Mobile Robot Guide
News and analysis of autonomous mobile robots and logistics automation markets
Medline Provides Update on AutoStore, Swisslog Deployment
Medline Industries announced the launch of an AutoStore automated storage and retrieval system at its Aurora, Colorado distribution center, its 24th ASRS deployment and the 300th AutoStore installation in North America. The solution, integrated with Swisslog Holding’s SynQ software, includes 96 robots, 38,000 bins, eight induction workstations and ten picking stations. The upgrade is designed to boost fulfillment speed, accuracy and order capacity as regional demand rises. Medline, the largest privately held medical‑surgical supplier, now adds the new system to a global fleet of over 2,100 robots.
Third Wave Automation Partners with Raymond to Scale AI Across Lift Trucks
Third Wave Automation announced a partnership with Raymond, the Toyota Material Handling brand, to embed its AI‑driven shared‑autonomy platform into select Raymond lift trucks, beginning with the Swing‑Reach model. The solution lets a single remote operator supervise up to ten...
Romark Logistics Improves Warehouse Visibility with DexoryView
Romark Logistics has deployed DexoryView, Dexory Inc.'s full‑stack platform that blends autonomous mobile robots, AI and digital‑twin technology, to achieve real‑time inventory visibility at its Hazelton, Pa., warehouse. The system conducts cycle counts between shifts, eliminating the need to pause...
Raymond to Preview Updated Courier Automated Tow Tractor at Automate 2026
Raymond Corp. will unveil an updated Courier automated tow tractor and stacker at Automate 2026 in Chicago. The new Courier integrates telematics, virtual‑reality interfaces, and advanced energy systems to boost warehouse efficiency. Raymond also highlights its 4260 stand‑up counterbalanced truck...
Edge Computing Brings AI Closer to Material Handling, Explains Toyota Automated Logistics
Toyota Automated Logistics highlighted at the Robotics Summit & Expo how edge computing is moving AI processing from the cloud to the warehouse floor. By placing vision and analytics on edge devices, companies can detect pallet damage, track high‑value inventory,...
Albert Drives Automated Inventory Scanning with AI From Brain Corp
Albert, a leading Czech grocery chain owned by Ahold Delhaize, has expanded its partnership with San Diego‑based Brain Corp to deploy AI‑powered robots that autonomously scan shelves. After a successful rollout of BrainOS‑driven floor‑cleaning robots, the new pilot tested inventory scanning across...
Ranpak Unpacks the Unrealized Promise of Physical AI at the Robotics Summit
Ranpak showcased its DecisionTower vision system at the 2026 Robotics Summit, demonstrating AI‑driven detection of out‑of‑scope boxes to keep packing lines running. CEO Omar Asali highlighted that while mobility robots are scaling, manipulation robots still struggle to achieve mass adoption...
Yale Lift Truck to Bring Yale Relay Portal to Automate 2026
Yale Materials Handling will showcase its new Yale Relay automated counterbalanced stacker at Automate 2026 in Chicago. The stacker lifts up to 3,300 lb and reaches roughly 13 ft, adding vertical pallet positioning to the existing Relay lift‑truck platform. It pairs with...
How Orchestration of Humans and AMRs Will Modernize the Warehouse
The article explains that modern warehouses must move beyond simply deploying autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to orchestrating them with human workers. Intelligent software layers dynamically assign tasks, synchronize robot movements, and enable real‑time communication, turning humans and robots into a...
Datalogic Deploys Smart Shopping Devices in Italian Hypermarket
Datalogic has rolled out its Joya Smart devices together with the Shopevolution 8.4 self‑shopping platform at Iper La grande i, a leading hypermarket chain in northern Italy. About 200 AI‑enabled Joya Smart units were installed in the Arese store, providing real‑time...
How Vision and AI Are Changing Picking Operations
A new white‑paper from Automated Warehouse surveys how machine‑vision and AI are reshaping robotic picking across e‑commerce, kit assembly, and palletizing. It features insights from industry players such as Nomagic, Plus One Robotics, Fizyr, Kardex, Tutor Intelligence and Inbolt, highlighting...
OMRON Launches New Mast Configuration Options for Its Cart Moving AMR
OMRON Robotics has added three mast configurations—no‑mast, 1.2 m mid‑mast, and 1.6 m full‑mast—to its OL‑450S autonomous mobile robot for cart transport. The options let manufacturers tailor the robot’s scanning height to ceiling clearances, traffic density, and workflow complexity. The OL‑450S retains...
Mecalux Scales up Tech Stack to Drive AI Agents Across Software Suite
Warehouse technology leader Mecalux announced a new high‑performance computing platform to accelerate AI agents across its software suite. The infrastructure will train deep‑learning models and let customers activate configurable intelligent agents for analytics, optimization and decision‑making in warehouses. Mecalux, which...
Fulfillment Capital Spending Rises as Payback Expectations Increase
Interact Analysis reports that 91% of surveyed companies boosted capital spending on order‑fulfillment automation over the past year, with more than half raising budgets by 6%‑15%. Looking ahead, 95% anticipate further increases in automation investment within the next twelve months....
Doozy Robotics to Scale Physical AI Workforce Worldwide
Doozy Robotics, a Singapore‑based startup, announced a global expansion into the United States, the Gulf Cooperation Council and Asia as it prepares for a Series A round. The company is building a vertically integrated physical AI ecosystem that combines autonomous mobile...