Until recently, flexible depalletizing has been particularly challenging for warehouse robots to handle. While humans can easily deal with unstructured and ever-changing tasks like unloading a random assortment of items, robotic programming has taken a while to catch up.

Even with the best intentions, many retailers are finding themselves jammed by ongoing supply chain and logistics constraints.

With reverse logistics costs amounting to nearly 60% of the original sales price, retailers face significant losses unless they can reduce costs and recover profits from those items.

Managing returns is driving up costs and becoming a growing concern for business leaders. As such, it’s never been more important for retailers to solve the reverse logistics puzzle.