Topic: Grocery Industry

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Fizyr Opens U.S. Headquarters to Meet Growing Robotics Demand for Computer Vision

September 6, 2023 · Fizyr, which provides computer vision for robotics applications including bin picking and palletizing, is also starting a U.S. roadshow at PACK EXPO.

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Wakefern to Deploy Simbe Inventory Robots to More ShopRite Grocery Stores

August 18, 2023 · Wakefern Food Corp. conducted a successful pilot with Simbe Robotics' Tally mobile robots and cloud-based data platform in 20 grocery stores and plans to add more inventory systems.

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Food and Beverage Turns to Robots to Do More With Less

July 18, 2023 · Food and beverage businesses are increasingly relying on robotic picking, autonomous lift trucks, and automated storage and retrieval to address labor and market challenges.

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E-Grocer Rohilk Group to Expand Use of Brightpick’s Robots After Successful Pilot in Prague Fulfillment Center

June 21, 2023 · Rohlik Group plans to deploy BrightPick's systems throughout Europe throughout 2023 and 2024.

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Warehouse Automation: 4 Common Myths Debunked

June 3, 2023 · Adam Gurgra of Cimcorp North America debunks some common myths about warehouse robotics.

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Fulfil Solutions Emerges From Stealth With Robotic Picking System Designed for Online Groceries

February 27, 2023 · Fulfil has come out of stealth with a nearly $60 million Series B investment and a new partnership with the Smart Mart Companies.

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Brightpick Autopicker Is a New Mobile Robot Designed to Both Pick and Consolidate Orders

February 14, 2023 · Brightpick Autopicker combines a mobile platform, a robot arm, machine vision, and totes for picking and consolidating e-commerce orders while traveling in warehouse aisles.

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stow Robotics and Phononic Collaborate to Design and Scale Cold Chain Fulfillment Systems in North America and Europe

January 31, 2023 · stow Robotics has partnered with Phononic to enable sustainable, flexible order fulfillment of mixed-temperature items for the grocery industry.

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Berkshire Grey Sorts 2022 Holiday Orders and 2023 Returns

January 25, 2023 · Berkshire Grey reported on the state of retail and e-commerce fulfillment, as well as investment in automation and reverse logistics after the holiday shopping season.

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Photoneo Brightpick Group Raises $19M to Complete $40M Series B for E-Commerce, Grocery Fulfillment

January 18, 2023 · Photoneo Brightpick said its Series B funding will mainly help it with new installations of its Brightpick unit's fulfillment automation across the U.S.

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Addverb and Velociti Alliance Partner to Expand Footprint in Grocery Intralogistics

January 5, 2023 · Addverb and Velociti are now working together as part of a push to reach more customers in the grocery store space.

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CLEVON 1 Driverless Delivery Vehicle Takes to Public Road in Collect &Go Tests

November 25, 2022 · CLEVON 1, which includes autonomy and teleoperation features, promises sustainable and efficient deliveries. Online retailer Collect&Go is thoroughly testing it in Belgium.

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StrongPoint to Install First AutoStore System With Frozen Food Zone

October 24, 2022 · StrongPoint, an integrator partner of AutoStore will install its first automated storage system with three temperature zones for grocery distributor DLVRY in Norway.

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Alert Innovation Agrees to Be Aquired by Walmart as Micro-Fulfillment Market Grows

October 7, 2022 · Alert Innovation, which provides micro-fulfillment technology for grocery e-commerce fulfillment, will be acquired by Walmart, The two companies have been partners since 2016.

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United Natural Foods Inc. to Use Symbotic Case-Handling Robotic Systems at Five Distribution Centers

September 27, 2022 · Aiming to lower costs and increase storage space, United Natural Foods Inc. has decided to invest in Symbotic’s multilayered case-handing system.

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Attabotics Introduces Re-engineered Attabot 2022 Robot to Increase Warehouse Efficiency

September 19, 2022 · Attabotics spent six years moving from thousands of prototypes to the commercial version of its Attabot 2022 robotic shuttle for dense storage.

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Meijer Partners With Council of the Great Lakes Region to Use Robots to Clean Water and Beaches

August 26, 2022 · Meijer, a Midwestern retailer, is working with the Council of the Great Lakes Region, Grand Valley State University, and other organizations to deploy robots across states.

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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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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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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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