GreyOrange, a global provider of solutions that modernize fulfillment operations through the AI-driven GreyMatter™ Fulfillment Operating System (FOS) and Ranger™ Robot Series, today announced the company has received the 2021 “RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award” by Robotics Business Review. Out of a record number of submissions this year, GreyOrange was selected for their partnership with Vicarious, launching the industry’s first and only Autonomous Vertical Picking solution for automated pick-n-pack operations in omnichannel fulfillment.
“The pandemic has accelerated consumers’ demand for immediacy when it comes to their orders, with recent research finding that 45% of consumers across EMEA would be put off from reordering from a brand if their product did not arrive within two days,” said Akash Gupta, Co-Founder and CTO at GreyOrange. “This partnership expands the autonomous picking capabilities of our GreyMatter platform, enabling fulfillment centers to operate at higher throughputs without interruption. The combined solution generates a safe and rapid return-on-investment through increased productivity and saves time, cost and labor.”
The key benefits of Autonomous Vertical Picking include:
- Efficiency: Overall solution improves capacity and reduces fulfillment costs for customers
- Safety: Enables human workforce to maintain safe physical distance, reduces repetitive tasks
- Sustainability: Capable of handling bagged or unbagged apparel items to reduce plastic waste