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AutoStore shifts toward self-optimizing warehouses with CubeVerse and AI-driven analytics

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AutoStore, provider of one of the most widely used automated storage and retrieval systems for warehouses, has launched its CubeVerse platform and new AI-driven capabilities, marking a “major step toward self-optimizing fulfillment”.

AutoStore is introducing new cloud software, AI-powered analytics, and robotic workflows for order preparation and system optimization that can deliver higher throughput in existing systems without additional hardware.

After more than two decades of pioneering cube storage automation, AutoStore is now moving beyond automation alone toward intelligent fulfillment systems that continuously sense, decide, and improve in real time. [Read more…] about AutoStore shifts toward self-optimizing warehouses with CubeVerse and AI-driven analytics

AutoStore launches new product portfolio for warehouse automation

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AutoStore – a provider of technology-driven, intelligent order fulfillment solutions and famous for its cubic automated storage and retrieval systems – has announced the launch of its Fall 2025 product portfolio.

Headlined by AutoCase, which automates the movement of full cases in and out of storage, the portfolio also introduces FlexBins, allowing multiple bin sizes in one Grid to expand SKU assortment, increase density, and support consolidation and buffering.

In addition, the new Frozen-Only Grid offers a dedicated solution for frozen grocery and healthcare. [Read more…] about AutoStore launches new product portfolio for warehouse automation

AutoStore and Kardex deliver fully operational system to Balluff in ‘record six months’

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AutoStore and Kardex have completed the installation of a fully operational automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) for Balluff in just six months, a timeline the companies describe as a record.

Balluff, a global sensor and automation specialist headquartered in Germany, needed a solution to modernize its intralogistics operations. The company selected AutoStore’s cube storage technology, integrated and delivered by Kardex, to improve efficiency and meet growing demand.

According to the partners, the project was completed from contract signing to go-live in only half a year, significantly faster than typical deployment timelines for large-scale warehouse automation. [Read more…] about AutoStore and Kardex deliver fully operational system to Balluff in ‘record six months’

Matthews Automation expands investment in Freespace Robotics with warehouse solution purchase

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Freespace Robotics, a provider of autonomous storage and order fulfillment systems, says Matthews Automation Solutions, a division of Matthews International, has expanded its strategic investment in the company and purchased a flagship Freespace ASRS (automated storage and retrieval system) for deployment and system integration in its newly launched Atlanta center.

The announcement follows a successful joint showing at ProMat 2025, where Freespace was spotlighted in Matthews Automation Solution’s exhibit.

The partnership drew significant interest from logistics professionals, integrators, and facility operators seeking next-generation, high-throughput order fulfillment automation. [Read more…] about Matthews Automation expands investment in Freespace Robotics with warehouse solution purchase

DHL inaugurates Exotec automation system at Italy facility

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DHL Supply Chain Italy has inaugurated a new automation system at its Health Logistics Campus in Livraga (Lodi).

In a dedicated area of more than 7,000 sq m, 138 robots deliver “high-performance automation” powered by Exotec’s Skypod Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS), now serving two key customers in the life sciences and healthcare sector: Viatris and DOC Pharma.

DHL Supply Chain Italy has invested more than €14 million to equip the Livraga Campus with this cutting-edge high-automation system, thereby strengthening the country’s vital Life Sciences & Healthcare sector. [Read more…] about DHL inaugurates Exotec automation system at Italy facility