Walgreens is reportedly increasing its use of robots to fill prescriptions for its retail locations. Company officials told CNBC in a report Sunday (May 11) that the pharmacy hopes to have its 11 micro-fulfillment centers serving more than 5,000 stores before the year’s end. That’s up from 4,300...
Competition comes best in twos. Think Apple and Microsoft, Coke and Pepsi, McDonald’s and Burger King and many other famous pairings. It’s because a dose of healthy competition ultimately benefits the end consumer, and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the ongoing...
Amazon debuted Vulcan, a fulfillment center robot with a sense of touch, according to a Wednesday (May 7) blog post. The average robot is “numb and dumb,” particularly those operating in commercial settings, Aaron Parness, Amazon director of applied science, said in the post. “In...
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi predicted that robot drivers will replace human drivers at scale in 15 to 20 years in an autonomous future, as long as several factors fall into place in the meantime. “If you fast-forward 15, 20 years, I think eventually the cars...
May 09, 2025
Competition comes best in twos. Think Apple and Microsoft, Coke and Pepsi, McDonald’s and Burger King and many other famous pairings. It’s because a dose of healthy competition ultimately benefits the end consumer, and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the ongoing battle between retail titans Walmart and Amazon. The two mega […]
March 07, 2025
The home furnishings market is witnessing a shift, with Amazon gaining ground while Walmart struggles to maintain its share. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Walmart or Amazon: Where Do Consumers Spend...
February 03, 2025
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani envisions autonomous delivery robots transforming urban logistics by optimizing the pickup and delivery of food and other products to lower the cost of last-mile delivery...
January 08, 2025
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on Wednesday (Jan. 8) criticized prevailing definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that continued scaling of text-based large language models alone will not...
May 20, 2025
Walgreens says it is boosting its investment in robotics with its new Minnesota-based micro-fulfillment center. The center, announced Tuesday (May 20), is based in the town of Brooklyn Park and will support nearly 200 Walgreens locations throughout the Midwest, including 145 in Minnesota alone, processing a projected 13 million prescriptions each year. “Our pharmacists working […]
May 12, 2025
Walgreens is reportedly increasing its use of robots to fill prescriptions for its retail locations. Company officials told CNBC in a report Sunday (May 11) that the pharmacy hopes to have its 11...
May 07, 2025
Amazon debuted Vulcan, a fulfillment center robot with a sense of touch, according to a Wednesday (May 7) blog post. The average robot is “numb and dumb,” particularly those operating...
March 28, 2025
Japanese tech investment firm SoftBank Group is reportedly planning to invest $1 trillion to build artificial intelligence (AI)-equipped factories in the United States. The factories will be located in industrial...
