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Knapp integrates vision-guided robotic picking with pocket sorter

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…a new partnership with Takeoff Technologies, a Boston-area startup building micro-fulfillment grocery e-commerce distribution centers that deploy sorting robots.

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Customer Demands Reshaping Last-Mile Delivery

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…The same is true for e-grocery delivery, as people will still want crates to be carried up to their apartments and returns to be handled directly. The speed at which the outlined last-mile-delivery scenarios can be reached will vary, depending on public sentiment, regulation, and labor costs. Early adoption of these new autonomous-delivery models will concentrate in developed countries, where…

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Fast Deliveries to Grow by 40 percent Year-on-Year Until 2025, Says New Study

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…deliver around 80 percent of parcels autonomously. “However, some segments like grocery deliveries and immediate deliveries will continue to be delivered manually because there are still no cost-effective automated options in these areas

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Parcel pricing may be set to surge, says new study

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…deliver around 80 percent of parcels autonomously. “However, some segments like grocery deliveries and immediate deliveries will continue to be delivered manually because there are still no cost-effective automated options in these areas

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Much ado about Amazon, as usual

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…the door to Amazon’s growing grocery business, which they see as the next game changer as FedEx and UPS are not delivering groceries. “Amazon is forced to do business with FedEx and UPS,” he said. “They need these carriers for deliveries so Amazon does not have the delivery density to do much more than major metropolitan areas with their own…

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High-speed doors help control temperatures

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…a 2,200 more. To separate grocery products from refrigerated and freezer areas, the company installed fully automatic high-speed doors that are approaching their five millionth cycle. Prior to installing the new door in 2001, the company’s 324,000-square-foot distribution center in Fargo, N.D., had been using flap doors and quick doors with pull ropes to separate the 60,000-square-feet freezer space and…

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Dock equipment: Clear sign of safety

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…receiving traffic, Woodman’s Markets’ 230,000-square-foot grocery warehouse in Beloit, Wisc., recently underwent a substantial renovation and expansion. In addition to increasing space to handle 40 truckloads a day, Woodman’s management saw the expansion as an opportunity to upgrade the facility’s safety procedures and equipment, particularly in the loading dock areas. “Being an employee-owned company, we naturally want to support our…

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