Experts say automated micro-fulfillment centers could transform the cost-efficiency of online orders. But building such an operation takes a minimum investment of about $4 million and can cost as much as $100 million.

Currently in use at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the system incorporates a fleet of four-wheeled autonomous "Ottobots" made by robotics company Ottonomy.

An average-sized package traveling through one of FedEx Ground's automated facilities requires human contact at only two points: unloading and loading.

Companies are springing up all over the UK promising to deliver whatever you want in as little as 10 minutes. But what could we lose by never popping out for milk again?

While self-driving cars have grabbed all the headlines, the work happening at the intersection of AI, machine vision, and machine learning is fast becoming the foundation for the next phase of robotics.

The robotics industry could reach a “key inflection point” in 2022, said Global X’s Jay Jacobs.

Ocado Group Plc won the first round in a patent-infringement case filed by rival AutoStore Holdings Ltd. that could affect the expansion of the U.K. company’s robotic warehouse business into the U.S. online grocery market.

New York City has become a testing ground for super-fast grocery delivery services. Across the five boroughs, so-called "dark stores," which are essentially mini-warehouses, have opened up with the goal of delivering popular food items to a given area within 10 to 15 minutes.

Local dignitaries and company officials – including Walmart Canada president and CEO Horacio Barbeito – gathered inside the massive distribution centre at 2401 SCM Way on Friday morning for a major unveiling and tour, the grand opening of the $20-million investment that has resulted in brand-new warehouse order-fulfillment system and what’s considered the future of supply chain work.