Amazon is shopping for an organization that makes pallet-stacking robots

has agreed to purchase Cloostermans, an organization that makes robots able to stacking pallets in its warehouses. Amazon says it already makes use of Belgium-based Cloostermans’ tech, which may additionally package deal merchandise.

After the acquisition closes, Cloostermans’ 200 or so workers will be part of the Amazon International Robotics division in Europe and sure dedicate their time to solely constructing tech that fits Amazon’s wants. “By focusing Cloostermans’s deep expertise in engineering, equipment, and robotics, we are going to extra quickly deploy options in our office that help workers of their roles and enhance security at work, and in addition assist cut back packaging waste,” Amazon stated in . The corporate has beforehand spoken of its perception that having extra robots .

Amazon has been introducing extra robots to its warehouses to extend automation. In June, it , its first autonomous warehouse robotic. The gadget is able to shifting carts stuffed with packages by itself.

Whereas Amazon has been relying extra on robots at its success facilities for a number of years, the Cloostermans acquisition comes quickly after workers at a Staten Island facility turned the primary Amazon warehouse staff to . The corporate stated in 2019 that automation at warehouses for at the least a decade.