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Chinese firm LiBiao is seeking to penetrate the European market with what it claims is a gamechanging automated robot-based parcel sortation solutions. Its ‘Mini Yellow’ range of autonomous mobile robots are pitched as cost-efficient and flexible alternative to the high CapEx fixed tilt-tray and cross-belt conveyor-based sortation systems that have traditionally been used for parcel and e-commerce operations. As they require less space within which to operate: 350 AMRs can cover 1,300 square metres and handle 20,000 items per hour.Significantly, they can operate within cold store environments down to a temperature of minus 30 degrees centigrade. The technology has been...
