Topic: Retail

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ABB joins Berkshire Grey’s Technology Alliance Program to Deliver AI Enabled Warehouse Robots

August 1, 2022 · Berkshire Grey announced that ABB has joined its Technology Alliance Program, joining other businesses distributing and supporting warehouse robots and AI.

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Kroger Delivery With Ocado Technology Now Available in Dallas

July 29, 2022 · Kroger is using Ocado's automated systems in its latest customer fulfillment center as the grocer builds out its delivery infrastructure.

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Flytrex Receives FAA Approval to Double Drone Delivery Radius to Two Nautical Miles

July 28, 2022 · Flytrex, which is conducting drone deliveries in North Carolina and Texas, said its latest FAA approval will enable it to serve more than 100,000 customers.

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Modern Beauty Supplies Taps Attabotics to Advance Fulfillment Operations

July 27, 2022 · As it looks to increase productivity, Canadian beauty supplier Modern Beauty is betting on Attabotics automated system.

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Brain Corp’s New Chief Revenue Officer Discusses Global Markets for BrainOS

July 27, 2022 · Michel Spruijt has more than 20 years of business development experience, and after three years at Brain Corp, he will help lead the mobile robot AI provider's global expansion.

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Cyngn Launches Enterprise Autonomy Suite v8.0 for Industrial Robots

July 26, 2022 · From teleoperation to fleet management, the features in Cyngn's new software platform was designed to maximize customers' ROI.

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Geek+ Opens U.K. Headquarters, Launches Mobile Robot Project With Paack in Madrid

July 22, 2022 · Geek+ is continuing its European expansion with a robotics experience center in Cheshire, England, and deployed more than 270 AMRs at a Paack distribution center in Spain.

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Chipotle Cultivate Next Fund Invests in Hyphen, Developer of Makeline Kitchen Robotics

July 22, 2022 · Chipotle's $50 million Cultivate Next venture fund has invested in its first cohort of companies, including Hyphen, whose Makeline automation assembles digital restaurant orders.

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Simbe Robotics Chooses Supply Chain Company Fast Radius to Help Develop Its Retail Robot

July 21, 2022 · Simbe Robotics said it has taken advantage of Fast Radius' cloud manufacturing platform to avoid some supply chain challenges and save money while building its Tally 3 inventory robot.

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Select Love’s Travel Stops to Add Jamba by Blendid Robotic Smoothie Kiosks

July 21, 2022 · The gas station chain said it is excited to bring the automated smoothie making machines to a number of its stores, piloting it first in Williams, Calif.

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Resgreen Group to Use New Brushless Motor on PullBuddy AGV

July 20, 2022 · Resgreen Group is testing out different component technologies as it brings its PullBuddy AGV to market.

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What is a Pick and Place Robot? Uses and Types

July 20, 2022 · From retail to food and beverage, industries throughout the globe have started using pick and place robots to improve their supply chains and help their ROIs.

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Pudu Robotics Rolls Out PuduBot 2 Universal Delivery Robot

July 19, 2022 · Five years after introducing its first PudoBot, Pudu Robotics has released the PudoBot 2, which it said has more battery life, increased stability, and greater navigation capabilities.

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David Pinn, New Brain Corp CEO, Discusses His Outlook for the Mobile Robot Software Company

July 18, 2022 · David Pinn, Brain Corp's newly named CEO, discusses how his experience informs his plans for the company, why BrainOS is different from ROS, and how economic tailwinds benefit robotics.

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Robotics Company Setbacks Belie Industry Strength, Say Experts

July 15, 2022 · Robotics companies recently announced layoffs, but they reflect misaligned expectations, noted industry observers, who said they're still bullish on technologies that solve real problems.

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Corvus Robotics Raises Seed Funding to Scale Production of Inventory Drones as a Service

July 14, 2022 · Corvus Robotics says its data and robotics-as-a-service offering can increase inventory accuracy from about 70% to more than 90%, with drones able to fly unattended and frequently.

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OPEX to Exhibit AMRs, Picking, and Sorting Systems at CeMAT Australia

July 6, 2022 · OPEX's automated products were designed to replace more conventional warehouse and distribution center technologies such as conveyor systems.

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Waymo and J.B. Hunt Joined by Wayfair in Autonomous Trucking Pilot in Texas

July 5, 2022 · Waymo's pilot with J.B. Hunt is expanding to include the first autonomous freight hauls for Wayfair with the goal of making self-driving transport commercially viable.

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Automated Palletizing Can Pay for Itself, Say Robotics Experts

July 3, 2022 · Warehouse operators are finding palletizing and depalletizing as tasks that are relatively easy to automate -- if one has the right robots, partners, and integrated software.

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Dematic Partners With Google Cloud for Supply Chain Innovation, Management

July 1, 2022 · Dematic is working with Google Cloud to apply AI, machine learning, and modular services to supply chain data, leading to faster, more sustainable, and better-informed decision making.

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