Warehouse robotics vendor Symbotic has acquired ARMS Innovations Ltd., a UK-based software company specializing in real-time operational intelligence solutions for complex automated warehouse environments.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the firms said that ARMS’s software introduces a layer of AI-driven warehouse operations orchestration that coordinates people, robotics, and workflows. The solution dynamically matches tasks with the right resources – whether human or machine – based on skills, availability, and operational needs.
According to Massachusetts-based Symbotic, by integrating ARMS’s advanced software capabilities, the Symbotic System will expand beyond automation into a comprehensive, real-time operational solution that unifies and optimizes every element of warehouse performance – across both automated systems and human workflows.
Symbotic said that move will create a new industry category with a greater scope than traditional warehouse management (WMS) or warehouse execution systems (WES): enterprise-level Warehouse Operations Optimization. That change enable Symbotic to extend its capabilities from executing automated tasks to managing and orchestrating entire warehouse environments, creating an “operational nervous system” that delivers end-to-end visibility and control across all activities, including predicting maintenance needs, identifying disruptions in real time, and dynamically managing complex workflows.
“With this acquisition, we can help customers accelerate the transformation of their distribution centers into smart, highly synchronized ecosystems designed to maximize productivity and uptime,” said Rick Cohen, Chairman and CEO of Symbotic.
