Lighter robots and hi-tech routing - Ocado innovates to deliver growth

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LONDON: From lightweight robots to hi-tech van routing systems, British online supermarket Ocado unveiled a suite of innovations on Wednesday it predicted would raise its returns and win new customers for its technology. Ocado has already struck deals to provide its technology to supermarket groups in eigh

LONDON: From lightweight robots to hi-tech van routing systems, British online supermarket Ocado unveiled a suite of innovations on Wednesday it predicted would raise its returns and win new customers for its technology.

It said robotic arms had also been developed that work with the bots to automate the picking and packing of customer orders directly from the grid. Ocado has also automated the process of the loading of customer orders onto delivery frames ready for dispatch. He said partners would also be able to achieve greater product throughput from the same or smaller building footprint, reduce their labour costs by 30 per cent in the medium term and 40 per cent in the long term and address labour shortage challenges.

 

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