Online pharmacy invests in AI and robotics
Apotea has announced it will automate its new logistics centre in Varberg, Sweden in collaboration with RightHand Robotics and SSI Schaefer.
A RIGHTHAND Robotics RightPick item-handling system will be deployed, installed, and operating by 2025 to support Apotea’s increasing demand for online orders.
The 323,000 sq ft facility will be the second Apotea warehouse that RightHand Robotics is automating. In 2022, Apotea implemented the RightPick platform in their facility in Morgongåva, Sweden, which now ships around 70,000 orders of medication and non-prescription products per day. With their new investment in SSI’s solutions and continued trust in RightHand Robotics’ technology, Apotea expects to increase the number of orders per day processed at their Varberg warehouse by 50,000.
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The RightPick system will be integrated with the SSI Schaefer Cuby single-level shuttle system, a fully automated solution for the storage of containers and cartons. During operations, the RightPick system will be stationed at the end of a conveyor belt to receive and pick products from the SSI source tote, barcode scan if necessary, and place the product in the designated tote location for its final destination. Together, the RightHand and SSI systems will deliver precise automated item handling – reducing errors and significantly increasing the speed of Apotea’s order processing and fulfillment.
For more information, visit www.righthandrobotics.com
