{"id":449768,"date":"2021-03-03T10:33:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=449768"},"modified":"2021-03-03T10:33:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:33:10","slug":"greyorange-and-vicarious-launch-autonomous-vertical-picking-solution-for-apparel-and-omnichannel-fulfillment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/greyorange-and-vicarious-launch-autonomous-vertical-picking-solution-for-apparel-and-omnichannel-fulfillment\/","title":{"rendered":"GreyOrange and Vicarious Launch Autonomous Vertical\u00a0Picking Solution for Apparel and Omnichannel Fulfillment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n— First-of-its-kind fulfillment innovation drives efficiency, safety and sustainability in distribution centers as the only vertical picking solution on the market —
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ATLANTA and SAN FRANCISCO, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — \u00a0<\/strong>GreyOrange<\/a>, a global leader in AI-enabled software and robotics for fulfillment automation, today announced a partnership with Vicarious<\/a>, an AI robotic integrator that automates tasks too versatile and complex to be handled by traditional, hard-coded automation systems. Together Vicarious and GreyOrange have launched the industry\u2019s first and only Autonomous Vertical Picking solution for automated pick-n-pack operations in omnichannel fulfillment.<\/p>\n

Autonomous Vertical Picking from Vicarious interfaces smoothly into a global workflow orchestrated by GreyOrange\u2019s GreyMatter\u2122<\/sup> Fulfillment Operating System (FOS), which uses advanced science to continuously evaluate order fulfillment performance and prioritize decisions and workflows. At the beginning of the process, GreyOrange\u2019s Ranger GTP robots (Goods-To-Person) bring inventory on Mobile Stock Units (MSUs) to the pick-pack station. There, the Autonomous Vertical Picking solution perceives the size, shape and material characteristics of inventory items, including when these are loosely positioned in an unstructured fashion, eliminating the need to create fixture definitions and programming. The solution then applies the appropriate motion to approach, retrieve and place items into order boxes. Autonomous Vertical Picking can handle all kinds of inventory, including small and delicate individual items (\u201ceaches\u201d), folded stacks of apparel \u201ceaches\u201d and bagged or unbagged apparel.<\/p>\n

\u201cVicarious\u2019 computer-vision and robotics technology is a breakthrough in the ability to handle unstructured, previously hard-to-grasp items. Combined with GreyOrange\u2019s knowhow in fulfillment workflows we can offer a game-changing solution to the industry,\u201d said Dileep George, co-founder and CTO of Vicarious. <\/p>\n

While other autonomous picking solutions perform overhead downward picking from totes holding single items, this launch marks the first solution able to pick a variety of dissimilar inventory items stored in vertical Mobile Stock Units. It works alongside people in the distribution center, augmenting capacity while enabling the human workforce to maintain safe physical distances from each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership expands the autonomous picking capabilities of our GreyMatter platform, enabling fulfillment centers to operate at higher throughputs without interruption,\u201d said Akash Gupta, co-founder and CTO for GreyOrange.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing AI-driven software combined with smart robots can help ecommerce and omnichannel players increase the efficiency of their operations by 300 to 400 percent while also providing safe and socially-distanced work environments for their associates. This type of fulfillment technology gives them an edge over their competition when it comes to managing pace and talent,\u201d\u00a0Gupta concluded.<\/p>\n

The key benefits of Autonomous Vertical Picking include:<\/p>\n