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Brightpick’s new warehouse robot can reach 20-foot-high shelves


Brightpick, a maker of autonomous mobile robots, on Tuesday announced a lofty addition to its current line. The appropriately named Giraffe system is

The appropriately named Giraffe system is notable for its large, retractable platform capable of reaching up to 20 feet (6 meters) in height to pick items from warehouse shelves. Rather than constantly extending and retracting 11.5 feet at a time, the system is designed to work in tandem with the Kentucky company’s existing Autopicker robot. The system resembles the telescoping warehouse robots of the London-based outfit Dexory, though the latter’s “DexoryView” platform simply features sensors for scanning shelves.

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