Orchestrating Thousands of Bots from the Cloud - Cloud Migration for Automated Warehouses

Explore the journey of Ocado's transition from an online grocery retailer to a global technology leader in this conference talk from LeadDev London 2023. Discover how the company orchestrates thousands of bots in automated warehouses using cloud technology. Learn about the challenges and benefits of migrating critical real-time orchestration systems to the cloud, including the need for low latency and high predictability. Gain insights into the team effort required for such a significant technological shift, involving bot builders, engineering productivity teams, and cloud specialists. Understand the impact of this migration on deployment pipelines, communication systems, and overall business operations. Examine the successful outcome of the project, which resulted in no significant outages or incidents since implementation. Explore topics such as the cloud-first approach, automated warehouses, online orchestration, fleet management, cost considerations, AWS Outpost, tradeoffs, and future plans for the company's technological advancements.