Omnichannel retail continues to place higher flexibility requirements on warehouse operations.

Robotics and artificial intelligence are on everyone's mind, but many operators don't need that level of technology at this point, says Jason Joachim, chief executive officer of Cargo Spectre.

JD Logistics’ California distribution center maximizes throughput and operational efficiencies with Hai Robotics’ automated storage and retrieval system.

Deploying robots in the warehouse drives up productivity, plain and simple, says Stanislas Normand, managing director North America for Exotec.

Since robotic automation has reached a level of relative maturity, it’s time to talk about interoperability.

The warehouse will see great growth in heterogeneous robot fleets over the next decade, says Dwight Klappich, a vice president and fellow at Gartner. The good news is that medium-sized companies can afford the technology.

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Companies of just about any size can take advantage of robotics technology, says Brian Reinhart, vice president of sales, solutions and marketing at HAI Robotics.

Shawn Semer, director of sales and marketing with Signode, lays out the key deciding factors for companies looking to automate processes or integrate new equipment into the warehouse.

Warehouse work is boring and numbingly repetitive. So why not turn the whole thing over to machines?