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Ocado reveals the fruit of its automation labour, a robotic hand prototype

on Jan 31, 2017 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

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Online UK supermarket Ocado has lifted the lid on an automated robotic hand that it is working on with Disney and EU universities that could one day change how its warehouses are operated.

While its common knowledge that retailers, most prominently perhaps Amazon, are looking to streamline their processes with automation, the robotic hand on show is the first major example of Ocado utilising tech to shake up the market in such a way.

The device can handle fruit and veg, with the developers having to code a grip that is both firm yet restrained enough not to damage Read full story ›

Source: The Drum