Story originally appeared in The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport on June24, 2020. Excerpts from the story below. To see the full story visit ciltuk.org.uk.

DHL Supply Chain, the global leader in contract logistics and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has just launched a new “plug & play” robotics platform in collaboration with Microsoft, and leading artificial intelligence (AI) driven digital fulfillment provider Blue Yonder. 

The robotics platform significantly reduces integration time and programming efforts to on-board new automation devices into warehouse facilities, while giving DHL customers more flexibility in selecting suitable robotics systems according to their individual business needs. The solution leverages Microsoft Azure IoT and cloud platform services.