Flipkart’s AI exploration and robotics space had led the company to adopt a technology that enabled humans and bots to work together seamlessly.
India is one of the fastest-growing markets for e-commerce in the world. Buoyed by affordable smartphones, deeper penetration of internet and high consumption growth, this market is set to grow and exceed $100 billion by 2022.
Catering to this rapid growth, e-commerce companies Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart are turning to technology-enabled solutions to deliver smarter, faster and better. While Amazon has been leveraging data and machine learning to keep its warehouse operations running smoothly, Flipkart had adopted a robot-based sortation technology – a first for India – at its sortation centre in Bengaluru to handle increasing order volumes.
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Flipkart’s AI exploration and robotics space had led the company to adopt a technology that enabled humans and bots to work together seamlessly. Nea
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