Topic: Retail

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Ottonomy’s Ottobot Rolls Out for Robotic Indoor and Outdoor Deliveries

January 5, 2022 · At CES 2022, Ottonomy unveiled its Ottobot, a fully autonomous mobile robot for retail and restaurant deliveries. It uses contextual mapping both indoors and outdoors.

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Blue Ocean Robotics Receives $51M Investment as It Grows Global Service Robot Reach

January 5, 2022 · Blue Ocean Robotics, which provides disinfection, patient transfer, and telepresence robots, has grown 20x since 2018 and received funding from A.P. Moller Holding.

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Parallel Structured Light Can Enable Robots to Sort Parcels in Motion

January 2, 2022 · Automated order fulfillment requires maximum throughput and accuracy, and Photoneo says its Parallel Structured Light 3D scanners can capture fast-moving objects.

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Robots Can Help Optimize Material Handling Processes in the Supply Chain

January 1, 2022 · While most warehouses are not yet heavily automated, mobile robots and fleet management software offer several advantages over manual processes, says Meili Robots.

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Unitree Technology Launches Z1 Robot Arm for Its Quadruped Robots

December 31, 2021 · For mobile manipulation to be commercially viable, both the platform and its robotic arm must be cost-effective and capable. Unitree has developed the Z1 for its quadrupeds.

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Miso Robotics CEO Discusses Crowdfunding, Flippy 2 Frying Robot, and 2022 Wishes

December 29, 2021 · From partnerships with national restaurant chains and the new Flippy 2 food-preparation robot to successful crowdfunding, Miso Robotics' CEO reviews the company's good year.

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Alert Innovation Leaders Move as Retail, Grocery Automation Business Grows

December 20, 2021 · Alert Innovation, which has applied mobile robots and automated storage to grocery fulfillment, is moving leaders as it begins to scale deployments of its technology.

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Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions to Develop Delivery Robot on Security Platform

December 20, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, or AITX, is working on creating a delivery robot based on its ROAMEO platform through its Robotic Assistance Devices unit.

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Ottonomy Expands Service Robot Rollout at CVG Airport for Contactless Deliveries

December 19, 2021 · The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, which is a hub for Amazon Air and DHL Express, has collected feedback and expanded trials of Ottonomy's fleet.

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Robotic Automation Can Create Efficiencies During Critical Peak Season

December 17, 2021 · Despite pandemic-aggravated supply chain and labor challenges, retail and e-commerce are growing, as is the need for quality and flexibility. Robots as a service can help.

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Motional to Provide Robotaxis for Uber Eats to Meal Deliveries

December 16, 2021 · Pursuing a potentially lucrative new market, Motional will provide autonomous robotaxis for Uber Eats' food delivery service starting in 2022 in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Restaurant Robots Should Start With Workflow, Says Wings CEO

December 16, 2021 · From food preparation and internal logistics to last-mile delivery, robots can help restaurants of all sizes, but they should break down workflows first, says Haitham Al-Beik, CEO of Wings.

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Flytrex Receives FAA Approval to Expand Drone Deliveries to 1 Mile, 10k Homes

December 14, 2021 · Flytrex, which has conducted thousands of drone deliveries of food and other retail goods in North Carolina, plans to use its latest FAA approval to expand its service area.

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Symbotic to Take AI Powered Supply Chain Robots Public With SoftBank Partnership

December 13, 2021 · Symbotic, which supplies AI-driven warehouse automation to customers such as Walmart, expects SPAC transaction with SoftBank to help it address $5 billion backlog in orders.

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Geek+ and Boreal Upgrade SP Digital’s Supply Chain With Mobile Robots

December 8, 2021 · SP Digital, an e-commerce provider of computing and gaming products in Chile, faced spikes in e-commerce demand. Boreal Technologies implemented Geek+ robots to increase throughput.

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Ottonomy Develops Autonomous Robots for Indoor and Outdoor Deliveries

December 6, 2021 · While other delivery robot developers are taking an incremental approach in constrained environments, Ottonomy's CEO says it is focusing on full autonomy and indoor and outdoor operations.

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Cimcorp Expands U.S. Office to Increase Warehouse Automation Support

December 3, 2021 · Cimcorp, which offers automation for warehouse, logistics, and distribution centers, says its new U.S. headquarters will offer space for demonstrations, training, and parts.

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Robot Delivery Service Coco Expands Capabilities With COCO 1 Built With Segway

December 3, 2021 · Coco says its updated COCO 1 delivery robot has a three-mile range and a larger carrying capacity, enabling it to add groceries to metropolitan-area delivery services.

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Nuro and 7-Eleven Launch Commercial Autonomous Delivery Service in California

December 2, 2021 · Nuro credited regulatory approvals from California for enabling it to partner with 7-Eleven to offer autonomous deliveries with its custom Priuses and R2 robots in Mountain View.

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Former Swisslog CEO Joins Goods to Person Automation Provider Caja Robotics as Senior Advisor

December 1, 2021 · Caja Robotics, which has developed automation for order fulfillment, has hired Christian Bauer, who has experience in warehouse software and robotics from KUKA and Swisslog.

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