
Smart robotics for order picking
Market trends such as omnichannel distribution, batch size 1, ever shorter order throughput times and delivery cycles and the handling of a growing variety of product ranges place high demands on intralogistics.
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Market trends such as omnichannel distribution, batch size 1, ever shorter order throughput times and delivery cycles and the handling of a growing variety of product ranges place high demands on intralogistics.
The market for transport robots is booming. Two trends can be identified: The number of platform manufacturers will continue to increase, with many of them already relying on cooperation with integrators. Secondly, transport robots are developing into self-learning system networks.

The goods-to-person robotics solution Butler from Grey Orange optimizes supply chain processes from inventory management to order picking. Among other things, it is used in Zalando's new 30,000 square meter fulfillment center in Brunna, near Stockholm, Sweden.
Knapp grew continuously in the last financial year and achieved a very good result with more than 4,500 employees worldwide.
Packaging specialist Auer Packaging is investing at its Amerang site: the go-ahead has been given for the construction of a third production hall on the 50,000 square meter site of the technology park in Amerang.

Kuwait Airport will use a baggage handling system from Beumer at the new Terminal 2. It offers an integrated screening system in a container-based transport and sorting solution as well as a dynamic early baggage storage system. The project is scheduled for completion by 2022.

Interroll has won another project from a South Korean e-commerce provider. The new contract relates to the delivery of the Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP), which can be used to implement material flow processes.

Combilift at transport logistics
Combilift's exhibits at transport logistic in Munich (Hall 4 and outdoor area) range from the small Combi-CS pedestrian stacker to a straddle carrier. Also on display is a model from the Aisle Master articulated stacker series for narrow-aisle use in warehouses.
The Denisort Compact vertical sorter is a mobile, very compact system from Swiss material handling specialist Ferag and is suitable for sorting goods weighing up to seven kilograms.

Hubtex's core products include equipment for handling and picking bulky wooden materials. To this end, the company, which focuses on custom-built industrial trucks, sideloaders and special equipment for transporting long, heavy and bulky goods, is presenting the new Flux 70 multidirectional counterbalanced truck.