On the Way to the Dark Warehouse – Creating Value with Machine Vision in Logistics is a panel discussion organized by EMVA on Tuesday, 24 March on the Expert Forum stage of LogiMAT at Messe Stuttgart.

The discussion from 14:10 – 15:00 h will highlight practical use cases, scaling experience and strategic perspectives on the path towards more automated logistics environments. Topics to be addressed include current business impacts and practical implementation experience of machine vision technology in logistics; chances and obstacles of scaling machine vision implementation across warehouses; deployment approaches and strategic priorities; as well as the evolution of warehouse automation in the coming years including the role of AI.

Panelists are:

• Nicholas Tengelin, Chief Executive Officer, Rebl Industries
• Phil Sambrook, Transport and Logistics Vertical Strategy Lead EMEA, Zebra Technologies
• Volker Glöckle, Senior Vice President, Integrated Automation, SICK AG
• Jonathan Kesteloot, Co-founder, CAPTIC.

The forum is moderated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jana Jost, Head of the Institute of Logistics Engineering (TUHH) and Principal Investigator at the Robotics Institute Germany (Fraunhofer IML).

The EMVA Member Booth at LogiMAT 2026 is located in hall 2, 2C14.