Ocado Group has announced investment in and acquisition of several robotics and material handling companies as it seeks to grow its fulfillment capabilities.
Year in Review 2019: inVia Robotics
inVia Robotics had a notable year in 2019, with the deployment of over 400 robots to new clients and the growth of their surge (peak) fleet to support spikes in order fulfillment periods.
Fabric Raises $110M Series B Round
Israeli robotics startup Fabric, formerly known as CommonSense Robotics, has raised a $110 million Series B round. They are planning to build 14 on-site micro fulfillment centers in the US to enable same-day delivery.
InVia Robotics deploys new fleet at Tobi
March 14, 2019 Fast fashion retailer, Tobi announced the deployment of a new fleet of autonomous mobile robots in their Reno warehouse today. The fulfillment solution is provided by autonomous mobile robot vendor InVia Robotics. This is a perfect example of the capabilities of InVia to quickly deploy their solution within an existing warehouse footprint.…
Tompkins Robotics
Tompkins Robotics Headquarters: Raleigh, NC, USAPublic: NOWebsite:https://www.tompkinsrobotics.com/ Products: t-Sort Applications: Goods-to-Person Dynamic AS/RS Goods-to-box Store Replenishment Parcel Sortation Background The t-Sort system performs much like a tilt tray or crossbelt sorter. However, the unique and exciting difference is it uses free moving, independent robots. This is the equivalent of having a tilt tray with no…
Geek Plus Robotics
Geek+ Robotics Headquarters: Beijing, China Established: 2015Public: NOWebsite:https://www.geekplus.com/ Quick Overview: Geek Plus (or Geek+) is currently the largest autonomous mobile robot supplier in the world. They have deployed more commercially available robots than any other supplier since their founding in 2015. Geek+ also has the largest product lineup (24 robots) of any supplier, with a…
Fabric Robotics
Fabric (formerly known as Common Sense Robotics), uses autonomous mobile robots to organize and move grocery products in a micro fulfillment system.
InVia Robotics
InVia Robotics Headquarters: Westlake Village, CA, USAPublic: NOWebsite:https://www.inviarobotics.com/ Products: InVia Picker InVia Logic Applications: Goods-to-Person Dynamic AS/RS Goods-to-box Background The inVia Picker effortlessly picks anything in a tote under forty pounds (40 lbs), whether your bins are filled with packs of gum to a bunch of yoga class weights. Pickers operate as an automated storage…