Cincinnati-based Kroger announced a partnership with U.K.-based Ocado yesterday that will bring the latter’s advanced digital and robotic capabilities to about 20 warehouses the second-largest grocery ...

Conventional mechanical grips are too indelicate for handling groceries, shielding many warehouses jobs from automation. But online grocer Ocado has now overcome the challenge, with a helping hand ...

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Ocado will receive a $350 million one-off payment from partner Kroger after the U.S. grocer opted to shut three robotic warehouses and scrap plans for another facility, the ...

Ocado has developed a robot prototype which will learn from the behaviour of its warehouse technicians and act as ‘a second pair of hands’. The grocery pureplay’s technology division has developed the ...

UK online supermarket Ocado is on a quest to automate its business as much as possible, experimenting with technology from flexible robot hands (for packing soft fruit) to self-driving delivery ...

Kroger said Tuesday it’s closing three automated fulfillment centers as part of an effort to make its delivery operations faster and more profitable. The nation’s largest grocer said it will close ...

After lengthy delays, Kroger’s automated distribution center in Arizona is expected to open by early 2026, according to Ocado, the British technology company whose robots will be used fulfill online ...

The share price of the FTSE 100-listed Ocado Group (GB:OCDO) soared after the company signed a robot tech deal with McKesson Corporation’s (NYSE:MCK) subsidiary in Canada. Ocado announced that its ...

Robots are credited with boosting efficiency in some industrial use cases. But, as a major UK grocery service just found out, that doesn't mean they're not accident-prone like humans. Ocado — which ...