op Milton Keynes Robot Starship Technologies Tesco

March 19, 2020

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…

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?

Walmart to add hundreds more autonomous robots to its stores

Automation Robot Walmart

January 14, 2020

Companies Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

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…

Amazon is on the hunt for 40 new distribution hubs across the UK as it continues its aggressive property expansion.

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

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November 22, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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

Barista Briggo Coffee Fully automated Robot Whole Foods

October 11, 2019

Automation Delivery / Supply Chain

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

Amazon Autonomous California Delivery Irvine Robot Scout

August 7, 2019

Automation Delivery / Supply Chain News

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

autonomous delivery Lidar Ouster Postmates Robot Serve

July 25, 2019

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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Automation Chile Retail Robot Strike union Walmart workers

July 16, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood