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Rewe opens Berlin’s first autonomous grocery store

- Retail
Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company disrupting retail with frictionless checkout technology, has rolled out a second hybrid autonomous grocery store with German supermarket giant REWE Group, one of the world’s leading retailers and Germany’s second-largest food retail chains.

Vallarta Supermarkets tests autonomous robots in store

- Retail
Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil and leader in retail automation, has deployed a pilot program with Vallarta Supermarkets, a chain of 53 full-service markets throughout California, to reinforce operational and customer-service excellence.

World’s first autonomous commercial ship voyage completed

- General News
The first autonomous commercial ship voyage in congested waters has been made by Orca AI, partnering with the Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ships (DFFAS) and The Nippon Foundation.

Circle K parent to bring smart checkout to 7,000 stores

- Retail
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. one of the world’s largest convenience retailers, today announced it will deploy more than 10,000 Mashgin Touchless Checkout Systems branded as “Smart Checkout,” to over 7,000 of its Circle K and Couche-Tard stores during the next three years.

Gideon launches autonomous forklift for loading and unloading

- General News
Gideon, the robotics and AI solutions company, today announced a pioneering new solution – Trey, an autonomous forklift for truck trailer loading and unloading operations.

How LED grow lights and automation are pushing indoor farming forward

- General News
LED grow lights and automation is producing growing densities “not seen elsewhere” in the industry. Here's how.

RoboBurger vending machine launches nationally

- General News
RoboBurger, the world's first fully autonomous robotic burger chef, launched today with a ribbon cutting at the Newport Centre, a Simon Mall in Jersey City, NJ.

Sodexo Campus to offer autonomous grocery and restaurants

- General News
Sodexo makes a massive play to innovate campus foodservice by bringing eat>NOW autonomous grocery stores, high tech vending, and virtual dining concepts delivered by robots to campuses across the U.S. this spring.

Focal Systems hires retail veteran as Chief Strategy and Marketplace Officer

- General News
In order to better serve the retail industry with state of the art AI and to couple that with optimal operations and processes, Focal Systems is proud to announce the hiring of Suzy Monford, former Kroger executive, as Chief Strategy and Marketplace Officer.

Western Growers releases inaugural Global Harvest Automation Report

- General News
Growers are keen to adopt automation to bridge the growing labor gap and ensure that their crops can be picked in time, according to the Global Harvest Automation Report, a first-of-its-kind study commissioned by Western Growers.