Verified Events
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KENGIC wins approximately RMB75M Poland warehouse-automation bid
- The approximately RMB75 million bid amount includes tax; the final price and performance terms will be determined by the signed contract.
- The customer is an unnamed global cross-border e-commerce company, with its identity withheld for commercial confidentiality.
- Contract signing and execution timing remain uncertain while KENGIC completes negotiations with the tendering party.
Ultra raises $50 million Series A for warehouse robotics
- The total includes an earlier $12 million seed round led by Y Combinator and NextView.
- Warehouse customers pay an installation fee followed by monthly charges for hardware and software support.
- Ultra says its robots have packed more than 500,000 orders across customer warehouses.
Geek+ agrees conditional RMB50 million investment in Beijing Shenyi
- Completion depends on required authorisations, corporate approvals and registration changes, followed by payment within five working days of conditions being satisfied.
- Beijing Shenyi develops a general-purpose embodied intelligence model; after completion it is expected to be accounted for as an associate rather than a consolidated subsidiary.
Lotte Global Logistics selected for national humanoid logistics programme
- The programme runs through March 2031 with Yujin Robot, 씨소, KETI and Lotte Hi-Mart.
- Jincheon, Yangsan and Icheon logistics centres will host six process trials, including picking, packing, inspection and sorter loading.
- Development targets continuous order handling and recovery from exceptions, building on earlier garment-picking and polybag-packing tests.
Gideon launches TREY autonomous forklift commercially across North America
- Medium- and heavy-duty models are offered, with advertised battery operating times of 12 and 10 hours respectively.
- Gideon rates handling at up to 28 pallets or cages per hour and supports more than 119 load-carrier types.
- Fleet management and a dashboard track trailer cycles, operating performance and associate interventions; time-stamped load images provide an inventory audit trail.
Exotec reports First Supply Skypod operating results
- Exotec reports picking speeds ten times those of manual processes and more than 14,000 SKUs handled within the system.
- The warehouse design allows fourfold storage growth within the racking footprint and retains 30% room for further hardware expansion.
- Next-day demand can account for as much as 20% of the distribution center’s daily volume.
Logistics Reply launches five warehouse AI agents with LEA authority framework
- The agents address stock shortages, labour distribution, ABC inventory reclassification, dock scheduling and delayed-task investigation.
- Lost & Found can use camera input to identify causes of delay, including an item blocking an autonomous mobile robot’s route.
- The framework combines four organisational maturity stages with five authority levels, from informing users to governed autonomy.
Körber selected for Radha Exports’ planned Singapore warehouse automation
- The planned system combines an interfloor pallet lifter and smart shuttles across five floors.
- The design accommodates nearly 9,000 pallets within approximately 61,200 cubic metres.
- Körber’s warehouse control system will integrate with Radha’s warehouse management system.
Thermotraffic completes Wrexham automated cold-store expansion
- The extension adds approximately 19,300 pallet spaces, equivalent to 48,000 tonnes of storage capacity.
- The full site now provides approximately 33,150 pallet spaces, or 77,000 tonnes.
- An added production area supports services including labelling, repacking, inspection and temperature treatment.
Cowin Robotics and Lanxin sign industrial 3D-vision MoU
- The companies plan to improve perception and decision-making for industrial robots, including autonomous mobile robots.
- Future work is intended to extend into robot foundation models, vision-language-action systems and humanoid control.
- Joint business development will focus on Asia-Pacific markets including India and Vietnam.
UNIT AI expands Barrett partnership for planned 2027 warehouse rollout
- The platform connects inventory, fulfillment and returns across warehouse sites.
- The expanded programme uses a Warehouse-as-a-Service model with pay-per-use economics.
- Network coordination is intended to improve capacity utilization and inventory placement.
Jungheinrich opens EAC 212a autonomous pallet robot for orders
- Integrated lifting connects floor storage, conveyors, production and dispatch workflows.
- Launch software includes automated block storage and retrieval, pallet-position management and autonomous disruption recovery.
- Demo and try-and-buy programmes let customers evaluate the robot in their own operating processes.
