Deployment · 7 Oct 2026 · Company announcement

Sereact dual-arm robots start sorting Zalando fashion returns at two CEVA sites

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The company says the systems, delivered as a service, handle returned items in Germany and Poland without per-item training.

Sereact, Zalando and CEVA Logistics have launched automated returns handling at CEVA fulfilment sites in Greven, Germany, and Świebodzin, Poland, according to Sereact's announcement of 7 October.

Sereact says its Cortex physical AI platform drives dual-arm robots that grasp, identify and sort returned fashion items, including items the system has not seen before, with no article-specific training or fixed SKU profiles. The robots are supplied as Robotics-as-a-Service.

The partners call this the first operational milestone in a plan to scale returns automation across Europe. Sereact says staff will move towards supervision, exception handling and quality control. The announcement gives no throughput, volume or cost figures, and the performance claims are the company's own.

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Sereact (announcement)
Robotics 24/7 (secondary)

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