Automated, Collaborative Mobile Robots Increase Warehouse Productivity by 2.5x and Close the Gap on Labour Shortages

Zebra Technologies, an innovator at the front line of business with solutions and partners that deliver a performance edge, has announced its progress in creating connected automation solutions to help warehouse operators increase productivity by 2.5x, double throughput and reclaim 15% of their space.

Electrical components distributor Waytek has deployed Zebra Fetch automated mobile robots (AMRs) to make its distribution facility more efficient and free workers from certain manual tasks since deployment. By leveraging FetchCore software that can be deployed on Zebra enterprise-grade tablets, Waytek employees can check the status and direct the movement of the AMRs.

Over the past 18 months, Zebra has expanded its investments in robotics automation. Since its acquisition of Fetch