News / Assisted picking all the rage for DHL as more robots get in line

DHL Supply Chain has contracted Locus Robotics to deliver up to 2,000 ‘assisted picking robots’, in what the company said was a “multimillion-dollar agreement” that will further its Accelerated Digitalisation Strategy.

Delivery of the robot pickers is due next year, and they will be deployed in e-commerce and consumer warehouses, working on orders and inventory replenishment, which will increase efficiency and accelerate delivery, according to DHL.

Markus Voss, global CIO & COO, said: “So far, more than 500 assisted picking robots are ...