Zebra Technologies to acquire Wise's robotics company

7/7/2021

Fetch Robotics, the company founded and still led by MechSE alumna Melonee Wise (BSME '04, MSME '06), will be acquired by Zebra Technologies.

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Fetch Robotics, the company founded and still led by MechSE alumna Melonee Wise (BSME ’04, MSME ’06), will be acquired by Zebra Technologies.

The $290M purchase is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.

Fetch’s Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are used for optimized picking in fulfillment centers and distribution centers, just-in-time material delivery in manufacturing facilities and automating manual material movement in any facility. 

Fetch features the largest portfolio of AMRs in the industry and offers seamless integration with warehouse and manufacturing systems without the need for changes to facilities or infrastructure. Workflow Builder, Fetch’s drag and drop workflow development studio, enables out-of-the-box automation so that customers and partners can deploy automated material handling workflows in hours instead of months. Fetch Robotics’ AMRs help reduce the impact of labor shortages by improving throughput, efficiency and productivity while working alongside people in fulfillment, distribution and manufacturing environments. 

“The Fetch team is excited to join Zebra and accelerate the adoption of flexible automation through AMRs and our cloud-based robotics platform. Together we have the right team with the right technology to provide end-to-end solutions that solve real customer problems,” Wise said. “By helping customers dynamically optimize and holistically orchestrate their fulfillment, distribution, and manufacturing operations, together we help enable their ability to stay ahead of growing demand, minimize delivery times and address shrinking labor pools.” 

Wise is a current member of MechSE’s alumni board and received a MechSE Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016.

Read the full press release on the Fetch Robotics website.


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This story was published July 7, 2021.