New Delhi: E-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Tuesday said it has introduced the country's first robot-based sortation technology, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), at its sortation facility in Bengaluru.
A Flipkart statement said the company has introduced over 100 AGVs at its sortation facility in Soukya, Bengaluru, which help sort packages by pin code, leading to an increase in process efficiency.
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"The Soukya set-up involves 100 plus self-guided bots that automatically sort packages to the right customer pin codes by identifying encoded information on each package," the statement said.
It added that the move would allow better throughput from an existing facility, removing the need for space expansion, and will enable the current manpower (allocated to the task) to be upskilled to do higher value-adding work "all at similar or lower cost".
What is AGV ?
AGV is a portable robot that follows along marked lines or wires on the floor, or uses radio waves, vision cameras, magnets, or lasers for navigation. They are most often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around a large industrial building, such as a factory or warehouse.
Flipkart has planned to partner with startups at university campuses to drive innovation and research in this space, to do so company will be building 'Center Of Excellence (CoE) for robotics and automation, engineering, product and automation deals under one umbrella.
In the statement of the company Krishna Raghavan, Senior Vice President of eKart Tech at Flipkart said, “With the Automated Guided Vehicles, we are re-imagining new growth paths, while orchestrating new and innovative ways of working. We believe this will help bring efficiencies, agility and scale to the supply chain operations, helping us serve the customer better.”
(Inputs from PTI)
