Körber signs partnership with robot sorter specialist

Körber and Libiao Robotics, global specialist for autonomous mobile robots specialising in sortation, have teamed up to deliver the newest robotics technologies to Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

The core business of Libiao Robotics is focused on parcel sorting after order picking. The company leads the way in research and innovation in artificial intelligence and automation for logistics. It has successfully developed a range of sorting robots, especially for tabletop sortation, and designed a variety of intelligent sorting solutions to meet the unique needs of different industries and businesses across the globe. In the past 5 years, the company has successfully deployed 15,000+ sorting robots around the world, covering postal, supermarkets, shoes and clothing, medicine, catering, cold storage, jewelry, education, factory manufacturing, books and publishing industries.

With Libiao Robotics, Körber is expanding its depth and breadth of solutions covering the entire supply chain.

With the increase in e-commerce and order volumes in general, warehouses are challenged to improve efficiencies and quality while also facing capacity and space constraints. By adding Libiao Robotics’ autonomous mobile sorting robots to the mix, Körber offers the flexibility and scalability that modern businesses need to not only meet today’s consumer expectations but to adjust to seasonality or other peaks. The solution will be branded as “K.Move AutoSort Mobile – Powered by Libiao.”

The tabletop robots only require a small physical area and can be rapidly deployed, reconfigured and scaled up, making sortation automation more accessible and flexible than traditional fixed automation, from micro-fulfilment centre to large-scale sortation depot.

Libiao Robotics founder and CEO Xia Huiling said: “We are very happy to be able to further extend our relationship with Körber beyond Australia and New Zealand. The cooperation with Körber will help the development of Libiao’s global strategy.”

“With Libiao Robotics’ tabletop sortation AMRs, we are lowering the barrier to entry for automated sortation without sacrificing scalability. As volumes increase, additional robots can be cost-effectively added, and the solution can be easily reconfigured or relocated as the business changes,” added Anton du Preez, responsible for AMR in Europe and Middle East at Körber Business Area Supply Chain.

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