Land O’Frost Reduces Daily Labor Expenses by 20% While Upskilling Its Workforce with Formic Robots

February 6, 2025 Land O’Frost

Formic deployed all five systems over two weekends while production ran unhindered, programmed pallet patterns for all SKUs, and trained all floor operators on the robotic systems. Since deployment, Land O’Frost has realized a 20% savings on labor-related OpEx daily, while reducing the changeover process from lengthy discussions between employees to a few clicks on a touchscreen.

UF/IFAS Receives $1 Million Grant to Explore Automation in Nursery Industry

UF’s role in this grant includes evaluating herbicide, pesticide and fertilizer application equipment and testing people’s perceptions of and willingness to adopt new strategies related to automation.

Serve Robotics Rolls Out Third-Generation Autonomous Delivery Robot; Platform Upgrade Will Support National Scaling

November 5, 2024 Serve Robotics

Serve Robotics Inc., a leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, unveiled its third-generation autonomous delivery robot. The new model boasts significantly enhanced capabilities, achieved at substantially reduced manufacturing cost. The third-generation robot has entered manufacturing and 2,000 new units are on track to be deployed in 2025 on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets.

Sodexo to Launch Thousands of Hot Food-Producing Robots Across Healthcare, Education, and Corporate Industries

April 29, 2024 Sodexo North America

In a visionary move aimed at redefining hot food robotic technology, Sodexo and ART have announced a partnership to deploy thousands of state-of-the-art hot food robotic kiosks across Sodexo-served facilities throughout the U.S. A culmination of Sodexo’s global leadership and ART’s progress in robotics and AI, this partnership will establish new benchmarks in the automated dining domain.

SpartanNash Advancing Retail Innovation with In-Store Robotics

February 13, 2024 SpartanNash

Food solutions company SpartanNash announced plans to implement Simbe’s autonomous inventory robot Tally in 60 additional Company-operated stores across the Midwest. This opportunity to generate actionable, real-time inventory insights represents SpartanNash’s continued investment in technology to enhance the store guest and Associate experiences.