Brightpick, a provider of AI-powered warehouse automation, is significantly expanding its partnership with Dr. Max Group, Europe’s largest pharmacy chain. Following successful operations and progressive scaling at Dr. Max’s Prague distribution center, Brightpick will deploy an additional 44 Autopicker autonomous mobile robots across other facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The total number of […]

Serve Robotics is expanding its autonomous delivery network through a new partnership with Grubhub, while its Diligent Robotics subsidiary begins rolling out the next generation of its Moxi hospital robot across the United States. The Grubhub agreement adds a third major delivery platform to Serve’s network alongside Uber Eats and DoorDash, increasing the number of […]

Northrop Grumman has launched a sophisticated robotic spacecraft designed to service satellites in orbit, potentially allowing expensive space assets to be repaired, upgraded, moved and kept operational long after their original fuel supplies have been depleted. The company’s Mission Robotic Vehicle, or MRV, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]

AutoStore has signed a strategic supply agreement with Amazon, establishing a framework through which the e-commerce giant can procure AutoStore automation systems globally. The agreement sets out terms for the future supply of AutoStore products and solutions to Amazon, potentially expanding the relationship between two of the biggest names in warehouse automation and e-commerce fulfillment. […]

Geekplus, one of the world’s largest warehouse automation technology providers, has launched RoboShuttle Hyper, its next-generation tote-to-person climbing AMR solution. Engineered for high-throughput operations, including B2C e-commerce order surges, fresh-food and cold-chain fulfillment, consolidation warehouse operations and micro-fulfillment centers (MFCs), RoboShuttle Hyper delivers up to 6,000 totes per hour per 1,000 square meters. The accompanying […]

Robot.com, the company putting robots to work in the real world, has unveiled R-dog, its new concept for a four-legged delivery robot built for two distinct and essential roles in robotics: completing the last 100 meters where wheeled robots cannot operate, and turning those same locations into interactive advertising. R-dog will run on REMI, Robot.com’s […]

Picture a warehouse floor covered in loose boxes, mismatched containers, and inventory stacked wherever it fits that day. Finding a single part in that environment can eat up an entire shift, and the cost of that lost time rarely shows up on a single line item, even though it drains productivity constantly. The fix is […]

Einride, a technology company driving the shift to cost-efficient autonomous and electric freight, and DAF Trucks, a giant in truck manufacturing, have announced a joint initiative to integrate Einride’s autonomous driving system, Einride Driver, into DAF’s premium vehicle platform. The collaboration marks a significant step toward the large-scale commercialization of SAE Level 4 autonomous electric […]

Multiway Robotics has completed the deployment of an intelligent warehouse automation system for a manufacturing company in Malaysia, combining autonomous forklifts with warehouse management software to improve storage capacity and material handling. The project supports more than 5,000 storage locations across raw material warehouses, finished goods storage, material preparation areas and quarantine zones. According to […]

For direct-to-consumer brands shipping across the US and Canada, the doorstep is where margins are won or lost. ABI Research attributes approximately half of all shipping costs to the final mile, which makes route density, warehouse throughput and delivery sequencing decisive for per-order profitability. That pressure has pushed automation to the center of outsourced logistics. […]

Yusen Logistics Americas, a global supply chain logistics company, has entered a strategic collaboration with Destro AI, a provider of an AI-powered human-robot collaboration and physical AI platform for warehouse operations. The deployment is part of Yusen’s ongoing investment in intelligent warehouse technologies designed to improve operational efficiency, increase execution consistency, and deliver even greater […]

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) and Oxa, a developer of autonomous vehicle technology, has announced the launch of SHIFFT, a joint venture that will establish Dubai as a global hub for autonomous logistics. SHIFFT will incorporate self-driving technology into a fully integrated autonomous logistics and worksite intelligence product, enabling end-to-end operational deployment. It will unlock productivity, […]

Atlas Energy Solutions has expanded its autonomous truck operations in the Permian Basin, advancing its commitment to unlocking energy by digitally transforming oilfield logistics. Working with Kodiak AI, a provider of physical AI-powered autonomous driving technology, Atlas is expanding its driverless proppant delivery program to a second simultaneous load-out point along its 42-mile Dune Express sand […]

Global logistics company FedEx and warehouse automation specialist Dexterity have announced an expanded collaboration to scale Dexterity’s Foresight world model and Mech trailer loading systems at the FedEx Hagerstown Hub in Maryland. Built on multiple years of joint development, testing, and operational validation, the Hagerstown deployment expands the program beyond the pilot site previously used […]

Hoch Health Ostschweiz, formerly Kantonsspital St. Gallen, in Switzerland, expands its modernization program with automated guided vehicles seamlessly integrated into the campus infrastructure Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are rapidly transforming hospital logistics, supporting staff by transporting laundry, food, medical equipment, and waste across large facilities. As AGVs become more common in healthcare environments, Schindler is […]

Flytrex, an autonomous drone food delivery service, and Nash, the autonomic logistics platform, have announced a partnership to power an autonomous-first, multi-modal delivery platform across Flytrex’s operations. Now live across all of Flytrex’s Dallas-Fort Worth sites, the integration brings Flytrex’s autonomous fleet together with Nash’s orchestration layer, so every customer order is routed to the […]

Delivery drone company Wing and retail giant Walmart have launched a drone delivery service in Greater Orlando, marking Wing’s first operations in Florida and extending the companies’ growing US drone delivery network. The service enables customers to order thousands of everyday items from participating Walmart stores, including groceries, household products, electronics, school supplies and health […]

Global automotive company Renault Group has partnered with Exotec to automate its spare parts operation across its warehouses in France. Thanks to the implementation of a fleet of Exotec’s Skypod robots, Renault has successfully reduced its order processing time from two hours to just 15 minutes, making a huge difference to efficiency and customer satisfaction. […]

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The continued growth of e-commerce is driving retailers to rethink how distribution centres are designed, with robotics increasingly being used to improve storage density, increase throughput and reduce reliance on manual picking. One example is LPP Logistics, the logistics arm of Central European fashion retailer LPP Group, which has deployed Hai Robotics‘ HaiPick System 3 […]