VersaTile Automation

Summary

About

About VersaTile Automation

VersaTile Automation develops a modular goods-to-person system in which powered floor tiles move totes, cages and pallets through a warehouse. Each storage position acts as an active cell, allowing many items to move concurrently for picking, sequencing or sortation. Software treats inventory and movement as one data layer, continually selecting routes and presentation order in response to demand.

The grid can be installed in two- or three-dimensional configurations as a standalone fulfilment system or alongside existing automation. A simple API connects it with warehouse software, and the modular structure allows capacity to be added without major groundworks. Applications include dense e-commerce picking, grocery preparation and cross-docking. VersaTile targets up to three times the throughput of a manual operation and about 50% reductions in space and picking labour, depending on the installation.

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Products

Team

  • Joni Rautavuori - Chief Executive Officer - Leads VersaTile Automation and its commercial warehouse rollout.
  • Brian Palmer - Founder - Founded VersaTile as a Tharsus spinout building a modular warehouse-automation architecture.

Timeline

Events

  • 2024-06-28 - Deployment - Wincanton deploys first VersaTile fulfilment system

    Wincanton announced the VersaTile deployment on June 28, 2024 and identified itself as the technology first customer. The modular moving-tile system was installed at Wincanton Northampton shared-user facility, with bespoke integration software connecting it to existing systems. Wincanton expected the installation to increase pick and presentation rates fivefold while improving agility for customer fulfilment operations.

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Relations

Relationships

  • Wincanton

    First Customer - Wincanton deployed the first disclosed VersaTile goods-to-person system at its Northampton fulfilment centre.

Context

Shared workflows

  • Hai Robotics

    workflow adjacency - Goods To Person Fulfillment · Warehouse Case Storage Retrieval

  • Filics

    workflow adjacency - Warehouse Tote Cage Pallet Handling

  • Amazon Robotics

    workflow adjacency - Goods To Person Fulfillment

  • AutoStore

    workflow adjacency - Goods To Person Fulfillment

  • Symbotic Inc.

    workflow adjacency - Goods To Person Fulfillment

  • Kardex Holding AG

    workflow adjacency - Warehouse Case Storage Retrieval

  • Cainiao

    workflow adjacency - Warehouse Case Storage Retrieval

  • ROMS

    workflow adjacency - Warehouse Case Storage Retrieval

  • ST Logistics

    workflow adjacency - Warehouse Case Storage Retrieval

  • THG Ingenuity

    workflow adjacency - Goods To Person Fulfillment

Context tags

  • Goods-to-person fulfillment - Workflow - The system is positioned as goods-to-person picking technology.
  • Dynamic warehouse storage - Capability - VersaTile describes dynamic, real-time actionable warehouse storage.
  • Warehouse tote, cage and pallet handling - Workflow - Official material covers tote, cage and pallet movement.
  • Warehouse case storage retrieval - Workflow - The platform automates high-intensity storage and retrieval workflows.