Automated Warehouse’s September recap of August 2026 developments remains the most compact public digest of recent project news circulating in the last two days. Brightpick is adding 44 Autopicker robots for Dr. Max Group after a Prague pharmacy DC scale-up, extending into other Czech and Slovak sites.
AutoStore signed a global framework to supply AS/RS technology to Amazon. XYZ Robotics went live with automated goods receiving at BAUHAUS’s Krefeld central warehouse. KUKA and Contoro partnered with States Logistics on automated trailer unloading to reduce heavy-lift injuries.
These items cluster around three themes that match the new MMH surveys: goods-to-person and robotic picking scale-out, grid/AS/RS deals with very large e-commerce operators, and inbound trailer unloading as the next hard automation problem after outbound picking.