Locus Robotics

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About Locus Robotics

LocusONE coordinates several robot formats within a shared warehouse operating layer. Origin travels between pick locations alongside workers, Vector provides omnidirectional transport for heavier loads, and Array automates container movement across picking, putaway, induction and sortation workflows. The software allocates work dynamically, without permanently assigning each robot to a fixed route.

Deployments connect with warehouse-management and labour-management systems and can be introduced by process or facility zone without rebuilding the complete site. Locus supplies the robots through a subscription model that includes deployment, software, fleet monitoring and continuing optimisation. Its systems operate across hundreds of fulfilment facilities serving retail, healthcare, industrial and third-party-logistics customers.

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Operations

  • Lines Per Hour

    70-75 lines/hour - 2025-11-05 - S&S Activewear - warehouse fulfillment - Locus reports S&S Activewear’s Vaughan site rose from 48 lines/hour to 70-75 lines/hour after deployment. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Cumulative Picks

    over 500 million picks - 2024-06-14 - DHL Supply Chain - warehouse fulfillment - DHL Supply Chain reported more than 500 million picks using Locus Robotics AMRs. - source posture: Customer Disclosed

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Deployments

  • Cumulative Picks

    7 billion customer picks - 2026-03-23 - global Locus customers - warehouse fulfillment - Locus Robotics AMRs completed seven billion customer picks across hundreds of fulfillment sites, with thousands of robots operating worldwide. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Operating Throughput

    1 billion picks across 40+ DHL sites - 2026-02-23 - DHL Supply Chain - warehouse fulfillment operations - Locus Robotics reported one billion DHL warehouse picks, with Locus AMRs operating across more than 40 DHL-managed sites. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Active Facilities

    10 facilities - 2025-11-05 - S&S Activewear - warehouse fulfillment - Locus reports S&S Activewear runs Locus robots in 10 facilities across the U.S. and Canada. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Site Cumulative Units Picked

    10 million units picked - 2024-12-05 - GEODIS - warehouse fulfillment - Locus Robotics and GEODIS reached 10 million units picked at the Carlisle distribution site. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Active Site Count

    more than 35 sites - 2024-06-14 - DHL Supply Chain - warehouse fulfillment - DHL Supply Chain said it used Locus Robotics AMRs across more than 35 sites worldwide. - source posture: Customer Disclosed

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  • Named Customer Site

    Locus AMRs deployed at John Lewis Milton Keynes distribution centre - 2024-03-18 - John Lewis - warehouse fulfillment - Locus Robotics and John Lewis announced an AMR deployment at the Milton Keynes distribution centre. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Active Customer Site

    1 Mexico site - 2024-03-11 - GEODIS - warehouse fulfillment - Locus Robotics and GEODIS implemented Locus Origin bots at GEODIS Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico for ecommerce and retail fulfillment. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployed Robot Count

    24 LocusBots at UPS Healthcare Louisville - 2023-11-01 - UPS Healthcare - healthcare warehouse fulfillment - Locus Robotics deployed 24 LocusBots at a UPS Healthcare cold-storage facility in Louisville. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployed Robot Fleet

    63 robots - 2026-08-30 - MSK Pharma Group - MSK Pharma Group uses 63 Locus robots across two facilities. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Active Site Count

    2 facilities - 2026-08-30 - MSK Pharma Group - MSK Pharma Group operates Locus robots across two facilities. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    122% - 2026-08-30 - APL Logistics - APL Logistics increased picking productivity by 122% with Locus robots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    2× - 2026-08-30 - Staples Canada - Staples Canada doubled productivity after deploying Locus robotics. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Order Accuracy Improvement

    73% - 2026-08-30 - Staples Canada - Staples Canada improved order accuracy by 73% with Locus robotics. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Training Time Reduction

    70% - 2026-08-30 - Staples Canada - Staples Canada cut training time by 70% with Locus robotics. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    61% - 2026-08-30 - Motivational Fulfillment - Motivational Fulfillment boosted productivity by 61% using Locus robots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Labor Reduction

