It’s the lack of noise you notice first. There’s no clatter of equipment, rumble of engines, or chatter of coworkers. Only the low hum of electronics. For an industrial space, this is eerily quiet, but it makes sense in a building where robots might outnumber people.
I’m at a warehouse – or customer fulfilment center (CFC) – operated by online grocery company Ocado in Luton, just outside London. You might not have heard of Ocado, but it may still have delivered your groceries. Its technology handles online orders for Kroger across 14 US states, Sobeys in Canada, and both Morrisons and its own delivery brand in the UK, with other clients acr …
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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/robot/719880/ocado-online-grocery-automation-krogers-luton-ogrp-robot-grid
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