Warehouse
Fast Retailing, owner of Uniqlo, said Exotec and Mujin would help bring more automation to its warehouses.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“Mujin Electronics Co Ltd and French robotics startup Exotec Solutions SAS will help introduce more automation”
What it means
Skypod, from Exotec, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.
More on Skypod
- Exotec launched a new generation of Skypod with a smaller robot that can handle both single items and whole cases.
- Exotec said its robots were bringing out more than one million storage boxes a day across all its sites.
- Exotec said it had sold more than $1 billion of systems and was working at more than 100 customer sites.
- Exotec said it had built its 5,000th robot.
- Exotec raised $335 million in a Series D round to grow its Skypod business.
- Exotec announced a deal with clothing retailer Gap to use Skypod robots.