Why Ocado’s third fire in three years is actually ‘good news’
A collision between three robots at Ocado’s Erith CFC last Friday sparked a blaze that took 100 firefighters more than 12 hours to...
| Jul 26, 2021
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Fabric to build micro-fulfillment systems for Instacart food sales
Online grocer says future of automated fulfillment is a mix of robots and trained shoppers.
| Jul 26, 2021
Fixed robotics vendor ABB moves into mobile robot market with acquisition
Swiss automation giant buys Spain’s ASTI Mobile Robotics Group and its AMR portfolio of autonomous towing vehicles, goods-to-person solutions, unit carriers, and box movers.
| Jul 23, 2021
ABB to acquire ASTI Mobile Robotics Group
The acquisition, a part of ABB’s external growth strategy, was signed on July 19 and is expected to close in mid-summer 2021. Both parties...
| Jul 23, 2021
Softbank’s New Robotics Direction and Interact Analysis’ Jason dePreaux on RaaS models.
In this Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman review the layoffs and new direction for Softbank’s robotics efforts. Also, Interact Analysis’ Jason...
| Jul 14, 2021
Impact of Zebra’s acquisition of robotics company
Zebra Technologies has acquired Fetch Robotics for almost $300 million, but what does this mean for the company and for other robotics companies? Content...
| Jul 12, 2021
Impact of Zebra’s acquisition of robotics company
On July 1st, Zebra Technologies announced it would be acquiring Fetch Robotics. It will be paying $290 million to acquire the 95% of the company...
| Jul 12, 2021
Automated response
More and more SME warehouse operators and e-commerce retailers are deploying automated intralogistics technology to ensure that they meet delivery promises to online shoppers. With...
| Jul 8, 2021
