automation

Study shows retailers to automate 70% of store tasks by 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The recent 2023 Connected Retail Experience Study, conducted by Incisiv in collaboration with Verizon Business, shows that retailers...

2 years ago 3 minute read

UNFI upgrades supply chain operations with AI, automation

Company implementing process improvements, new SAE technology tools and announcing the first of five planned Symbotic automation systems to enhance...

2 years ago 5 minute read

Save Mart implements automated micro-fulfillment

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Robotics startup Fulfil Solutions today unveiled a fully automated platform to revolutionize online grocery by making it profitable and...

2 years ago 6 minute read

Rescued produce smoothie machine opens in Canadian airport

BURNABY, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Travellers from across the globe visiting Vancouver International Airport (YVR) now...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Trigo, REWE launch Germany’s first fully automated supermarket

TEL AVIV, Israel & MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company that builds systems for autonomous checkout and retail analytics,...

2 years ago 5 minute read

Trigo raises $100MM to scale AI-powered frictionless grocery retail platform

TEL AVIV, Israel – Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company building the infrastructure for autonomous retail stores and retail analytics...

3 years ago 7 minute read

Fully autonomous robotic restaurant to launch in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Mezli, a startup based in San Mateo, CA, has announced the launch of...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Survey shows 70% of drive-thru customers want more automation as wait times increase

SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Over the past two years, dine-in closures forced customers to switch to takeout, delivery, and drive-thru ordering....

3 years ago 5 minute read

Why asparagus is a good fit for mechanical harvest

The produce industry sometimes talks about automation as members of a cult talk about a long-overdue messiah. Sometimes the prospect...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Rewe opens Berlin’s first autonomous grocery store

June 28, 2022 TEL AVIV, Israel & BERLIN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company disrupting retail with frictionless checkout...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Vallarta Supermarkets tests autonomous robots in store

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil and leader in retail automation, has deployed a pilot program with...

3 years ago 4 minute read

World’s first autonomous commercial ship voyage completed

The first autonomous commercial ship voyage in congested waters has been made by Orca AI, partnering with the Designing the...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Circle K parent to bring smart checkout to 7,000 stores

Laval, QuĂ©bec, Canada, and PALO ALTO, California – June 2, 2022 – Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. one of the world’s largest...

3 years ago 7 minute read

Gideon launches autonomous forklift for loading and unloading

ZAGREB, Croatia and DOVER, Delaware, April 21, 2022 – Gideon, the robotics and AI solutions company, today announced a pioneering...

3 years ago 3 minute read

How LED grow lights and automation are pushing indoor farming forward

CLEVELAND–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Up to 1 million pounds annually of amazing, non-GMO, pesticide-free food using 97% less land and water to produce...

3 years ago 3 minute read

RoboBurger vending machine launches nationally

JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — RoboBurger, the world’s first fully autonomous robotic burger chef, launched today with...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Sodexo Campus to offer autonomous grocery and restaurants

Gaithersburg, Md., March 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sodexo makes a massive play to innovate campus foodservice by bringing eat>NOW...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Focal Systems hires retail veteran as Chief Strategy and Marketplace Officer

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In order to better serve the retail industry with state of the art AI and to couple that...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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