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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…
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This robot will scan your temperature, tell you to put on a mask and disinfect the room
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,…
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Amazon’s new grocery stores to feature hidden robotic “microfulfillment” areas for online orders
Amazon is planning to launch a new chain of grocery stores complete with high-tech automated “microfulfillment” centres to streamline online-order picking.
Online orders will be fulfilled by robots in a…
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Ocado could soon deliver groceries via driverless vehicles and robots
Ocado could soon be delivering groceries via driverless vehicles and robots which carry your order to your door.
Tim Steiner, the online grocery retailer’s chief executive, told NRF this week…
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Nordstrom inspired by ant colonies for delivery overhaul
Nordstrom has teamed up with two new partners in order to overhaul its delivery services and compete with online retailers.
The Seattle-based department store retailer is working with robotics supply…
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Boots deploys 135 “cobots” to help fulfill millions of orders this holiday season
Boots has deployed more than 100 robots to help its warehouse staff keep up with the intense demand over this holiday shopping season.
135 robots have been employed to carry…
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Amazon set to spend $1.5bn this holiday season as it eyes 30 min delivery times
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…
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500,000 UK retail jobs to be replaced by robots by 2024
Robots are set to replace more than half a million retail jobs in the UK over the next five years as retailer increasingly look to automation to improve efficiency.
Automation…
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Behind the scenes at Amazon’s robotic fulfilment centre
“Amazon is not too big to fail,” – Jeff Bezos
You’d be forgiven for questioning the words of the world’s richest man after witnessing the mind-boggling scale of just one…
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Zalando trials robots to pick shoe orders
TORU robots trialing at Zalando (Image: Zalando)
After a successful trial with two robots supporting Zalando employees at its Erfurt logistics centre, the online retailer will now begin a pilot…
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The November circuit breaker lockdown could not have come at a worse time and the British Retail Consortium projects it will cost the sector £2 billion per week. To make…