Körber and Sereact offer AI-based single-item picking for integrated intralogistics solutions

Leingarten, Germany, August 2025. The aim of the partnership is to strengthen the position of both companies in intralogistics and to deploy robot-based picking as an integral part of holistic solutions. Körber now has Sereact's AI-based control system and complementary robot hardware in its portfolio. An initial joint project with a leading German mechanical engineering company is already in the implementation phase.

By integrating automatic single-item picking into solutions for both production and distribution, challenges such as labor shortages, reduction of error rates, and short processing and delivery times can be addressed. AI-based gripping software plays a key role in the range of “pickable” goods and the handling of new objects unknown to the system.

As with all robotics technology, a thorough understanding of the user’s processes and seamless integration into other automated material handling technology is key. As one of the leading providers of integrated complete systems, Körber can offer the level of consulting and integration required to successfully deploy Sereact's picking solutions. Well integrated, advanced robotic solutions enable companies to reduce personnel costs and address staff shortages. Fluctuations in throughput performance are easier to manage thanks to reduced dependence on personnel.

Sereact technology encompasses state-of-the-art generative AI-techniques, low-level robotics, and innovative hardware design. The comprehensive robotics framework uses imitation and reinforcement learning and, in particular, a vision-language model. The latter fully understands and interprets product titles, descriptions, and other text information to automatically identify corresponding items and assign areas in an image.

Careful planning is carried out on a project-by-project basis, starting with the identification of “pickable” items, through the definition of the desired processes, e.g., “pick-and-place”, to ensuring the required throughput. Körber and Sereact work closely together to implement fully integrated, customized solutions for the specific requirements using AI-based picking.

Körber's Supply Chain business area brings together the expertise of innovative partners in a dynamically growing ecosystem that offers a wide range of customized end-to-end solutions for the supply chain. These solutions are seamlessly integrated into the value chains of Körber's customers for optimal efficiency and performance. Together with the Stuttgart-based provider Sereact, Körber is further expanding its position as a leading integrator of robot systems. „Our customers face the challenge of remaining competitive in a dynamic market. As a result, demand for flexible, scalable automation solutions is growing. With Sereact’s class leading technology, Körber can now offer advanced robotic single item picking – all seamlessly integrated into our customer’s operations” says Michiel Veenman, Vice President Advanced Technology Integration Körber Supply Chain Automation.

About Körber

We are Körber – an international technology group with around 13,000 employees at over 100 locations worldwide and a common goal: We turn entrepreneurial thinking into customer success and shape the technological change. In the Business Areas Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain, and Technologies, we offer products, solutions and services that inspire. We act fast to customer needs, we execute ideas seamlessly, and with our innovations we create added value for our customers. In doing so, we are increasingly building on ecosystems that solve the challenges of today and tomorrow. Körber AG is the holding company of the Körber Group.

About Körber’s Business Area Supply Chain

  
Supply chains are growing more complex by the day. Körber uniquely provides a broad range of proven, end-to-end supply chain solutions fitting any business size, strategy or appetite for growth. Our customers conquer the complexity of the supply chain thanks to our portfolio that includes software, automation, mail and parcel solutions, voice solutions, robotics, and material handling – plus the expertise to tie it all together. Körber helps to manage the supply chain as a competitive advantage. We make the world’s supply chains move! – with Körber. The Business Area Supply Chain is part of the global technology group Körber. 

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