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The Digital Teammate can work alongside store associates to improve inventory management, food safety, and hazard mitigation, says Badger.

Simbe has partnered with DeCicco & Sons to deploy its Tally robots and Store Intelligence platform at New York groceries.

Nomagic said it reached deployment milestones with several clients, including Apo.com, Arvato, Asos, Brack, Fiege, Komplett, and Vetlog.one.

After initiating the Chapter 11 process in May, Takeoff Technologies has now found a buyer for its micro-fulfillment assets.

RoboGrocery uses soft robotics, sensors, and algorithms to handle a stream of unpredictable objects on a conveyor belt, said MIT CSAIL.

SpartanNash is expanding its use of Simbe Robotics systems to generate actionable, real-time inventory insights.

Brightpick says its Autopicker robots are enabling end-to-end automation for warehouse operators such as The Feed and Dr. Max.

FreshDirect is expanding its delivery services in the Washington, D.C., area with micro-fulfillment centers from Fabric, as both companies look to expand nationally.

Takeoff Technologies is among the companies seeing a spike in demand for automated microfulfillment centers, and its CEO explains the startup’s approach to the grocery market.

The expectations for e-commerce order fulfillment are accelerating expectations for supply chain insights, robustness, and flexibility, says Attabotics CEO Scott Gravelle.

A consumer survey supports predictions that online grocery orders will increase to 10% of total sales this year, reported micro-fulfillment provider Fabric. The novel coronavirus outbreak has accelerated this increase, it said.