More automation needed as demand for warehousing outpaces supply
Warehousing capacity in North America is increasingly tight, raising the spectre of firms having to ...
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Slow to adopt automation at first, the logistics industry has seen a steady rise in recent years of companies looking to robots to address a varierty of problems. This piece from EFT Trends identifies a top 10 of the “most interesting” emerging applications of robotics in logistics. To whet your appetite, these include warehousing robots used – and not just by Amazon – to cut down the amount of time workers spend travelling around warehouses, as well as autonomous picking and packing solutions.


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