Rapyuta ASRS exceeds 30 delivered sites and 10 operational sites
- The system was introduced in August 2023 across logistics, publishing, manufacturing, electronics and other sectors.
- Its block structure needs no anchor construction and accommodates columns and fire equipment in new or existing warehouses.
- Customers can expand, reconfigure or relocate installations as their volumes change.
Geek+ expands LPP deployment across two Polish fulfilment centres
- The installation uses warehouse height up to around 12 metres.
- Human staff concentrate on monitoring, exception handling and robotics troubleshooting.
- Robot capacity, workstations and throughput can expand with seasonal peaks and changing storage requirements.
RobotBank establishes Shanghai Physical AI R&D subsidiary
- The subsidiary is 上海星途万象智能科技有限公司 and is located in Lingang’s Japan SME International Industrial Park.
- Its remit includes Physical AI, perception, control, autonomous navigation and collaboration with robot companies, universities and manufacturing partners.
- RobotBank positions the site as a route from joint R&D into standardisation, productisation and overseas rollout.
Cuebus announces CUEBUS backroom pilot with Nitori
- The pilot will evaluate high-density storage and the time needed to store, locate and retrieve merchandise in an existing store backroom.
- Nitori and Cuebus will assess worker workload, safety and compatibility with current store operations.
- CUEBUS uses linear-motor transport and three-dimensional storage without aisles to bring selected merchandise to a designated location.
Xihe Robotics raises tens of millions of yuan for grain-storage robots
- Proceeds are earmarked for R&D, production capacity and rollout to grain depots across China.
- The company is extending its grain-leveling system to bulk-grain work in ports and ship holds.
- Its core product is an explosion-protected grain-leveling robot system designed for dusty, unstable stored-grain surfaces.
ST Logistics unveils operating 14-shuttle Clementi AS/RS
- ST Logistics has trained 40 of about 100 workers identified for redesigned roles as automation expands.
- Reported capacity is up to 10,600 pallets, more than 20% above the previous layout, with throughput above 70 pallets per hour versus about 10 previously.
- ST Logistics invested at least S$10 million and worked with Lenovo on shuttle orchestration software; expansion to other sites is under consideration.
wheel.me partners with item America on autonomous material handling
- item America will design modular carts, racks and taxi carriers around each facility’s load and process.
- The joint offer covers retrofits of suitable existing equipment and newly designed carriers for brownfield or greenfield lines.
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New Beiyang Zhengqi wins China Post Xiangyang processing contract
- The five-year project is estimated at approximately RMB150 million, or about RMB30 million per year excluding tax and seasonal uplifts.
- Scope combines labour, automation equipment, maintenance and internal parcel and mail processing using Zhengqi’s logistics sorting stack.
- The award notice has been received, but implementation remains subject to signing the formal contract and actual processed volume.
Jungheinrich EAE 212a enters Elster factory service
- The AMR carries Euro-pallet loads among 12 stations over a route of about 210 metres.
- The system has operated since early July and is explicitly a pilot; Elster may expand it if results justify more vehicles.
- The vehicle navigates without artificial landmarks and operates among people and changing floor surfaces.
SIVAplan details mobile-robot-linked buffer warehouse at SEW-EURODRIVE
- Two stacker cranes share one aisle serving more than 2,300 storage positions.
- SEW-EURODRIVE mobile robots transfer production racks through four automated entry and exit stations.
- Supervisory control developed with PROCAM coordinates vehicles, machines, conveyors and SAP-connected transport orders.
Simbe surpasses 3,000 autonomous units under contract
- The contracted fleet spans more than 75 retail banners across nearly a dozen countries.
- Simbe’s platform combines Tally robots with computer vision, RFID, handheld devices and fixed sensing for physical-store intelligence.
- The company separately describes its technology as deployed across thousands of retail locations; the 3,000 figure is a contracted-unit measure.
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Scan Global Logistics and Cycle & Carriage plan autonomous freight trial
- The vehicle has received homologation approval, while proposed routes and supporting documents remain under regulatory review.
