Ocado slashes packing time with help of 1000 robot workers

Ocado has hit a key milestone this year with the help of its robot warehouse workers. The UK's biggest online grocer can now put together orders of 50 items including meat, dairy and produce in just five minutes – something that previously took up to two hours. Ocado's success is mostly thanks to its fleet of 1,000 robot workers, which have helped the firm to slash the amount of time it takes to put orders together. Ocado's success is mostly thanks to its fleet of 1,000 robot workers, which have helped the firm to slash the amount of time it takes to put orders together Last year, Ocado opened a new facility, in which robots are responsible for fetching items. The robots work alongside about 200 human workers, who handle tasks that machines can't, including loading and unloading trucks.