Robots to race above Yatala’s high-tech stock grid

Key points

• Würth Australia plans to install a robotic automated storage system at its 10,080 square metre warehouse in Yatala, expected to be operational from August 2027. Robots will travel on rails above a grid of closely stacked bins, retrieving products and delivering them to picking stations.
• Chief executive Serge Oppedisano said the investment aims to process orders faster and more accurately. Dematic is supplying the system and its warehouse-control software.
• The Yatala system will be followed by a larger facility in Keysborough, Victoria, in December of the same year.