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April 16, 2021

Ocado and Oxbotica in deal to develop robot grocery deliveries

Robot grocery deliveries are coming: Ocado and Oxbotica sign major deal


Maija Palmer

4 min read

Speedy: Ocado's robots move 3 times faster than the robots in Amazon's warehouses

Robot-delivered groceries came a step closer to becoming mainstream on Friday as online grocery platform Ocado announced a £10m investment in Oxbotica, the autonomous driving startup. The two companies also announced a commercial partnership to develop a range of autonomous vehicles that will integrate with Ocado’s platform.

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