Vecna Robotics provides autonomous mobile robots for pallet and case transport in warehouse and manufacturing environments, handling the heavy material movement tasks that create bottlenecks between receiving, storage, and shipping. Their robots navigate dynamically in mixed human-robot environments and integrate with WMS and WES platforms to receive and execute transport tasks in real time. Vecna focuses on the unglamorous but critical transport layer, ensuring materials flow continuously between workstations without manual intervention.

Symbotic builds end-to-end AI-powered warehouse automation systems and is the technology behind Walmart's massive distribution center modernization. Their platform uses autonomous robots, AI software, and high-density storage to automate receiving, storage, picking, and palletization, with the SymMicro platform extending this capability into smaller in-store and near-store micro-fulfillment hubs. Symbotic's acquisition of Walmart's robotics unit (formerly Alert Innovation) positions them as a full-spectrum automation provider from the distribution center to the back of the store.