firm Geodis believe , is to bump up the number of cobots in their distribution centres . According to a Wall Street Journal report , the French company boosted its robotic workforce by 75 % to cope with a dramatic uptick in fast fashion orders over the holidays .
Supplying more than 500 of these robots to an array of logistics firms this holiday season is Locus Robotics , a five-year-old company based in Virginia . Locus ’ s robots are designed to work alongside humans , deploying lasers , cameras , and other sensors to aid their human co-workers . They can direct their human counterparts to the proper aisles and shelves , or carry bins of items between workstations . Locus claims that a deployment of its fleet can increase picking efficiency by as much as 300 % and increase accuracy to nearly 100 %.
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