Fledgling French robotics startup Exotec Solutions (“Exotec”) has today debuted a new industrial robot that it touts as the world’s “top performing” robot, thanks to its ability to move 4X faster and 5X higher than the industry standard.
The Skypod robots and accompanying system use mobile 3D robots that are capable of moving in three dimensions at 10 mph and are now being used by top French ecommerce company Cdiscount to pack and prepare orders at its warehouse near Bordeaux.
The robots use laser scanner navigation to traverse the warehouse, where they collect and transfer goods to humans who manually arrange the products for shipment.
Cdiscount said that its new system is able to achieve 400 product picks per hour, compared to 100 picks per hour when carried out manually and 200 picks per hour with “classical automation.”
Founded in 2015 by former BA Systèmes technical director Romain Moulin and GE Healthcare software architect Renaud Heitz, Exotec robots have already been tested across a number of industries, and the company raised $3.5 million in outside funding a year ago to help expand its…
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