Warehouse robots

Storage and retrieval

A storage system, a transport fleet and an item-picking arm perform different work. Record what is being counted: robots, stations, totes, items, orders or packages. A fleet figure that covers one supplier’s machines should not silently become the total for a whole site.

Picking, packing and pallets

Identify the product range, item and load variation, destination and exception handling. A stated tote rate is not an order rate. A successful packing task does not establish that the same machine can unload a trailer or work across every stock-keeping unit.

The integration layer

Warehouse software, robot controls, conveyors, stations, charging and staff form a system. Ask where work is queued and handed over, how exceptions are resolved, and which party is responsible for availability. The LPP record illustrates why supplier and integrator descriptions need their scope kept separate.

What good operating evidence includes

Look for dated customer use, a defined measurement period, human assistance, uptime and completed work. Preserve unknown maintenance and supervision costs. The deployment comparison separates source claims from a physical audit; its examples are not a ranking of products.

Read the evidence

• LPP's 948-robot hub is real; its output metrics still do not line up2026-07-25

  A live Romanian fulfillment center combines 948 Hai Robotics machines with warehouse software and sortation. The deployment is proven; its headline throughput measures are not comparable.

• TEPCO Logistics automates 90% of boxed flow with 50 SKUs2026-07-15

  A ¥380 million Mujin system concentrates automation on 6% of the branch catalogue and reduces the picking workflow from four people to one, while irregular freight stays manual.

• KION takes 70% control of Colruyt's pallet-robot unit2026-07-15

  Colruyt expects a roughly €20 million FY2026/27 income-statement gain as a loss-making, expanding R&D unit is integrated with KION's existing Antwerp automation center.

• PSI: LPP warehouse integration
• Mujin: TEPCO Logistics case

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Latest reporting

• Humanoid shipments broaden beyond research, display and data2026-10-03

  IDC’s application mix shifts, but its shipment figures and IFR’s narrower humanoid count answer different questions. Buyers still need task-level operating evidence.

• Mujin’s national startup award says robots think; proof stays with robots2026-09-29

  A Prime Minister’s Award confirms government recognition of Mujin’s deterministic robot control. It does not publish the task data or independent test that would prove them.

• Geekplus adds Kachaka robots; shelf choice changes aisle fit2026-09-26

  The Japanese distribution deal expands access to small transport robots. Product documentation shows why shelf choice changes the route requirements.

• Stellantis unveils BOW delivery concept as Europe validation takes shape2026-09-15

  The UQI Robotics collaboration assigns fleet integration and support to Stellantis. Customer operating results and commercial availability remain unreported.

• Maven’s $100 million round funds a 250-robot production plan2026-09-12

  The financing has transaction-level confirmation. Customer performance and future operating-hour targets still rely on Maven’s own account.

• Myer and GeekPlus face warehouse robot safety charges after fatality2026-09-08

  WorkSafe Victoria’s charges over a 2024 death put interlocked access, energy isolation and supervision—not robot autonomy—at the centre of the next safety test.

• Agility’s proposed listing is a cash test, not proof of humanoid scale2026-09-08

  A new SEC filing shows $1.8 million in 2025 sales, $99.8 million of operating cash use and a going-concern warning behind Agility’s proposed public listing.

• Japan's 160-robot warehouse still needs a human operating layer2026-09-08

  SB Frameworks' Kawasaki site uses 160 AutoStore robots and 65,000 bins, but slow retrieval, overflow stock and expansion work still sit with people.

• New Beiyang says robot delivery stations reached small-batch sales2026-09-07

  The Chinese automation supplier says the business has begun selling in small batches, but gives no customer, unit, revenue or operating data and calls it early-stage.

• LG says Bear Robotics’ overseas listing is not decided2026-09-07

  A same-day LG disclosure resets reports of a 300–400 billion won Bear Robotics pre-IPO: the possible financing and listing remain unconfirmed.

• CJ Logistics puts two humanoids on a live Olive Young packing line2026-09-04

  The South Korean operator says two dual-arm robots are handling cushioning-material insertion at a named customer center; output, intervention and payback remain undisclosed.

• Geek+ says cash improved; its cash-flow statement says it fell2026-09-03

  The warehouse-robotics group’s adjusted loss narrowed, but its interim filing reports a much larger operating-cash outflow and conflicting liquidity wording.

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