Human-assisting robotic technologies to prosper in warehouses sector

Rapidly expanding e-commerce and generous funding from eager investors have led to the emergence of a stream of warehouse robotics startups and two broad technologies - those to replace humans and those that assist humans in tedious logistic tasks. There is little technical differentiation between the two approaches today, but human-assisting technologies will prosper in the near term while human-replacement technologies become more important in the long term, according to Lux Research. 

“The holy grail of warehouse automation solutions is a product portfolio that can remove people from tedious logistic tasks, such as inventory tracking, product picking and material transport. The