Will Ocado's robotics change the supermarket trade?

Tom Allen
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Experiments with automation have already lowered costs and increased speed at Ocado's warehouses

Online grocery vendor Ocado has been a disruptive force since 2002. The headquarters in Hatfield are full of examples, which have been developed over 15 years - most of it by Ocado itself. We visit...

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