Topic: Grocery Industry

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Pudu Technology Completes Series C Fundraising for Service Robots

September 24, 2021 · Pudu Robotics, which provides mobile service robots that operate around people in restaurants, hotels, and hospitals, has raised close to $155 million in five months.

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GXO Logistics Offers Warehouses Worldwide Contract Services, Automation

September 4, 2021 · Warehouses worldwide are coping with labor shortages and increased demand. GXO Logistics looks at warehouse automation as an ecosystem, says CIO Sandeep Sakharkar.

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Schnuck Markets to Deploy Simbe Tally Inventory Robots Chainwide

August 29, 2021 · Regional grocery chain Schnucks plans to expand its deployment of Simbe Robotics' mobile robots, which use AI and the cloud, to all 111 of its retail locations.

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Warehouse Robotics Revenues to Surpass $51B by 2030, Finds ABI Research

August 23, 2021 · Labor shortages and accelerated e-commerce demand have led warehouse operators to move from evaluation to adoption of systems such as vision-guided picking and mobile robots.

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Starship Technologies to Launch Robot Delivery Services at Multiple College Campuses This Fall

August 10, 2021 · Since 2019, Starship's eponymous robots have been delivering food around college campuses. The company is expanding to four new universities, the first in their respective states.

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Covariant Raises $80M Series C for Robotic Manipulation AI

July 28, 2021 · The Covariant Brain, which uses AI to guide picking robots for more flexible manipulation, has already been successfully deployed in verticals such as grocery and parcel.

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Online Grocery Market Continues to Grow, but Automation Complexity a Challenge, Finds Report

July 26, 2021 · From order fulfillment and inventory to cleaning and last-mile delivery, there are many potential applications for robots and drones in e-grocery, says Styleintelligence.

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Instacart and Fabric Partner on Automated Fulfillment Initiative for North American Retailers

July 25, 2021 · Instacart, which provides order-fulfillment services in the U.S. and Canada, is adding Fabric's micro-fulfillment technology to its offerings for e-commerce retailers.

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Five Robotics Failures and What Developers Can Learn From Them

July 20, 2021 · Humanoid robots, fruit-picking robots, and the ongoing self-driving car race show that rather than blame luck or overestimate technology, designers can learn from past mistakes.

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Grocer Kroger to Expand Distribution Center With KNAPP Automation

July 12, 2021 · Kroger, which has been exploring drone deliveries and other robotics, will add KNAPP robotic shuttles and palletizers, and GEODIS will also deploy KNAPP systems.

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How to Get to Hyperlocal Fulfillment, Fast

July 12, 2021 · While micro-fulfillment centers have caught on for grocers, retailers and e-commerce firms are working to quickly establish networks for next-day or two-day fulfillment.

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Geek+ Deploys 100 Mobile Robots at Circle K Distribution Center in Hong Kong

June 8, 2021 · Circle K Hong Kong has deployed 100 Geek+ autonomous mobile robots for picking at its distribution center, which serves 300 convenience stores and handles 1 million items daily.

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Kroger Partners With Drone Express on Grocery Drone Delivery Pilot

May 3, 2021 · Kroger said it will offer bundles of related grocery products, such as for child care or a picnic, through a drone delivery service it is piloting with Drone Express.

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Kroger Builds Grocery Fulfillment Center With Ocado Automation

April 19, 2021 · Grocery chain Kroger is building Customer Fulfillment Centers across the U.S. using Ocado's storage and robotics technology.

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H Mart Partners With AutoStore, Bastian Solutions to Deploy Automated Micro-Fulfillment Center

March 30, 2021 · H Mart, the largest Asian-American food retailer in the U.S., is working with AutoStore and integrator Bastian Solutions to open an automated micro-fulfillment center for its online grocery operations.

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Attabotics and FoodX Technologies Partner on Joint Micro-fulfillment Solution for E-Grocery

January 26, 2021 · Attabotics and FoodX Technologies partner on joint micro-fulfillment solution for e-grocery.

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