- The Q4 2026 trial is expected to run for three to six months on a specific route under supervised autonomous operation.
- Cycle & Carriage will provide a certified safety officer who can monitor the vehicle and intervene remotely.
SETH warehouse robots enter production operation at Swire Coca-Cola Zhengzhou
- The system takes live orders and performs product recognition, heavy-load picking, transport and mixed-SKU palletising.
- The scheduler integrates SAP order, inventory, location and equipment data and coordinates all six robots.
- The deployed 40 kg-class configuration is reported at a peak 600 cases per hour; planned expansion to other sites remains forward-looking.
Today International injects RMB220M across robotics and investment subsidiaries
- The group will inject RMB70 million into Shenzhen Today Intelligent Robotics, increasing its registered capital from RMB50 million to RMB120 million.
- Today Intelligent Robotics will invest a further RMB50 million in Guangdong Jiangxing Intelligent Technology for the group’s robotics and intelligent-manufacturing expansion.
- A separate RMB100 million injection into another wholly owned investment subsidiary brings the disclosed group total to RMB220 million.
Tutor Intelligence unveils fully mobile Cassie for warehouse material handling
- Existing Cassie robots have completed millions of bulk picks in U.S. production facilities across depalletization, induction, palletizing and repackaging.
- The new hardware has onboard vacuum generation, two 3D lidar units alongside 2D lidar, and battery life claimed to exceed one shift.
- Tutor says most Cassie deployments begin picking on day one, with a median of about 40 days from signed paperwork to production.
Tutor Intelligence unveils next-generation Sonny for e-commerce picking
- The proposed workflow spans autonomous travel through existing warehouses, picking varied items from racking and taking completed orders to packout.
- Tutor says the new generation will be the first deployed robot running its 4.5-billion-parameter Ti0 vision-language-action model.
- An earlier Sonny prototype powers Tutor’s 100-robot Data Factory 1 for robot training and evaluation.
Hyundai Glovis and Samsung C&T plan AMR parcel delivery in smart buildings
- Hyundai Glovis will develop collection, storage and transport solutions; Samsung C&T will prepare building environments and customer services.
- The proposed workflow spans parcel receipt, sorting, inter-floor movement and delivery to office floors or desks.
- The partners plan to select application sites and begin proof-of-concept work in 2027 before defining a commercial service model.
Cowin Robotics completes AI robot-simulation system for U.S. ESS project
- The system models layouts, robot paths, work sequences and takt time while identifying bottlenecks and robot-interference risks.
- It can connect Cowin and third-party robots and equipment, supporting projects involving hundreds of robots.
- For the U.S. ESS project, Cowin has already simulated the planned assembly automation and will use the system for real-time process monitoring after installation.
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Yincheng Intelligence raises nearly RMB100M Series A
- Huamin Investment and Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment jointly led the round, with existing investor DT Capital continuing to invest.
- The financing follows a US$10 million-level angel round completed in May 2026.
- Yincheng reports a data flywheel adding about 1,000 hours of operating data and one million long-tail samples per day.
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Yincheng Intelligence wins RMB100M-level SF Express order
- The first deployments will target parcel feeding and sorting inside SF Express transfer centres.
- The companies plan deployment of thousands of robots over the following two years.
- The order moves Yincheng from development into a named, scaled logistics-customer programme.
Würth Australia appoints Dematic for two distribution-centre automation projects
- The projects cover two distinct Australian facilities in Queensland and Victoria.
- Dematic will integrate high-density AutoStore storage with manual picking and downstream processing.
- The September 15 announcement is a project appointment, not a claim that either installation is operational.
Exotec Skypod fleet goes live for GXO and Guess in Venlo
- The installation has 60,000 rack locations and eight goods-to-person stations.
- The site processes about 40,000 to 70,000 pieces per day.
- Peak capacity reaches up to 2,200 order lines per hour.
KNAPP Open Shuttle Fork AMRs automate Cummins plant logistics
- The installation combines automated pallet and small-parts storage with KiSoft fleet and warehouse software.
- The AMRs handle up to 2,000 transport orders per day.
