Northgate Robotics reports results from its warehouse picking pilot
The robotics company said its pilot at two distribution centres handled most picks without human help, and published error rates by item type.
- Heat at demo clock
- 0.0
- Independent sources
- 2
- Reports
- 2
- First seen
- Last report
- In briefings
- Tue 10 Mar
Timeline and provenance
Every report on this event, oldest first. All times UTC.
-
Northgate Robotics reports results from its warehouse picking pilot
Signal Wire Press, tier 2
The robotics company said its pilot at two distribution centres handled most picks without human help, and published error rates by item type.
Demo report: no original link exists.
-
Northgate's picking robots reach 99.1 percent accuracy in pilot, with caveats
Circuit Review Press, tier 2
The figure excludes fragile items, which were routed to people throughout the pilot; the company says that share will fall in the next phase.
Demo report: no original link exists.
How the heat adds up
10 × 0.5age / 24 h per independent source, newest report only, within 48 h.
| Source | Report | Age | Weight | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Wire | 9 Mar, 11:00 | 2.9 days | – | 0.00 | older than 48 h |
| Circuit Review | 9 Mar, 16:00 | 2.7 days | – | 0.00 | older than 48 h |
| Total | 0.0 | 0 sources counted | |||
6 hours earlier, at 12 Mar, 03:00 UTC, the heat was 0.0, so the trend is steady (0.0). How trends are labelled
Why these reports are one event
Joined when similarity reaches 0.35: 0.6 × shared entities + 0.4 × shared wording, and at least one shared entity.
| Report | Decision | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Signal Wire, 9 Mar, 11:00 | new | Started this event: no open event scored above the threshold. |
| Circuit Review, 9 Mar, 16:00 | joined | Score 0.644 against the Signal Wire report: entities 1.00, wording 0.11. Shared: Northgate Robotics, Warehouse picking pilot. |
Named in this event
Northgate Robotics, Warehouse picking pilot