Around 130 jobs created in Leeds as Zoom by Ocado opens first base outside London

Zoom by Ocado’s new Leeds-based automated warehouse is home to 70 robots that help to pick and pack the grocery orders

by Ocado’s new Leeds-based automated warehouse is home to 70 robots that help to pick and pack the grocery orders.

As a result, around 10,000 products from Ocado and its partner, Marks & Spencer, will be delivered to Leeds postcodes, within the hour or later the same day, from this week. The new delivery service in Leeds has been made possible by a new, purpose built, automated warehouse in . Inside the facility, the robots operate on a grid, using an ‘air traffic control style’ operating system.They communicate using 4G technology and travel at speeds of up to four metres per second. The robots pick and pack the products, while staff assemble the final orders, ahead of delivery.

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