{ "title": "Robot deployments: what the public evidence establishes", "evidenceAsOf": "2026-10-19", "scopeNote": "Selected examples from existing coverage. Dates belong to the cited statements. Opening a source verifies its published statement, not physical operation or current fleet status. This is not a complete deployment census.", "statusNote": "Reported operation, installation, rollout, completed pilot and demonstration describe different evidence stages. A customer quote inside a supplier release is not an independent audit.", "rows": [ { "id": "tepco-mujin", "sector": "Warehouse / electricity-infrastructure logistics", "customerOperator": "TEPCO Logistics", "robotMaker": "MujinRCP / Mujin; AGV and arm hardware makers not specified", "task": "Case picking and palletizing electrical-infrastructure materials", "location": "Central Branch, Ota, Tokyo, Japan", "evidenceDate": "2026-06-04", "status": { "code": "reported_operation", "label": "Supplier reports operation", "detail": "Mujin says the installed workflow is running at the named branch." }, "units": { "display": "17 AGVs; arm-robot count not numerically stated", "reported": [ { "value": 17, "unit": "AGVs", "scope": "TEPCO Central Branch system", "sourceId": "mujin-tepco" } ] }, "productiveHours": "Not disclosed in reviewed source.", "outputAndSupervision": "Supplier reports 90% of case-handling volume automated and target picking staffing reduced from four people to one; this is not a claim of an unattended warehouse.", "economics": "No price, measured savings or payback disclosed in reviewed primary source.", "unknowns": [ "Productive hours, uptime, interventions and maintenance cost." ], "evidenceType": "Supplier statement", "sources": [ { "id": "mujin-tepco", "publisher": "Mujin Japan", "title": "TEPCO Logistics introduces MujinRCP", "url": "https://www.mujin.co.jp/news/10959/", "publishedDate": "2026-06-04", "datePrecision": "day", "sourceType": "supplier_statement" } ], "treArticle": { "slug": "tepco-logistics-mujin-high-volume-sku-automation", "title": "TEPCO Logistics automates 90% of boxed flow with 50 SKUs", "url": "https://www.theroboteconomy.news/articles/tepco-logistics-mujin-high-volume-sku-automation/", "publishedAt": "2026-07-15T04:07:44.697Z" } }, { "id": "lpp-hai-psiwms", "sector": "Warehouse / e-commerce", "customerOperator": "LPP Logistics", "robotMaker": "HaiPick System 3 / Hai Robotics; PSIwms integration", "task": "Storage, retrieval and movement of garments and accessories for fulfillment", "location": "Near Bucharest, Romania", "evidenceDate": "2026-07-24", "status": { "code": "reported_operation", "label": "Supplier/integrator report operation", "detail": "PSI dates site go-live to late October 2025; Hai describes a completed deployment." }, "units": { "display": "948 Hai machines: 278 ACRs + 670 companion AMRs (supplier count)", "reported": [ { "value": 948, "unit": "Hai Robotics machines", "scope": "HaiPick system, not every automated device at site", "sourceId": "hai-lpp" } ] }, "productiveHours": "Not disclosed in reviewed sources.", "outputAndSupervision": "Hai reports more than 9,400 totes/hour; sustained measurement basis and supervision load are unspecified.", "economics": "No customer payback or realized unit cost disclosed.", "unknowns": [ "PSI describes close to 1,100 robots, sorters and conveyor belts in an integrated infrastructure; its counting scope is not reconciled with Hai’s 948-machine subsystem.", "Uptime, human interventions and productive utilization." ], "evidenceType": "Supplier release; integrator release with customer quote", "sources": [ { "id": "hai-lpp", "publisher": "Hai Robotics via EIN Presswire", "title": "LPP Logistics Deploys 948 Hai Robotics Robots for E-Commerce Fulfillment in Southeastern Europe", "url": "https://tech.einnews.com/pr_news/928774497/lpp-logistics-deploys-948-hai-robotics-robots-for-e-commerce-fulfillment-in-southeastern-europe", "publishedDate": "2026-07-24", "datePrecision": "day", "sourceType": "supplier_press_release_via_distributor" }, { "id": "psi-lpp", "publisher": "PSI Software", "title": "LPP Logistics successfully implements PSIwms in new e-commerce warehouse in