automation

Using automation to advance workers

Technology is advancing quickly and providing us with benefits we only dreamed of just a decade ago. One particular technology...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Chipotle tests robot avocado prep machine

Chipotle has unveiled a new avocado processing cobotic (collaborative robot) prototype called Autocado that cuts, cores, and peels avocados before...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Instacart launches AI-powered food inspiration search tool, Ask Instacart

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today launched Ask Instacart, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered search...

3 years ago 6 minute read

sweetgreen pilots automation at new restaurant

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, announced the opening of its first restaurant powered...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Associated Food Stores to use AI-powered warehouse automation system

WILMINGTON, Mass., May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Associated Food Stores BB #:102316, a provider of groceries and other goods...

3 years ago 3 minute read

WGA: growers spend $500,000 per year on automation

The second annual Western Growers Specialty Crop Automation Report reveals a 25 percent increase in average year-over-year agtech investment as...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Walmart reveals automation, growth plans

• Provides details on investment approach, centered around people and leveraging a state-of-the-art integrated supply chain network, to deliver a...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Study shows restaurant operators plan to automate up to 51% of store tasks by 2025

March 28, 2023 JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The recent 2023 Connected Restaurant Experience Study by Incisiv, conducted in collaboration with Verizon Business...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Study shows retailers to automate 70% of store tasks by 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The recent 2023 Connected Retail Experience Study, conducted by Incisiv in collaboration with Verizon Business, shows that retailers...

3 years ago 3 minute read

UNFI upgrades supply chain operations with AI, automation

Company implementing process improvements, new SAE technology tools and announcing the first of five planned Symbotic automation systems to enhance...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Save Mart implements automated micro-fulfillment

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Robotics startup Fulfil Solutions today unveiled a fully automated platform to revolutionize online grocery by making it profitable and...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Rescued produce smoothie machine opens in Canadian airport

BURNABY, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Travellers from across the globe visiting Vancouver International Airport (YVR) now...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Trigo, REWE launch Germany’s first fully automated supermarket

TEL AVIV, Israel & MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company that builds systems for autonomous checkout and retail analytics,...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Trigo raises $100MM to scale AI-powered frictionless grocery retail platform

TEL AVIV, Israel – Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company building the infrastructure for autonomous retail stores and retail analytics...

4 years ago 7 minute read

Fully autonomous robotic restaurant to launch in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Mezli, a startup based in San Mateo, CA, has announced the launch of...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Survey shows 70% of drive-thru customers want more automation as wait times increase

SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Over the past two years, dine-in closures forced customers to switch to takeout, delivery, and drive-thru ordering....

4 years ago 5 minute read

Why asparagus is a good fit for mechanical harvest

The produce industry sometimes talks about automation as members of a cult talk about a long-overdue messiah. Sometimes the prospect...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Rewe opens Berlin’s first autonomous grocery store

June 28, 2022 TEL AVIV, Israel & BERLIN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company disrupting retail with frictionless checkout...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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