Innovation with computer vision and robotics in Colruyt Group

The retail sector is facing numerous challenges. Customer demands are continuously evolving towards more convenience, better customer experience and increased sustainability. These customer demands together with increasing prices for raw materials and the challenging job market force retailers to invest in efforts to significantly improve the cost-efficiency, while retaining and attracting customers. As one of the largest employers in Belgium, Colruyt Group has always fostered innovation. Within Colruyt Group's innovation hub (Colruyt Group Smart Innovation), Colruyt Group Smart Technics' computer vision and robotics engineers use their knowledge to develop and implement solutions for digitalisation, automation and robotisation in the store, supply chain and production. In this presentation we will reveal who we are, what we do and how we do it by sharing a few success stories to inspire you.