Product profile
Skypod
Skypod is Exotec's robot-based automated storage and retrieval system for warehouse fulfillment. Exotec lists up to 600 containers per hour at each station...
Facts
- Company
- Exotec
- Product type
- warehouse_robot
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- robotic warehouse AS/RS
- Website
- https://www.exotec.com/skypod-automated-storage-retrieval-system/
About Skypod
Skypod uses autonomous robots that travel across the warehouse floor and climb dedicated storage racks to retrieve inventory bins. Each robot carries a selected container to a goods-to-person workstation, where software sequences orders and presents the required stock to an operator or automated picking device. The system can place any SKU at any rack position, allowing storage allocation to change dynamically as inventory and demand patterns shift.
Exotec delivers Skypod as an integrated system comprising robots, racks, workstations, conveyors and warehouse-control software. Capacity can be expanded by adding robots, storage locations or stations while the installation remains operational. The system is deployed in retail, grocery, manufacturing, third-party logistics and e-commerce facilities, with Exotec providing design, installation, maintenance and lifecycle support.
Market context
warehouse_climbing_robot, robot, Warehouse AS/RS Robot, mobile_robot, Warehouse AS/RS Robot, mobile_robot, warehouse_robot_system, mobile_robot
Summary
Type: AS/RS robot
Core: 600 containers/h
Function: Fulfillment
Audience: Warehouses
Specifications
- rack_height_ft
- Racks reaching up to 45 feet / 14 meters ft
- sku_access_time_min
- Access any SKU in the system within two minutes min
- throughput_containers_per_hour
- Pick from up to 600 containers per hour at each station containers/h
Operations
- Environment
- fulfillment centers, e-commerce, retail, grocery and 3PL warehouses
- Primary user
- warehouse operators, retailers, 3PLs and fulfillment teams
- Role
- automated storage, retrieval and order fulfillment
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised
- Mobility class
- warehouse AS/RS robot
- Product detail
- warehouse_climbing_robot, robot, Warehouse AS/RS Robot, mobile_robot, Warehouse AS/RS Robot, mobile_robot, warehouse_robot_system, mobile_robot
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Exotec Skypod system begins full operation at TRUSCO Planet Aichi — 2026-08-04
- E.Leclerc Seclin runs Exotec Skypod drive-through automation — 2026-04-17
- Exotec powers Lyreco logistics hub robotics modernization — 2026-04-09
- Exotec announces Decathlon Skyfleet multi-site automation program across seven European sites — 2026-03-24
- Exotec opens Imaginarium global headquarters for robotics R&D and production — 2026-02-03
- Exotec reaches 200+ customer sites and 10,000 robots deployed — 2025-10-15
- Exotec opens Exostudio North America demo center — 2025-06-12
- Exotec launches next-generation Skypod system — 2025-02-06