Ocado's Warehouse Robots Are Three Times Faster Than Amazon's

Customer order crates travel along conveyor belts at the Ocado Group Plc distribution centre in Dordon, U.K.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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By Namitha Jagadeesh

May 3, 2019 at 10:02 AM UTC

Updated on

May 3, 2019 at 1:47 PM UTC

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David would win against Goliath in an automation faceoff in the U.K. online delivery market.

Warehouse robots travel three times faster at Ocado Group Plc than at Amazon.com Inc., Peel Hunt wrote in a report on Friday. Analysts James Lockyer and Damindu Jayaweera said they were “underwhelmed” by the global giant’s automation investment after a visit to its warehouse in Tilbury, England, its largest and most technologically advanced in Europe.