Romania", "url": "https://www.psi.de/en/company/newsroom/press-releases/lpp-logistics-successfully-implements-psiwms-in-new-e-commerce-warehouse-in-romania", "publishedDate": "2026-03-03", "datePrecision": "day", "sourceType": "integrator_statement_with_named_customer_quote" } ], "treArticle": { "slug": "lpp-hai-robotics-bucharest-fulfillment", "title": "LPP's 948-robot hub is real; its output metrics still do not line up", "url": "https://www.theroboteconomy.news/articles/lpp-hai-robotics-bucharest-fulfillment/", "publishedAt": "2026-07-25T04:11:42.144Z" } }, { "id": "accurate-box-rigorous", "sector": "Industrial / packaging manufacturing", "customerOperator": "Accurate Box Company", "robotMaker": "Mobile palletizer / Rigorous Technology", "task": "Palletizing cases and bundles after folder-gluers", "location": "Finishing Department, New Jersey, United States", "evidenceDate": "2026-08", "status": { "code": "reported_installed_operation", "label": "Customer reports installed production use", "detail": "Mobile robot can move between folder-gluers according to production needs." }, "units": { "display": "Company calls this its fourth robotic system; not four identical palletizers", "reported": [ { "value": 4, "unit": "robotic systems", "scope": "Cumulative company installations", "sourceId": "accurate-box" } ] }, "productiveHours": "Not disclosed in reviewed source.", "outputAndSupervision": "Customer states approximately 112 cases/hour capability with cases averaging about 30 lb; sustained throughput and staffing are unreported.", "economics": "No price, staffing savings or payback disclosed.", "unknowns": [ "Uptime, interventions and maintenance cost." ], "evidenceType": "Customer/operator statement", "sources": [ { "id": "accurate-box", "publisher": "Accurate Box Company", "title": "Fourth Robotic Installation Enhances Safety and Operations", "url": "https://accuratebox.com/2026/08/21/fourth-robotic-installation-enhances-safety-and-operations/", "publishedDate": "2026-08", "datePrecision": "month", "sourceType": "customer_operator_statement" } ], "treArticle": { "slug": "accurate-box-rigorous-mobile-palletizer", "title": "Accurate Box’s fourth robot makes line mobility part of deployment", "url": "https://www.theroboteconomy.news/articles/accurate-box-rigorous-mobile-palletizer/", "publishedAt": "2026-08-28T01:10:24.691Z" } }, { "id": "bedrock-contractor-sites", "sector": "Field / construction", "customerOperator": "Sundt Construction; Champion Site Prep; Zachry Construction", "robotMaker": "Bedrock Operator retrofit / Bedrock Robotics", "task": "Excavation and earthwork on named commercial projects", "location": "United States: Sundt site in Nevada; Champion site in Texas; Zachry site location unspecified in release", "evidenceDate": "2026-08-17", "status": { "code": "reported_operation", "label": "Supplier reports operator-out operation", "detail": "Release names three contractor projects and includes a Sundt CEO statement." }, "units": { "display": "Robot count not disclosed; three project descriptions are not three machines", "reported": [] }, "productiveHours": "No site-level productive hours disclosed; model-training hours are a different measure.", "outputAndSupervision": "Site manager sets the initial plan; supplier describes automatic stops when people or unauthorized objects approach.", "economics": "No measured cost per cubic yard or customer payback disclosed.", "unknowns": [ "Remote interventions, uptime, cycle time and customer acceptance results." ], "evidenceType": "Supplier release with customer quote", "sources": [ { "id": "bedrock-contractors", "publisher": "Bedrock Robotics via GlobeNewswire", "title": "Bedrock Robotics Launches First Fully Autonomous Excavator Deployments on Critical U.S. Infrastructure Projects", "url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/17/3346247/0/en/bedrock-robotics-launches-first-fully-autonomous-excavator-deployments-on-critical-u-s-infrastructure-projects.html", "publishedDate": "2026-08-17", "datePrecision": "day", "sourceType": "supplier_press_release_with_named_customer_quote" } ], "treArticle": { "slug": "bedrock-autonomous-excavator-deployment-analysis", "title": "Bedrock’s empty-cab excavators move autonomy into live construction work", "url": "https://www.theroboteconomy.news/articles/bedrock-autonomous-excavator-deployment-analysis/", "publishedAt": "2026-08-27T01:20:51.080Z" } }, { "id": "ssen-ross-hvdc", "sector": "Field / energy inspection", "customerOperator": "SSEN Transmission", "robotMaker": "Inspection robots / Ross Robotics", "task": "Monitoring energized HVDC equipment and reporting asset condition", "location": "Blackhillock, Spittal, Kergord and Noss Head, Scotland", "evidenceDate": "2026-09-04", "status": { "code": "existing_operation_and_rollout", "label": "Existing operation plus announced rollout", "detail": "Operator reports two years of use for the original Blackhillock robot; seven additions are being rolled out." }, "units": { "display": "1 original operating unit + 7 additions; eight is the expanded fleet, not eight verified active units", "reported": [ { "value": 1, "unit": "existing robot", "scope": "Blackhillock operating history", "sourceId": "ssen-ross" }, { "value": 7, "unit": "additional robots", "scope": "Rollout across four sites", "sourceId": "ssen-ross" } ] }, "productiveHours": "Not disclosed; more than 5,000 inspections over the next 12 months is a forecast, not realized output.", "outputAndSupervision": "Operator describes autonomous rounds feeding results to operating teams; intervention frequency is unreported.", "economics": "Five-year RaaS partnership stated; no price or realized savings disclosed.", "unknowns": [ "Final rollout completion, uptime and detection accuracy." ], "evidenceType": "Customer/operator statement", "sources": [ { "id": "ssen-ross", "publisher": "SSEN Transmission", "title": "New robots rolled out as SSEN Transmission expands robotic HVDC inspection programme", "url": "https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/news/news--views/2026/9/new-robots-rolled-out-as-ssen-transmission-expands-robotic-hvdc-inspection-programme/", "publishedDate": "2026-09-04", "datePrecision": "day", "sourceType": "customer_operator_statement" } ], "treArticle": { "slug": "ssen-scotland-hvdc-robot-fleet", "title": "SSEN expands Scotland’s high-voltage robot fleet to eight", "url": "https://www.theroboteconomy.news/articles/ssen-scotland-hvdc-robot-fleet/", "publishedAt": "2026-09-07T14:44:28.868Z" } }, { "id": "bmw-figure", "sector": "Humanoid / automotive manufacturing", "customerOperator": "BMW Group", "robotMaker": "Figure 02 historical pilot; Figure 03 sequencing demonstration / Figure AI", "task": "Figure 02 loaded sheet metal; Figure 03 demonstration sorts components into a sequencing trolley", "location": "BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States", "evidenceDate": "2026-06-30", "status": { "code": "demonstration_with_completed_pilot_baseline", "label": "Figure 03 demonstration; completed Figure 02 pilot", "detail": "BMW reports the earlier Figure 02 production pilot; Figure labels June 2026 Figure 03 work a first demonstration." }, "units": { "display": "Fleet count not disclosed in reviewed primary pages", "reported": [] }, "productiveHours": "Not disclosed in reviewed primary pages. BMW reports Figure 02 supported more than 30,000 X3s over ten months; this is not Figure 03 output.", "outputAndSupervision": "Figure 03 runtime, intervention load and sustained sequencing throughput are not stated.", "economics": "No price, labor-cost reduction or payback disclosed.", "unknowns": [ "Figure 03 acceptance, uptime and production-scale deployment." ], "evidenceType": "Customer statement plus supplier demonstration statement", "sources": [ { "id": "bmw-figure", "publisher": "BMW Group", "title": "BMW Group advances the use of Physical AI in production with Figure 03 project in Spartanburg", "url": "https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/canada/article/detail/T0458794EN/bmw-group-advances-the-use-of-physical-ai-in-production-with-figure-03-project-in-spartanburg?language=en&showMedia=photo", "publishedDate": "2026-06-25", "datePrecision": "day", "sourceType": "customer_operator_statement" }, { "id": "figure-bmw", "publisher": "Figure AI", "title": "F.03 Arrives at BMW", "url": "https://www.figure.ai/news/f-03-at-bmw", "publishedDate": "2026-06-30", "datePrecision": "day", "sourceType": "supplier_statement" } ], "treArticle": { "slug": "bmw-figure03-sequencing-operator-test", "title": "BMW’s Figure 03 test moves the humanoid question to sequencing", "url": "https://www.theroboteconomy.news/articles/bmw-figure03-sequencing-operator-test/", "publishedAt": "2026-08-31T01:15:28.724Z" } } ] }