- The logistics system supplies 190 picking stations in the plant.
Hangcha proposes up to RMB2.259B convertible bond for robot projects
- The proposal remains subject to shareholder approval, Shanghai Stock Exchange review and China Securities Regulatory Commission registration.
- RMB 758.6829 million is allocated to a forklift-robot smart factory, and RMB 225.18 million to forklift and logistics robot R&D.
- If issued, the bonds become convertible from the first trading day six months after the issuance ends.
Cuebus, Yazaki and Yamazen announce humanoid manufacturing trial
- The trial is scheduled to begin September 21 at Yazaki’s new Innovation Hub.
- Parts discharged automatically by the CUEBUS system will be handed to a humanoid for transfer into downstream production processes.
- The Sept. 10 announcement establishes a planned validation programme, not an already operating deployment.
Geek+ demonstrates GINO 1 in integrated goods-to-robot warehouse workflow
- An AMR delivered shelving to PopPick Lite, which presented a tote before GINO 1 recognized a towel, grasped it and moved it into another container.
- Geek+ quoted peak handling throughput of 240–300 pieces per hour and compatibility with containers weighing up to 20 kilograms.
- The company said GINO is already operating at some Chinese sites and plans a first Japanese field-test installation around fiscal 2027.
Tonner Drones becomes reference shareholder in MHM Corporate
- MHM’s EUR1.1 million capital increase is fully underwritten.
- The transaction makes Tonner a reference shareholder rather than providing new cash directly to Tonner.
- Tonner said it may support MHM in developing new activities that could include drones.
Maven Robotics raises $100M Series A and emerges from stealth
- LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures and XTX Markets Ventures also participated in the round.
- Maven plans to build 250 third-generation robots and begin designing a fourth-generation platform.
- Chief executive Hamza Derbas said as many as eight robots are working 16-hour days with uptime of at least 99%.
Vecna Robotics raises $31M to scale dock-to-dock automation
- Unless led the financing, with Drive Capital, Tiger Global, Highland Capital Partners and Tectonic Ventures participating.
- Vecna will scale deployment teams and go-to-market activity.
- Product work will extend case and pallet automation into pallet stacking, de-stacking and autonomous trailer loading and unloading.
Hai Robotics expands Ferag Solutions partnership across EMEA
- Hai Robotics will provide automation technology, product expertise and ongoing support, while Ferag contributes systems integration, complementary technologies and regional delivery capability.
- Their earliest UK installation remains operational, and the companies have worked together on several subsequent warehouse projects.
- Several additional projects have already been signed under the expanded relationship.
Hai Robotics and SSI Schaefer secure first Australian climbing-robot project
- The unnamed Australian customer will use Hai Robotics rack-climbing warehouse robots.
- The project is contracted and planned for completion in December; it is not yet an operating deployment.
- The partners report more than 30 prior joint projects in Europe.
Hai Robotics selected for 1,500-plus climbing-robot fashion warehouse
- The planned system includes 1.2 million double-deep storage locations.
- Target throughput is more than 24,000 totes per hour.
- The retailer already operates multiple HaiPick systems in Europe; this new site is selected for delivery and is not yet described as operating.
Cuebus selected for Narita automated-logistics-road trial
- The implementation group includes Chiba Prefecture, Narita International Airport, Obayashi Corporation and NTT Data.
- Testing will use airport facilities and focus on coordinated autonomous running by multiple freight-transport units.
- The programme targets automated freight movement between Narita Airport and surrounding logistics areas.
SENAD completes near-RMB200M financing round
- Wuliangye Fund, China-US Venture Capital, Industrial Securities Investment and Zhejiang Venture Technology participated; no lead investor was disclosed.
- The transaction was SENAD's fourth financing round within six months.
- Proceeds support product development, production scaling and commercial deployment of autonomous loading and unloading robots.
OTTO Motors expands AMR deployment at Nissan's Smyrna plant
- The rollout is planned across six phases inside the factory.
- The programme targets material-handling work currently performed by 64 forklift and tugger drivers.
- The disclosure describes an expansion programme at a named operating plant rather than a generic demonstration.
