10 Materials Handling Robotics Takeaways From MODEX 2022

Alternatives to automated storage abound

From mobile robots to taller lift trucks, several exhibitors positioned their products as alternatives to ASRS.

For instance, Conveyco said its Go-Fer Bot offers greater flexibility at a lower price.

Among the products that Geek+ showed at MODEX was its Sky-Storage & Ground Pick system, which uses X-series “four-way” shuttle robots that take advantage of vertical space.

“With our PopPick station for totes, it’s an evolution of goods-to-person automation, without the infrastructure of ASRS,” Randy Randolph, vice president of channels and partnerships at Geek+, told Robotics 24/7.