Tesco’s robot warehouse plan in doubt as partner goes bust

Tesco’s robot warehouse plan in doubt as partner goes bust

The supermarket’s plan to rival Ocado in autonomous technology will face further delays

Tesco’s robot warehouse dream in chaos as tech partner collapses

Tesco’s ambition to rival Ocado with a fleet of robotic warehouses has been thrown into turmoil after its technology partner went bust. The supermarket had struck a deal with Canadian automation start-up Attabotics earlier this year to roll out robotic warehouse systems designed to revolutionise how online orders are fulfilled. But Attabotics has filed for bankruptcy protection and is now being sold off in a US court process, leaving Tesco’s hig…

Tesco keeps faith with Attabotics after warehouse automation firm is bought by Lafayette Engineering – RetailWit

Tesco is set to move ahead with a single store trial of Attabotics technology despite the Canadian firm recently collapsing into bankruptcy. In early July, we reported on the spectacular rise and fall of Attabotics. Court filings show that the company recently entered into an asset purchase agreement with Lafayette Systems. In a LinkedIn post, Brittain Ladd, a supply chain consultant and former Amazon executive, observed that the Court of King’s…