Ocado Technology, online retail, Hatfield, Hertfordshire

The OSP automated fulfillment solution provides a dense storage system that fits into existing warehouses and uses space more efficiently than traditional racking.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to power the next industrial revolution, by reinventing business and reshaping the global economy. Grocery retail can benefit greatly from AI. In particular, machine learning, robotics and internet of things have the potential to dramatically alter business models and reshape how all companies, not just retailers, interact with their customers.

In this extensive interview, Ocado CTO Paul Clarke and Elixirr principal consultant Karina van den Oever cover how Ocado innovates, why AI plays such a big role in the company's evolution, where Ocado is deploying machine learning, and how the education system needs to adapt for tomorrow's connected, data-driven world.

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Ocado, the world's largest online-only grocery retailer, relies on robots to deliver fresh food to hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. Its warehouses are designed like living organisms – there's a central nervous system (software), a cardiovascular system (conveyor belts) and red blood cells (crates).

But as online shopping becomes more popular, Ocado is looking to new distribution systems to meet the growing demand.

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In Ocado's grocery warehouses, thousands of mechanical boxes move on the Hive. Are they all individual robots? Or is this one giant hive mind?

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Alex Harvey, Chief of Advanced Technology at Ocado Group and Alex Kendall, CEO Wayve discuss our investment in, and partnership with, this autonomous mobility start-up! This collaboration will accelerate our development of intelligent autonomous mobility systems for our Ocado Smart Platform (OSP) partners.

We are committed to being at the forefront of solving some of the most complex technology challenges of our age to enhance the customer proposition of OSP. Our investments in the self-driving space reflect this ambition. We’re delighted to be partnering with Wayve, who have some exciting and innovative technical approaches to tackling tough challenges in this space, such as navigating unstructured urban environments.

The collaboration includes an autonomous delivery trial that will see Wayve’s technology fitted onto a selection of Ocado delivery vans in the UK.

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