Organization: Locus Robotics
Country: U.S.
Website: locusrobotics.com
Year Founded: 2016
Number of Employees: 101-500
Innovation Class: Business
While many autonomous mobile robot (AMR) providers have struggled with the post-pandemic dip in e-commerce, Locus Robotics Corp. has been a noteworthy exception. The Wilmington, Mass.-based company tracked its 4 billionth person-to-goods pick in October 2024.
“We’re seeing 80 to 120 picks per second,” said CEO Rick Faulk during the grand opening of the company’s Locus Park headquarters. “It took us seven years to get to 1 billion picks, and 11 months to get to 2 billion.”
This milestone was only six months after its 3 billion-pick mark last April, and less than a year after the 2 billion picks that earned Locus a 2024 RBR50 award.
Locus said its Locus Origin and Vector robots collaborate with human workers to double or even triple piece‐handling, case-handling, and pallet-moving productivity. The company added that its AMRs and LocusOne orchestration software can easily integrate into new and existing warehouse infrastructures without disrupting workflows.
In addition, the AMRs remove the need for warehouse associates to push heavy carts or walk many miles every day, said Locus. The user interface can be customized for each worker’s preferred language and provides each-picking guidance to reduce errors.
— it’s a clear indicator of how rapidly warehouse automation is becoming essential to modern supply chain operations,” stated Reuben Scriven, a research manager at Interact Analysis.
“What’s particularly noteworthy is how this achievement reflects the evolution of human-robot collaboration in warehouses, where technology enhances rather than replaces human capabilities,” he noted.
Locus Robotics has continued to deploy its systems through robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model worldwide. Faulk told The Robot Report that the company is on track to surpass 5 billion picks around the time of the Robotics Summit & Expo in early May 2025.