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Briefing
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- Warehouse Robot System – Retail giant Walmart says new robot system Alphabot is now helping employees in picking groceries for fulfilling orders at its Salem supercenter in New Hampshire, U.S.
- Efficient Operations – Picks items 10 times faster than humans, increases order accuracy, frees associates to focus on service and selling by taking over repeatable tasks, and improves overall efficiency of online grocery service
- Flexible System – Robots operate on three axes of motion with carts for carrying items moving in horizontal and vertical direction, making it more flexible than other systems without requiring lifts or conveyors
- Data Sharing – As Alphabot shares order information, stocking will get more intelligent and potential coordination with other bots across stores can make processes more seamless
- Deployment – With 30 bots currently in use at Salem, the Alphabot system is working at just 20% capacity and fulfilling 170 orders daily as of January 2020, with rollout in other stores possible depending on assessment
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Sector
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Wholesale and Retail Trade
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Function
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Operations, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development
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Organization
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Alert Innovation, Walmart Stores Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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January 8, 2020
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