Ocado runs its warehouses on AI digital twins
Ocado mirrors each fulfilment warehouse as a digital twin to test changes and optimise thousands of robots virtually before the real world.
The Business
Ocado mirrors each fulfilment warehouse as a digital twin to test changes and optimise thousands of robots virtually before the real world.
Ocado · Europe · 20,000+ employees.
Before AI
Optimising a live, robot-dense warehouse risked disruption and was hard to test safely.
What Changed
Ocado Intelligent Automation built digital twins fed by live data. Computer-vision pick arms and additively-manufactured bots continually improve.
The Result
Newer grid robots reported as 5x lighter and consuming around 40% less energy than previous generations.
Why this matters
Simulate first, then act.
Digital twins let any operations-heavy business test decisions safely before committing.
Warehouses, factories and logistics networks can trial change virtually — turning risky bets into measured experiments.
Technology Used
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