robotics

Walmart Acquires Robotics Company to Boost Next-Gen Fulfillment Capabilities

Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation, a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in…

Amazon Bolsters Smart Home Product Lineup with $1.7B iRobot Acquisition

Amazon has agreed to acquire robot manufacturer iRobot for approximately $1.7 billion. Best known for its automated Roomba vacuum, iRobot produces a…

Kroger to Create 400 Jobs at New Denver Fulfillment Center

The Kroger Co. is fortifying its delivery services in the Denver metropolitan region with the addition of a nearly 300,000-square-foot customer fulfillment…

Walmart Doubles Down on Drone Delivery, Distribution Center Robotics

Walmart is expanding its deals with two tech partners, upping the ante in delivery and warehouse automation. DroneUp will broaden its drone…

Amazon Launches $1 Billion Fund to Support Fulfillment, Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation

Amazon is creating a $1 billion venture investment program, the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund (AIIF), with the goal of supporting innovation in…

Vitamin Shoppe CEO Sharon Leite Went Undercover in Her Stores. Here’s What She Learned.

Sharon Leite knows retail. Over the course of her 30-year career, The Vitamin Shoppe CEO has held leadership roles at Godiva, Sally…

Baltic Telecom Company Trials Self-Service Store to Reach Small-Town Customers

Telia — a telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic states — is piloting a new self-service store model in Tartu, Estonia,…

How Schnuck Markets Harnessed Robots to Take Cleanliness to the Next Level

Since the start of the pandemic, cleanliness has become more important than ever. This is a particularly important challenge for grocery retailers…

WSJ: Walmart Ends In-Store Robotics Partnership, Will Use Associates Instead

Walmart has reportedly ended its partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics, which had involved an effort to automate certain in-store tasks through the…

Grocery Fulfillment Tech Provider Ocado Goes All in on Robotics

Ocado Group, a UK-based technology company providing end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions, has acquired two North America-based robotics companies — Kindred Systems…

Bossa Nova Launches Slimmer Autonomous Robot Designed For Smaller Stores

Bossa Nova, a data service provider for global retailers, has launched the Bossa Nova 2020 inventory data management system. This autonomous, AI-powered…

Retail Robotics Firm Raises $263 Million In Funding Round

Berkshire Grey, a robotics and AI company that offers retail, e-Commerce and logistics fulfillment automation solutions, has raised $263 million in Series…