Automation vendors, including several startups, are lining up to meet the growing interest in micro-fulfillment centers. Automation characteristics like high storage density, rapid access to totes, and high uptime are vital to success, but vendors also point to the need to iron out supply chain issues like replenishment.

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Answering the call for micro-fulfillment

Thank you to Peter Crosby and Rob Gonzalez for featuring Alert Innovation’s Founder and CEO on the podcast Unpacking the Digital Shelf, by the Digital Shelf Institute.

We got to talk about Alert Innovation, the automation of grocery stores, and all things robots. Listen to the episode or view the transcript here:

https://www.digitalshelfinstitute.org/podcasts-interview-robots-how-they-will-transform-grocery-shopping-john-lert

There are links on the page above to subscribe to hear it on whatever Podcast platform you use (ie Apple, Spotify, Google Play).

One of our summer Interns in electrical engineering was profiled in a story on the front page of Wall Street Journal today.

We were able to do some great work with our Interns this summer, whether that meant software coding done remotely, shipping them mechanical projects to work on remotely or having them work part time, safely,  in our lab (as Manjusha Chava did).

We had 15 paid interns this summer, down from our normal 30. We will be interviewing again this Fall for next summer’s program. Join our mailing list (email field in footer of this page) to make sure you know about the recruiting schedule.

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What I Learned on My Summer Internship_ How to Work Alone – WSJ

Read the story at the Wall Street Journal website [paywall].