Ocado Technology’s automated warehouses are the most advanced of their kind in the world. In these state-of-the art facilities, thousands of bots collaborate seamlessly on 3D grids to fulfil customer grocery orders in a matter of minutes. To orchestrate the bot fleet, an AI ‘air traffic’ control system communicates with each bot 10 times per second. In this talk, Alex will discuss:

 

● The migration of our cutting-edge bot orchestration system from on-premise to the Cloud

● The challenges in terms of guaranteeing low latency and high predictability

● The use of advanced simulations

● The benefits unlocked in terms of scalability and flexibility

● A cloud-native approach to solving problems