Next Generation Skypod System
About
About Next Generation Skypod System
The current Skypod system uses mobile robots that travel across the warehouse floor and climb storage racks to retrieve totes. Robots deliver inventory to workstations for item picking, case handling, buffering, sequencing and packing.
The next-generation robot moves faster and climbs higher racks, while the redesigned Exchanger transfers totes between the robot fleet and workstations. Deepsky software manages inventory, routes and task priority. Exotec installs the system as scalable warehouse infrastructure and supports it through deployment and lifecycle services.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Workflows: Warehouse case handling
- Automated storage and retrieval
Commercial deployment - 2025-02-06 - Exotec states that its next-generation Skypod had already been sold and deployed globally before public launch, supporting storage, retrieval, order sequencing and fulfilment workflows.
Source - Order and component sorting
Commercial deployment - 2025-02-06 - Exotec states that its next-generation Skypod had already been sold and deployed globally before public launch, supporting storage, retrieval, order sequencing and fulfilment workflows.
Source - Warehouse fulfillment
Commercial deployment - 2025-02-06 - Exotec states that its next-generation Skypod had already been sold and deployed globally before public launch, supporting storage, retrieval, order sequencing and fulfilment workflows.
Source - Warehouse automation
Customer-site use - 2025-02-27 - Collect&Go selects warehouse automation for Londerzeel grocery fulfilment
Source
Timeline
- Collect&Go selects warehouse automation for Londerzeel grocery fulfilment
2025-02-27 - Deployment - The announced installation is for Collect&Go’s Londerzeel distribution centre in Belgium. The plan calls for dozens of Skypod robots to support grocery picking. Collect&Go said it expected the system to increase productivity by 35%.
Source - Exotec launches next-generation Skypod system
2025-02-06 - Product Launch - Exotec commercially launched the Next Generation Skypod after deploying it globally in stealth mode for two years. The redesigned system increased single-workstation throughput by 50 percent and storage density by up to 30 percent versus the previous generation. Exotec disclosed more than 20 projects worldwide totaling $400 million, including Oxford Industries, Grainger and E.Leclerc.
Source
Context
Comparable Systems
- HaiPick System
Hai Robotics - Warehouse Robot System
- Buffer-One
Galam Robotics - Warehouse Robot