Cincinnati-based Kroger announced a partnership with U.K.-based Ocado yesterday that will bring the latter’s advanced digital and robotic capabilities to about 20 warehouses the second-largest grocery ...

Kroger announced that it was closing three facilities set up using Ocado’s robot warehouse technology - Kroger/Reuters US supermarket giant Kroger has agreed to pay Ocado £260m after scrapping its ...

Norwegian business AutoStore is claiming the online grocer is using its own patented technology to grow its business. Online grocery giant Ocado is unlawfully selling its technology and robots in ...

Kroger’s decision to close three highly automated grocery warehouses and walk away from a flagship technology alliance marks one of the sharpest reversals yet in the push to automate food retail. On ...

ANDOVER, England (Reuters) - As 600 robots swarm on a grid overhead, the technology boss of British online supermarket pioneer Ocado explains why its new high-tech plant has caught the attention of ...

The share price of the FTSE 100-listed Ocado Group (GB:OCDO) soared after the company signed a robot tech deal with McKesson Corporation’s (NYSE:MCK) subsidiary in Canada. Ocado announced that its ...

Conventional mechanical grips are too indelicate for handling groceries, shielding many warehouses jobs from automation. But online grocer Ocado has now overcome the challenge, with a helping hand ...

CINCINNATI — It’s a strategy shift that founder Barney Kroger never could have imagined: The Kroger Co. wants to make its grocery delivery business profitable by rejecting robots and embracing ...

Ocado has developed a robot prototype which will learn from the behaviour of its warehouse technicians and act as ‘a second pair of hands’. The grocery pureplay’s technology division has developed the ...

UK online supermarket Ocado is on a quest to automate its business as much as possible, experimenting with technology from flexible robot hands (for packing soft fruit) to self-driving delivery ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British online supermarket Ocado denied robots were moving around its flagship complex at Andover in southern England when firefighters tackled a blaze on Tuesday that wiped 1 ...