Murata Machinery partners with Alert Innovation to enhance and support Alphabot material handling technology
August 19, 2019 -- Under the terms of the partnership, Murata Machinery, a specialist in the material handling industry, will collaborate with Alert Innovation in both the development and commercialization of Alert Innovation's Alphabot material handling technology. Having recognized Alphabot's capabilities across diverse automation applications, Muratec will adapt and sell the technology to support applications beyond Alert Innovation's focus on transforming grocery retail.
Alphabot features robots that can navigate three-dimensional structures and is a scalable picking technology. It will power retail applications ranging from store-level micro-fulfillment systems to massive eCommerce fulfillment centers, and a large array of applications in factory automation and hospital automation.
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