Berkshire Grey Announces its Next Generation Mobile Robotic Platform – BG FLEX™

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Berkshire Grey (Nasdaq: BGRY) has launched its BG FLEX mobile robotic platform, enhancing eCommerce and retail fulfillment. This next-generation solution integrates AI technology to optimize supply chain processes by providing dynamic control of mobile robot fleets for tasks like sorting and transporting. Key benefits include reduced unloading times, improved curbside pickup, and efficient order management. The platform can adapt to various operational environments, making it a versatile option for retailers facing labor shortages and increasing consumer demands.

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• Launch of BG FLEX mobile robotic platform enhancing operational efficiency.
• AI integration improves inventory management and fulfillment speed.
• Reduces unloading times and facilitates better curbside pickup options.
• Flexible design allows deployment in existing and new facilities.
• Support for large-scale operations enables rapid scaling with no downtime.

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Comprehensive AI-Based Solutions Enable Faster, Higher Throughput for eCommerce and Retail Fulfillment

BEDFORD, Mass., May 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Berkshire Grey Inc. (Nasdaq: BGRY), a leader in AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, today announced the general availability of its next generation mobile robotic platform, BG FLEX^TM.

The platform includes dynamically controlled fleets of Berkshire Grey’s industrial grade mobile robots that work together to induct, transport, sort, sequence, and fulfill items, cases, and containers of merchandise. The solution is now integrated with new high density buffering capabilities and enhanced goods-to-person and goods-to-robot picking stations in a single, modular package. With BG FLEX, retailers can easily convert any floor into a flexible any-to-any induct-to-discharge sortation system and implement complete fulfillment systems for any environment – from back-of-store to stand alone micro-fulfillment centers to distribution center implementations.

“Retail enterprises that approach their supply chains holistically can save millions of dollars and take care of customers faster and more profitably by investing in mobile robotic automation,” said Steve Johnson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Berkshire Grey. “This generation of our AI-enabled mobile robotic platform harnesses mobile swarm technology, integrated buffer, and robotic picking along with advances in software and hardware performance that transform fulfillment operations at their core.”

Berkshire Grey’s BG FLEX mobile robotic platform transforms fulfillment operations by –

• Reducing store truck unload and aisle replenishment times with granular presorting.
• Enabling seamless curbside pick-up and extended BOPIS product selection.
• Facilitating delivery-route alignment for quick commerce and home delivery.
• Maximizing transport utilization in delivery networks.
• Reducing reshelving and maximizing inventory pick station utilization for eCommerce.
• Automatically integrating resale-ready returned goods with existing inventory.
• Storing and consolidating partial orders together with filled orders for just-in-time transport loading.
• Storing, picking, and sorting, with industry-leading goods conveyability.
• Integrating with Berkshires Grey’s family of AI-enabled robotic picking solutions.
  

“More so than other warehouse robotics vendors, Berkshire Grey addresses the intense challenges thrust upon warehouses struggling with essential consumer product deliveries,” said Sankara Narayanan, Senior Industry Analyst, at Frost & Sullivan. “BG customers are well-positioned to embrace new, secular shifts in both consumer demand and labor constraints.”

Berkshire Grey’s BG FLEX mobile robotic platform reinvents warehouse automation by –

• Orchestrating hundreds to thousands of mobile robots working in concert.
• Improving performance over time via AI and machine learning to interpret and adapt to the variability of each customer’s operations and provide ongoing throughput optimization.
• Scaling from moderate to very-large operations in a matter of days with no down time.
• Delivering high reliability and resiliency with no single points of failure.
• Offering design flexibility, making solutions particularly well-suited for deployment within existing (brownfield) as well as new (greenfield) operations.
• Including unique simulation capabilities for planning operations virtually with real-time visualization to deliver rapid deployments and production performance out-of-the-box.
• Providing open APIs that enable integration with AS/RS, palletizers, and other systems.
  

The next generation of Berkshire Grey’s mobile robotic platform builds on the success of its first-generation systems which are in use at major retailers. Here, hundreds of mobile robots sort and sequence tens of thousands of items, cases, and reusable containers on a daily basis. Trucks are optimally loaded based on each customer’s preferred strategy, resulting in shorter unload times and significant improvements in store operations for product put away. The new features of the BG FLEX platform – including high density buffer and multiple picking options – extend the functionality of the system to provide end-to-end fulfillment and sortation processing in an optimally sized footprint appropriate for any operational environment.

To learn more about mobile robotic solutions from Berkshire Grey, visit: www.berkshiregrey.com/technologies/mobilerobotics.

About Berkshire Grey

Berkshire Grey, Inc., (Nasdaq: BGRY) helps customers radically change the essential way they do business by delivering game-changing technology that combines AI and robotics to automate fulfillment, supply chain, and logistics operations. Berkshire Grey solutions are a fundamental engine of change that transform pick, pack, move, store, organize, and sort operations to deliver competitive advantage for enterprises serving today’s connected consumers. Berkshire Grey customers include Global 100 retailers and logistics service providers. To learn more about Berkshire Grey, please visit BerkshireGrey.com and follow Berkshire Grey on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

Berkshire Grey, the Berkshire Grey logo, and BG FLEX are registered trademarks of Berkshire Grey. Other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners.

Berkshire Grey Contacts:

Method Communications for Berkshire Grey
berkshiregrey@methodcommunications.com

Investor Relations:

Sara Buda
VP, Investor Relations, Berkshire Grey
ir@berkshiregrey.com

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FAQ

What is the BG FLEX mobile robotic platform from Berkshire Grey?

The BG FLEX platform is an AI-enabled mobile robotic solution that automates various supply chain processes, enhancing eCommerce and retail fulfillment operations.

How does BG FLEX improve retail operations?

BG FLEX improves operations by reducing unloading times, facilitating curbside pickup, and optimizing inventory management through dynamic control of mobile robot fleets.

When was the BG FLEX platform launched by Berkshire Grey?

The BG FLEX mobile robotic platform was launched on May 5, 2022.

What are the benefits of using the BG FLEX platform?

Benefits include faster fulfillment times, better inventory management, the ability to adapt to various environments, and enhanced customer service through improved delivery options.

How can retailers implement the BG FLEX platform?

Retailers can implement BG FLEX in various operational environments, from back-of-store systems to micro-fulfillment centers, enabling flexible workflow solutions.