The LocusONE AI-driven platform flexibly orchestrates bots. Source: Locus Robotics
While supply chains face many challenges, some automation providers have found significant success in helping them. Locus Robotics Corp. this week reported its strongest growth over the past past two quarters. It attributed this growth to accelerating industry adoption of physical AI, which it defined as the fusion of intelligent robotics and real-world execution.
The mobile robot and artificial intelligence company also said it recently surpassed 6 billion picks worldwide, just 24 weeks after passing 5 billion picks.
“Our growth is driven by our customers’ success,” stated Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “Retailers, 3PLs, and healthcare providers are seeing measurable impact faster than ever—scaling productivity in weeks, not months. Staples Canada, for example, hit 1 million picks just 70 days after going live, proving the immediate ROI our platform delivers.”
Wilmington, Mass.-based Locus claimed that its LocusONE platform integrates flexible autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) into existing warehouse environments to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and scale operations. It supports workflows ranging from picking and replenishment to sorting and pack-out.
The company, which offers its systems through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model, said it has more than 150 customers at over 350 sites worldwide. Locus won a 2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award, its eighth, for surpassing 4 billion robot-assisted picks last year.
Locus Robotics sees growth over quarters, peak seasons
Locus executives celebrated the company’s 6 billionth
robot-assisted pick. Source: Locus Robotics
So far this year, Locus Robotics said it has experienced 30% to 40% year-over-year volume growth, with throughput reaching 200 to 300 units picked per second, or about 45 million picks per week. The company said it is on track to hit 60 million per week during Q4 peak season.
Locus added that its deployments of incremental, peak-season bots have increased by nearly 50% year over year, demonstrating both the scale of adaption and its ability to flexibly handle spikes in demand.
The 6 billionth pick was made at The Quality Group GmbH in Elsdorf, Germany. This site is Locus’ largest one in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), where more than 350 LocusBots operate daily to fulfill customer orders.
“Being part of Locus’s 6 billion-pick milestone reflects how innovation and collaboration can drive real results,” said Felix Köhler, project lead for the Elsdorf site at The Quality Group. “It’s a proud moment for our team and a testament to the performance we’ve achieved together.”
LocusONE optimizes mobile robot fleets
Locus Robotics credited its accelerating adoption to the LocusONE AI-powered orchestration platform. By analyzing billions of data points across robots and tasks, LocusONE continuously optimizes throughput, fleet productivity, and network efficiency, the company asserted.
The platform provides the intelligence for customers to scale fluidly during high demand periods, adapt to ongoing labor shortages, and boost supply chain resilience, according to Locus. It can also reduce costs and improve the employee experience, noted the company.
With tens of thousands of robots deployed across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific (APAC), Locus said it runs one of the world’s largest and most productive AMR fleets.
In addition to the RBR50 list, the company has earned industry recognition including being named in five Gartner Hype Cycles and winning the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Award for the second consecutive year. Forrester also named Locus in two recent reports: “The Forrester Tech Tide: Smart Manufacturing, Q2 2025 (Automated Material Handling)” and “The Top 10 Emerging Technologies in 2025 (Autonomous Mobility Technology).”
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