“Bots” are seen on the grid of the “good platform” on the Ocado CFC (Buyer Fulfilment Centre) in Andover, Britain Could 1, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls//File Photograph
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LONDON, Could 23 (Reuters) – British on-line grocery store and know-how group Ocado (OCDO.L) has agreed to purchase supplies dealing with robotics start-up Myrmex Inc for $10.2 million, it mentioned on Monday.
Ocado acquired a minority stake in Athens-based Myrmex in 2020 and tasked it with growing a system that automates the loading of containers with buyer orders onto frames prepared for dispatch from Ocado’s warehouses.
The “Automated Frameload” answer it developed is ready to go dwell in Ocado’s warehouses later this yr.
It’s a part of a collection of improvements, additionally together with light-weight robots and hi-tech van routing methods, that Ocado unveiled in January. learn extra
Ocado mentioned Myrmex’s know-how additionally has potential purposes for retailer places, particularly for automating the grocery order pick-up course of. learn extra
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Reporting by James Davey, Modifying by Kylie MacLellan
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