High-density system delivers speed and integration
flexibility for e-commerce warehouses, retail and grocery
fulfillment
BOSTON, May 23, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Urbx (urbx.com) launches its robotic inventory
storage and retrieval system capable of fulfilling complex,
multi-SKU orders at unprecedented speeds. The system builds on the
principles of traditional automated storage and retrieval systems
(AS/RS) and uses a combination of robotics, software and storage
racking to deliver key advantages in speed, height, density and
scalability in goods-to-person order fulfillment workflows.
The system uses a fleet of proprietary Urbx TowerBots driven by
AI to find the shortest 3D path through a dense storage grid to
retrieve totes and bring them out to a pick station. TowerBots move
across the top of racking and drop down through strategically
located columns to access inventory. This storage grid design
requires no navigating aisles or digging to access totes below top
storage layers, enabling access to inventory at all levels –
stacked up to 75 totes high – in seconds. TowerBots then move totes
down through those same columns to built-in conveyor tiles for
transport to order fulfillment and consolidation. In practice, the
Urbx system enables exceptional fulfillment speeds, capable of
fulfilling a 50-line order in less than 2.5 minutes.
"We started Urbx to satisfy the demand for speed in retail
order fulfillment that just wasn't being met by existing solutions.
We concepted, tested and iterated on a system that really pushes
the limits of what automation can do, and in turn, of what
fulfillment operations can achieve," says Lincoln Cavalieri, Founder and CEO, Urbx. "And
that goes beyond revolutionizing warehouse environments. Delivering
inventory at such high rates also has the near-term potential to
address the needs of grocery fulfillment and even consumer-facing
retail applications."
The Urbx system offers double-deep storage built up to
industry-leading heights for maximum possible density and capacity,
while maintaining a small horizontal footprint. This space
efficiency is a particularly strong fit for supply chains pushing
to locate distribution points closer to consumers in urban centers,
where pressure from high real estate costs incentivizes building
up, rather than out. The ability to handle up to 100 pounds per
tote allows the system to accommodate a broad range of inventory,
including heavy, dense items.
Urbx is designed with the needs of integrators in mind, without
rigid software requirements and specialized hardware components,
and is sold and supported by a global network of material handling
automation systems integrators. The company uses Beckoff for
standard controls and sources totes from Utz.
About Urbx
Urbx provides high-density,
high-velocity goods-to-person robotic systems that push the limits
of e-commerce, omnichannel and retail fulfillment. Proprietary
TowerBots and software deliver exceptional speed and streamlined
movements for unprecedented inventory retrieval rates, while
racking built up to the greatest heights enables maximum density.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts and
serving businesses worldwide, Urbx provides complete design,
development, implementation and ongoing support for each solution.
For more information, visit urbx.com.
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