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How Warehouse Robots Cross Borders: What Global Automation Teams Get Wrong About International Shipping

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A Skypod system that took eighteen months to engineer can sit in a port warehouse for six weeks because one customs form lists the wrong harmonized tariff code.

I have watched that exact scenario unfold twice, and both times the technical team was completely blameless. The robot worked. The paperwork didn’t.

Here’s the pattern: robotics companies perfect their hardware, then treat international shipping as an afterthought bolted on at the last minute. They hire a freight broker, hand over a packing list, and assume the rest works itself out. It rarely does. [Read more…] about How Warehouse Robots Cross Borders: What Global Automation Teams Get Wrong About International Shipping

Why Route Planning Sits at the Heart of Last-mile Transformation

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Last-mile delivery is the most expensive, most visible, and most operationally complex part of the supply chain. It accounts for up to 53% of total shipping costs.

It is where customer promises are either kept or broken. And it is the segment under the most pressure from rising delivery volumes, tighter time windows, and customers who now expect real-time visibility as a baseline.

Technology investments in the last mile have accelerated across warehouse automation, telematics, and customer communication. [Read more…] about Why Route Planning Sits at the Heart of Last-mile Transformation

Sereact robots automate Zalando returns processing at logistics facilities in Germany and Poland

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Physical AI company Sereact, online retailer Zalando and CEVA Logistics have announced the launch of AI-powered automated returns processing across key fulfillment facilities in Germany (Greven) and Poland (Świebodzin).

Powered by Cortex, Sereact’s physical AI platform, the dual-arm robotic systems have entered live operations to autonomously process returned fashion items, marking the initial phase of a broader initiative to scale returns automation across Europe.

Returns management remains one of the most complex operations in fashion e-commerce logistics. Returned items often arrive poorly packed and disheveled. The uniqueness of the state of the returned items defies conventional robotic pre-programming. [Read more…] about Sereact robots automate Zalando returns processing at logistics facilities in Germany and Poland

Einride and EASE Logistics launch daily driverless electric truck operations in Ohio

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Einride and EASE Logistics have announced that the SAE Level 4 (L4) autonomous electric trucks are now live in daily freight operations between EASE warehouses in Marysville, Ohio.

The milestone builds on the companies’ May 2026 announcement and marks a new phase for the Truck Automation Corridor Project, a joint effort of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), DriveOhio, and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to prepare Ohio and Indiana’s interstates for automated freight.

Two of Einride’s cab-less, driverless electric trucks are now running scheduled routes on EASE property and local public roads, carrying freight between EASE facilities. [Read more…] about Einride and EASE Logistics launch daily driverless electric truck operations in Ohio

Avride and Sodexo to scale delivery robots across US campuses

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Avride, an autonomous mobility company, and Sodexo Campus announced an agreement to accelerate autonomous robot delivery across Sodexo Campus partner colleges and universities in the United States, connecting Avride’s proven delivery technology with Sodexo Campus’s national higher education footprint.

The agreement creates a ready framework for participating campuses to move from interest to implementation in weeks instead of months, while giving students, faculty and staff more convenient access to dining beyond traditional service points.

Sodexo Campus works with approximately 425 higher education institutions across the US, creating a national platform to scale autonomous delivery in campus environments where demand, foot traffic and operating complexity are high. [Read more…] about Avride and Sodexo to scale delivery robots across US campuses

Kodiak and IKEA to launch driverless freight operations in Texas

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Kodiak Robotics and IKEA Supply are preparing to launch fully driverless freight operations in Texas later this year, building on a four-year autonomous trucking partnership between the companies.

IKEA will become Kodiak’s launch customer for driverless freight operations, with trucks operating without a human safety driver in the cab.

The companies have spent the past four years testing autonomous freight operations in Texas. During that period, Kodiak says it has transported more than 1,300 loads of IKEA goods and accumulated more than 750,000 autonomous miles with a safety observer aboard. [Read more…] about Kodiak and IKEA to launch driverless freight operations in Texas

Deliveroo and Coco Robotics to roll out robot deliveries across the UK

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Deliveroo and Coco Robotics, one of the largest pavement delivery fleets across the US and Europe, are set to bring robot deliveries to towns and cities across the UK through a new strategic partnership.

In the new exclusive partnership, the two companies are launching in multiple locations, beginning with Canary Wharf in London this October, before launching in Milton Keynes, Leeds, Stockton on Tees and Nottingham in the coming weeks and months.

The launches have been welcomed by local authorities across the UK in a positive sign of support for the innovative new service and job creation the partnership will bring. Coco is also in discussions with other councils across both London and the UK. [Read more…] about Deliveroo and Coco Robotics to roll out robot deliveries across the UK

Warehouse Automation Starts with the Storage Plan

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A warehouse automation project can encounter constraints before a robot, conveyor or storage machine is selected. The location of stock, the routes available to handling equipment and the space needed for people all depend on how the building is organised.

Treating storage as a separate facilities decision can therefore leave automation planning with a layout that is difficult to use or adapt.

A more useful starting point is to understand the goods that move through the warehouse and the conditions under which they must be stored, accessed and replenished. [Read more…] about Warehouse Automation Starts with the Storage Plan

Volvo and Waabi launch autonomous freight operations in Texas

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Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi have launched autonomous operations for logistics software company Warp in Texas, the first customer operation in the Volvo-Waabi partnership.

The Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the Waabi Driver is now transporting freight directly to third-party facilities along the Dallas-Houston corridor.

These operations will enable Warp, which is an open-source freight network that provides less-than-truckload and full-truckload freight services for carriers and shippers, to transport its customers’ goods autonomously along the corridor. [Read more…] about Volvo and Waabi launch autonomous freight operations in Texas

Opinion: How AI and robotics are helping retailers navigate the complexities of reverse logistics

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By Pramod Ghadge, co-founder and CEO, Unbox Robotics

Global ecommerce has spent the better part of a decade optimising how goods move forward, from warehouse to doorstep.

As online shopping keeps growing worldwide, so does the volume of goods coming back, and most warehouses were never built with the physical infrastructure or the intelligence to handle it.

A global survey of 491 executives across ten manufacturing-centric industries, conducted by Bain & Company, the World Economic Forum and the University of Cambridge, found that 79 percent consider circularity crucial to their business today, yet only 20 percent believe their supply chain capabilities are actually fit for purpose. [Read more…] about Opinion: How AI and robotics are helping retailers navigate the complexities of reverse logistics

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