    20% - 2026-08-30 - Motivational Fulfillment - Motivational Fulfillment cut labor needs by 20% using Locus robots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    300% - 2026-08-30 - Dental City - Dental City increased picking productivity by 300% with Locus AMRs. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Order Accuracy

    99% - 2026-08-30 - Dental City - Dental City achieved 99% order accuracy with Locus AMRs. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    3× - 2026-08-30 - Psycho Bunny / Saddle Creek - Psycho Bunny tripled fulfillment productivity with Saddle Creek and LocusBots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    229% - 2026-08-30 - nGroup - nGroup improved productivity by 229% with LocusBots and Optoro. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Order Fulfillment Improvement

    2× - 2026-08-30 - Fleet Feet - Fleet Feet doubled order fulfillment after deploying Locus AMRs with Körber. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployed Robot Fleet

    33 AMRs - 2026-08-30 - MyPillow - MyPillow implemented 33 Locus AMRs at its Shakopee facility. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Throughput Improvement

    87% - 2026-08-30 - MyPillow - MyPillow increased units per hour by 87% with Locus robots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployed Robot Fleet

    12 Locus Vector AMRs - 2026-08-30 - GEODIS - GEODIS operates 12 Locus Vector AMRs at a case-study warehouse. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployment Area

    40,000 sq ft - 2026-08-30 - GEODIS - GEODIS deployed Locus Vector AMRs across a 40,000-square-foot picking area. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployed Robot Fleet

    46 AMRs - 2026-08-30 - FM Logistic - Locus deployed 46 autonomous mobile robots for FM Logistic. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployed Robot Fleet

    11 AMRs - 2026-08-30 - JAS Contract Logistics - Locus deployed 11 autonomous mobile robots for JAS Contract Logistics. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Picking Throughput

    80–100 SKUs/hour - 2026-08-30 - Brother / Saddle Creek - Brother and Saddle Creek increased picking from 30 to 80–100 SKUs per hour with Locus. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    2× - 2026-08-30 - Carhartt - Carhartt reported warehouse units-per-hour productivity doubled with Locus. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    2× - 2026-08-30 - UPS - UPS reported productivity doubled with Locus robotics. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Picking Throughput

    120–150 units/hour/picker - 2026-08-30 - Kenco Group - Kenco increased picking from 30–40 to 120–150 units per hour per picker with Locus. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    more than 100% - 2026-08-30 - Verst Logistics - Verst Logistics reported fulfillment productivity increased by more than 100% with Locus. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    230% - 2026-08-30 - ISN - ISN increased productivity by 230% after a Locus deployment. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    300% - 2026-08-30 - Maersk - Maersk reported a 300% productivity improvement with Locus robots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Restock Speed Improvement

    40% - 2026-08-30 - Go! Retail - Go! Retail accelerated daily restocking by about 40% with Locus robots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Productivity Improvement

    50% - 2026-08-30 - GEODIS - GEODIS reported a 50% productivity improvement with Locus Vector AMRs. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Deployed Robot Fleet

    10 robots - 2026-08-30 - evo - Locus initially deployed 10 robots for evo. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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  • Picking Throughput

    90 units/hour average - 2026-08-30 - evo - evo workers increased average picking from 35 to 90 units per hour with LocusBots. - source posture: Company Disclosed

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Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • TE Connectivity

    Inbound - Connectivity - TE Connectivity delivered custom self-aligning power and signal docking connectors for Locus AMR charging systems

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  • e-con Systems

    Inbound - robotics sensors - e-con See3CAM USB cameras are used in Locus mobile robots

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  • DHL

    Outbound - Equipment - Locus Robotics supplies 5,000 Locus autonomous mobile robots for DHL global warehouse network

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Funding

Investors

  • Scale Venture Partners - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2019-04-22 - latest 2020-06-02
  • Tiger Global - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2021-02-18 - latest 2021-09-14
  • Zebra Ventures - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2019-04-22 - latest 2020-06-02
  • Bond - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-02-18
  • G2 Venture Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-11-29
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-11-29
  • Stack Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-11-29

