Hauler
About
About Hauler
Cartken Hauler carries up to 300 kilograms and can tow up to 1,000 kilograms across mixed indoor and outdoor routes. Camera-based autonomy, all-terrain running gear and onboard obstacle detection allow it to move through factories, campuses and exterior paths without magnetic tape or other fixed navigation infrastructure.
The platform runs for more than 16 hours and can use open decks, enclosed cargo bodies or temperature-controlled compartments for tools, inventory, documents, samples and pharmaceuticals. It self-charges and can integrate with doors, gates and elevators for multi-building operation. Cartken transfers navigation models developed across its delivery fleet into the heavier industrial platform and supplies deployment and fleet integration around each site.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Navigation and obstacle avoidance
Claimed - 2025-04-09 - Cartken launched Hauler for material transport across manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, campus and life-sciences routes, including elevators, gates and doors.
Source - Material handling
Claimed - 2025-04-09 - Cartken launched Hauler for material transport across manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, campus and life-sciences routes, including elevators, gates and doors.
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Operations
- Order / Commitment
nearly 100 Cartken Hauler robots - 2025-06-25 - Melco / Mitsubishi Electric group company - industrial autonomous hauling - Melco ordered nearly 100 Cartken Hauler robots for industrial applications across Japanese facilities.
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Timeline
- Melco orders nearly 100 Cartken Hauler robots
2025-06-25 - Commercial Order - The agreement was described as multi-million-dollar. A Mitsubishi Electric Group company ordered nearly 100 Cartken Hauler robots. Cartken said deployments would span Japanese industrial facilities during the fiscal year.
Source - Cartken and Stirling Ultracold launch autonomous cold-chain transport solution
2025-05-14 - Partnership - The partnership combines Cartken Hauler with Stirling?s ULT25NEU portable ultra-low-temperature freezer. The solution targets autonomous transport of temperature-sensitive samples, reagents, and materials across life-sciences, healthcare, research, and industrial sites. The integration supports indoor/outdoor mobility, elevator-enabled multi-floor operation, and temperature-controlled transport down to -86 C.
Source - Cartken launches Hauler industrial material-handling robot
2025-04-09 - Product Launch - Cartken launched Hauler on April 9, 2025 for manufacturing, warehouse, distribution-center, campus, and life-sciences material transport. The robot supports indoor and outdoor navigation, multiple floors, elevators, gates, doors, and software-system integrations. Cartken listed a 660 lb flat-surface payload, all-weather operation, autonomous charging, cargo options, and fully operational deployment within seven days.
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