Magna International’s relationship with Sanctuary is threefold: as an investor, a contract manufacturer, and an end user.

While investment in robotics and automation continued apace in November 2020, the total amount was about half of what it was in the same month a year ago.

Ocado, a leading British online supermarket, has acquired two U.S.-based robotics companies for $287 million in hopes of making its warehouses more efficient. Ocado purchased San Francisco-based Kindred Systems, which specializes in robotic piece-picking, for about $262 million and Las Vegas-based Haddington Dynamics, a developer of low-cost robotic arms, for about $25 million. The acquisitions…

RaaS, or Robotics-as-a-Service, models mitigate the expense and effort of implementing and managing robots in retail supply chains. A Kindred executive explains how his company uses RaaS and AI to serve increasing demand for pick-and-place operations.