Team

  • Mike Johnson - President & Chief Operating Officer - Johnson leads operating execution for Locus Robotics warehouse AMR deployments and LocusONE platform scale-up.
  • Hamid Montazeri - Senior Vice President, Software & A.I. - Montazeri leads software and AI work for Locus Robotics warehouse automation platform.
  • Mike Sussman - Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering - Sussman leads hardware engineering for Locus Robotics autonomous warehouse robot systems.
  • Sean Johnson - Chief Technology Officer - Johnson leads Locus Robotics technology work across autonomous warehouse robots, software, and fleet intelligence.
  • Rick Faulk - Chief Executive Officer - Faulk leads Locus Robotics strategy and execution for autonomous warehouse fulfillment systems.

Timeline

Events

Notes

Profile notes

  • Locus grew out of a warehouse operator losing access to Kiva robots

    reviewed 2026-07-18 - Locus Robotics emerged from Quiet Logistics after Amazon acquired Kiva Systems and reserved the Kiva platform for its own fulfilment network. Quiet had operated warehouses using Kiva and created Locus when it needed a replacement automation system for third-party logistics work.

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  • Locus scaled collaborative picking by keeping people in the loop

    reviewed 2026-07-20 - Locus robots transport totes and dynamically direct workers through picking while software coordinates the fleet. Billion-pick milestones demonstrate repeated production use, but the economics rely on pairing robots with people rather than eliminating manual picking. Calling it a fully autonomous warehouse obscures the model that enabled scale.

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Relations

Relationships

  • BITO Lagertechnik

    Technology Partner - Locus Robotics has a public integration relationship with BITO Lagertechnik.

  • HelloFresh

    Warehouse Automation Deployment - Locus supplies 39 modified Origin AMRs for HelloFresh's chilled fulfilment operation, expanded from a 13-robot pilot.

  • S&S Activewear

    Deployment Partner - Locus Robotics robots are deployed at S&S Activewear's Vaughan facility.

  • GEODIS

    AMR Warehouse Deployment - Locus Robotics AMRs deployed in GEODIS warehouse fulfillment operations, including Mexico and Carlisle milestones.

  • DHL

    Warehouse Deployment Customer - Locus Robotics AMRs were rolled out across DHL Supply Chain operations under a 5,000-robot expansion.

  • Nexera Robotics

    Acquirer And Parent - Locus Robotics acquired Nexera Robotics to bring its team and NeuraGrasp technology into the Locus Array roadmap.

  • Zion Solutions Group

    Warehouse Automation System Integrator - Locus Robotics and Zion Solutions Group partner to design and deploy warehouse automation using Locus robots and Zion integration services.

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Shared workflows

Context tags

  • Warehouse material handling - Workflow - Locus supports picking, putaway, induction, drop-off, slotting and replenishment workflows.
  • Fulfillment AMR builder - Peer Group - Locus builds autonomous mobile robots and robotic fulfillment systems for warehouse picking, putaway and fulfillment.
  • Warehouse picking - Workflow - Locus Robotics is positioned around warehouse picking and fulfillment automation.
  • Warehouse orchestration - Capability - LocusONE orchestrates workers, robots and warehouse fulfillment workflows.
  • Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Locus builds autonomous warehouse robot systems.
  • Warehouses - Customer Environment - Locus targets fulfillment and warehouse environments.
  • Scaled fleet operations - Commercial Stage - Locus publicly describes deployment across hundreds of facilities and large-scale warehouse operations.
  • Robot fleet operations - Capability - Locus manages warehouse robot fleets across fulfillment operations.
  • Autonomous navigation - Capability - Locus uses autonomous mobile robots for warehouse operation.
  • Warehouse orchestration software - Stack Layer - LocusONE is the orchestration intelligence layer behind Locus deployments.
  • Warehouse orchestration robotics - Stack Layer - LocusONE coordinates people, autonomous robots and warehouse workflows.