More automation needed as demand for warehousing outpaces supply
Warehousing capacity in North America is increasingly tight, raising the spectre of firms having to ...
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 ...
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