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Robotics firm brings smart fulfillment to ecommerce

#artificialintelligenceMar-15-2020, 10:23:26 GMT

Efficient retail supply chain fulfillment has involved robotics for some time. Where traditional operations have bumped up against ecommerce challenges, Berkshire Grey is stepping in to move retailers into a new era. As consumers change the way they buy products, distribution center-level problems are having ripple effects on stores. "There's a push to make store footprints smaller, which means smaller backrooms or even no backrooms, and a push to take inventory out of the chain," says Pete Blair, vice president of marketing at Berkshire Grey. CEO Tom Wagner was previously chief technology officer of iRobot.

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