US robotics and AI solutions company Gideon has launched Casey, an autonomous case-picking and process optimisation robot.
The new solution is designed to manage labour shortages against surging e-commerce demand by automating and optimising manual case picking.
The rise of e-commerce, due to its high labour intensity and customer expectations, requires new automation solutions to enable sustainable growth.
Statista’s recent data forecast points to a 50% rise of e-commerce to US$7.4tn (£6.03tn) worldwide by 2025.
To combat this, Casey pairs AI and vision-based autonomous mobile robots with optimisation software.
According to Gideon, this should increase productivity by removing inefficient workflows, costly infrastructure, equipment damage costs and by reducing labour costs by up to 40%.
Josip Ćesić, Gideon CTO and co-founder, said: “The traditional case picking is an entirely manual process, and it comes with high cost, low safety, and limited scalability.
“We bring a new way to solve the old problem: enabling people and robots to collaborate closely and create more value by working together in an optimized way.”
