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How Many Robots Does It Take to Fill a Grocery Order?

November 13, 2017/

It once took online grocer Ocado two hours to put together a box of 50 food items. Now machines can do it in five minutes.

The breakthrough and ones like it could help propel the grocery business into the modern era. The industry wants to make buying food online as simple and commonplace as purchasing clothes or consumer electronics.

By Jing Cao

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-06/how-many-robots-does-it-take-to-fill-a-grocery-order?mod=djemlogistics&utm_source=Area+Development+Site+%26+Facility+Planning+Newsletters&utm_campaign=62ac5c1f09-SFP_This_Week_403&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_94850a8d43-62ac5c1f09-300624573&goal=0_94850a8d43-62ac5c1f09-300624573

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