Symbotic says latest acquisition uses conveyor automation to free up DC space

The Massachusetts-based warehouse robotics vendor Symbotic has bought a German firm that provides a software-driven sortation system, saying the platform replaces traditional conveyor infrastructure with intelligent, omnidirectional movement.Symbotic bought Cellumation GmbH, a Bremen, Germany-based automation company and creator of the “celluveyor,” a software-driven sortation technology.Cellumation says its system is made up of hundreds of independently controlled, omnidirectional cells. Each cell can move an item in any direction, meaning the celluveyor…

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