Picking Results Get Livestreamed In May 2026, Plus One Robotics hosted a live 8+-hour warehouse parcel induction stream showcasing its AI-powered robotic system operating continuously in a real- world workflow environment. “The livestream was our way to answer a question many people have: ‘How do my packages get to me?’” says Erik Nieves, founder and CEO of Plus One Robotics. “Robots combined with AI are the reason these parcel companies can handle so much volume and such a wide variety of packages.”
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The new Proteus is part of Amazon’s plans to invest more than $11 billion over the next few years to expand its ful llment operations in Europe. Amazon plans to grow its European ful llment center workforce by 25,000 in the coming years. Ecommerce Fulfillment Provider Takes a Phased Approach to Cobots ShipLab, a San Diego-area ecommerce ful llment and third-party logistics provider, is deploying collaborative mobile robots at its Vista, California, facility. With an initial go-live planned for July 2026, the deployment follows a phased model designed to let ShipLab validate performance at each stage before expanding. The partnership with Robust.AI, the AI-driven warehouse automation company behind the Carter cobot, begins with a pilot in which Carter
ShipLab deploys Carter
will automate tote transport between ful llment and packing stations. Upon successful validation, the deployment will expand to a full eet of Carter robots operating in a broader set of applications across their picking operation. The phased approach, which Robust.AI structured as a “Crawl, Walk, Run” model, allows ShipLab to build operational con dence incrementally, with Robots-as-a-Service payments deferred at each phase until performance targets are con rmed by both companies. “The Crawl, Walk, Run model Robust.AI brought to the table was the right approach for us,” says Jake Brenner, CEO of ShipLab. “We get to validate performance at each step, we only pay when the system delivers, and we don’t
have to touch our existing operation to make it work.” Robust.AI’s Carter is a collaborative mobile robot designed to work alongside warehouse associates without requiring changes to existing facility infrastructure. Carter’s software-de ned functionality allows operations to expand from simple applications like point-to-point transport to more sophisticated ones like fully integrated order picking. An Integrated Physical AI Solution Automates Inbound Logistics Ambi Robotics and Pickle Robot Company integrated their specialized robotic systems to automate package movement across inbound logistics operations, enabling a continuous
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