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Amazon’s automated delivery robots will soon be legally allowed to operate on sidewalks and many roads in the state of Virginia.

Amazon’s Scout delivery robots can soon legally operate in Virginia

February 28, 2020

Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain, News

Amazon, Automated Delivery, Prime, Robots, Scout

Amazon’s automated delivery robots will soon be legally allowed to operate on sidewalks and many roads in the state of Virginia. The Virginia House of Delegates has approved new legislation…

Amazon’s new grocery stores to feature hidden robotic “microfulfillment” areas for online orders

February 24, 2020

Ben Stevens

Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce, News

Amazon, Automated, grocery, microfulfillment, Robots

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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…

Ocado’s chairman has urged the British public not to “panic” over potential food shortages as it pauses its guaranteed “reserved” delivery service.

Ocado could soon deliver groceries via driverless vehicles and robots

January 15, 2020

Ben Stevens

Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce, News

Driverless, M&S, Marks & Spencer, Ocado, Robots, Tim Steiner

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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…

Nordstrom inspired by ant colonies for delivery overhaul

December 6, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Delivery / Supply Chain, News

ant colonies, Attabotics, California, Delivery, Newark, Ngoc Phan, Nordstrom, Robots, Tompkins Robotics, Warehouse

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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…

Boots has deployed more than 100 robots to help its warehouse staff keep up with the intense demand over this holiday shopping season.

Boots deploys 135 “cobots” to help fulfill millions of orders this holiday season

December 2, 2019

Ben Stevens

Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain, News

Alan Penhale, Boots, Cobots, Robots

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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…

Amazon has been slammed by four US senators for failing to “keep its workers safe” during the coronavirus outbreak who have accused it of “putting the whole country at risk”.

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

November 22, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies, Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce

Amazon, Delivery, e-commerce, Jeff Wilke, Kiva, Robot, Robotics, Robots

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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…

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

500,000 UK retail jobs to be replaced by robots by 2024

October 24, 2019

Ben Stevens

Automation, News

AI, Automation, KPMG, Retail, Robots

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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…

Amazon has created more jobs than any of the Big 5 tech companies since 2000, expanding its headcount 72-fold the turn of the century.

Behind the scenes at Amazon’s robotic fulfilment centre

October 18, 2019

Ben Stevens

Features, News

Amazon, Automation, conveyor belt, Kiva, Robots, tour

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“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…

TORU robots trialing at Zalando (Image: Zalando)

Zalando trials robots to pick shoe orders

August 30, 2019

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce, News

Carl-Friedrich zu Knyphausen, ecommerce, employee, Erfurt, Lahr, retailer, Robots, shoe, TORU, Zalando

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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…

Starship Technologies is expanding its autonomous delivery robots across its hometown of Milton Keynes to celebrate two years of commercial operation.

Starship Technologies raises $40m to expand its robot delivery service

August 21, 2019

Ben Stevens

Automation

autonomous delivery, Robots, Starship Technologies

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Starship Technologies has raised $40 million in a Series A funding round as the autonomous robot delivery company eyes dramatic expansion plans. The robot delivery company, which has been carrying…

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Amazon’s Scout delivery robots can soon legally operate in Virginia

Amazon’s new grocery stores to feature hidden robotic “microfulfillment” areas for online orders

Ocado could soon deliver groceries via driverless vehicles and robots

Nordstrom inspired by ant colonies for delivery overhaul

Boots deploys 135 “cobots” to help fulfill millions of orders this holiday season

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

500,000 UK retail jobs to be replaced by robots by 2024

Behind the scenes at Amazon’s robotic fulfilment centre

Zalando trials robots to pick shoe orders

Starship Technologies raises $40m to expand its robot delivery service

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