Emerging trends in warehouse automation - The Future of Logistics Real Estate
Had Amazon not purchased Kiva Systems for $775 million in 2012 and stopped selling its robots, Locus Robotics might not have become a spinoff of 3PL Quiet Logistics.\n\u201cThe management team at the time had a choice of whether to not use robots, buy a robot or build their own,\u201d Locus Robotics CEO Rick Faulk said during a fireside chat with Tony Palchek, managing director of Zebra Technologies, during the FreightWaves Future of Logistics Real Estate Summit on Tuesday. \u201cI think they made a really smart decision.\u201d\nWatch\nApple Podcast\nSpotify\nMore FreightWaves Podcasts\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices