Symbotic acquires ARMS Innovations to add AI software that coordinates whole warehouses, not just its automation

Symbotic/Symbotic warehouse system

Symbotic acquired ARMS Innovations, a UK company whose software provides real-time operational intelligence for automated warehouses. The goal is to expand beyond running Symbotic's own robots to coordinating entire warehouse operations: matching tasks to people or machines, predicting maintenance, spotting disruptions, and optimizing micro-fulfilment centres.

• ARMS software becomes an 'operational nervous system' with end-to-end visibility and control across all warehouse activities.
• Combined solution unifies automation with human workflows, predicting maintenance needs and identifying real-time disruptions.
• Symbotic advances beyond warehouse execution systems into a new category: Warehouse Operations Optimization.
• Integration expands Symbotic's scope from hardware-only to orchestrating both robots and people across complex warehouses.