Geek+, the China-headquartered provider of autonomous mobile robot (AMR) technology, has opened a regional sales operation in the UK.
The office (opening pictured), located at the Sci-Tech Daresbury site in Warrington, Cheshire, will host sales, engineering and service teams, and also features a technology demonstration centre where several Geek+ robots are on permanent display.
Having entered the wider European market in 2019, Geek+ has deployed projects in over 30 countries, with over a dozen in the UK alone, including at major retailers, e-commerce providers and third party logistics players.
Warrington joins Düsseldorf, San Diego, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore in hosting a Geek+ regional headquarters.
Brian Lee, head of the UK at Geek+, said: “The UK is home to some of the company’s most exciting projects, including large-scale automated parcel sorting and multi-site goods-to-person robotics deployments.
“Logistics operators here, and retailers in particular, recognise the game-changing value brought by autonomous mobile robots, and are eager to upgrade their operations. We now have a full-fledged office to serve our clients.”
At least 30 Geek+ staff will be based at the new headquarters. The robots showing off their skills at the site include the goods-to-person P-800 picking robot, best suited to connecting inventory with warehouse employees; the RoboShuttle, which enables high-density storage solutions; and the S-20C, a sorting robot capable of connecting the disparate elements of a production or distribution line.