SENAD and China Resources Sanjiu launch autonomous loading-robot project
- SENAD's iLoabot-M had already completed multiple rounds of multi-subject testing at China Resources Sanjiu's Guanlan facility.
- The project targets raw-material and finished-goods handling workflows that still rely partly on manual loading and unloading.
- The partners plan to combine pharmaceutical operating requirements with joint technical development and pursue broader use across production and logistics.
Cainiao starts climbing-robot operations at Hong Kong eHub
- The new small-item zone combines four-way shuttle storage with climbing-robot picking under AI task planning and fleet dispatch.
- Cainiao reports 1.5x higher warehouse utilization and a 50% improvement in worker efficiency at the operating site.
- Climbing-robot warehouses in the Netherlands and Spain are in delivery, with the system also being commercialized for electronics, apparel and e-commerce customers.
CJ Logistics deploys two humanoids in Olive Young fulfilment
- The robots insert cushioning material into shipping boxes during packing.
- The live system combines ROBOTIS hardware, Aidin Robotics hands and RLWRLD robot foundation-model technology.
- CJ plans to extend the programme toward picking, sorting, inspection and additional packing work; those tasks remain planned rather than deployed.
ZS Robotics launches 5.5 m low-height warehouse system
- The system targets older low-ceiling warehouse buildings.
- Its single-position lift layout reduces lift-related floor-space consumption by roughly eight pallet positions per level.
- The ZS-H125 shuttle is 125 mm high and carries loads up to 1,500 kg.
Tiangong Robot raises several hundred million yuan
- Chuxin Fund led the round, with Matrix Partners China and Hefei state capital participating.
- Proceeds support sorting-robot manufacturing, humanoid sorting-system development and commercial iteration, and overseas expansion.
- The amount is a qualitative several-hundred-million-yuan range rather than an exact value.
Rapyuta Robotics launches end-to-end warehouse automation solution
- The solution combines Rapyuta PA-AMR, Rapyuta ASRS, autonomous forklifts, robotic piece picking and external material-handling equipment in one workflow design.
- rapyuta.io serves as the warehouse-control layer, coordinating robot and equipment handoffs as inbound timing, staffing and demand constraints change.
- Rapyuta built a six-equipment end-to-end demonstration and plans focused proposals with three logistics operators through March 2027.
KVADOS forms dedicated enterprise-software company
- KVADOS IS provides a dedicated structure for enterprise information systems and business-process digitisation.
- KVADOS, a.s. continues to specialise in logistics, warehouse systems, automation and robotics.
- Petr Gregor became chief executive of the newly formed KVADOS IS business.
Hai Robotics records more than ten thousand contracted HaiClimber robots across twelve countries
- Customer projects span twelve countries across five regions
- Eight customers had expanded existing systems or selected HaiPick Climb for additional projects
- Development began in 2022 before the system’s global introduction in 2025
ROMS launches NINBUS 3D robotic case-storage system
- One robot handles horizontal travel, vertical travel, lifting and placement, and installations can start with one robot and one rack.
- The rack can hold four case rows on each side of an aisle; ROMS claims up to three times the storage of conventional medium/light shelving.
- Distributed control lets other robots cover a stopped unit, and ROMS offers the system through a Robot-as-a-Service rental option.
Cowintech wins KRW8.45 billion ESS robotics order
- The contract covers battery-pack assembly robots, low-profile AMRs and ultra-heavy AMRs.
- DFS will supply the equipment onward to domestic ESS and battery manufacturing sites.
- The agreement runs from August 2026 through February 28, 2027.
DHL Supply Chain deployed Geek+ robotics at its new healthcare-logistics facility in New Zealand
- The system supports healthcare logistics in a newly opened New Zealand facility
- Geek+ mobile robots handle automated storage and order-fulfilment workflows
- The record is limited to the named DHL Supply Chain facility
Corvus Robotics raises $20M and appoints Mohammed Kabir CEO
- Catalyst Investors led the financing; S2G Investments, Spero Ventures and F7 Ventures returned, while Cibus Capital joined.
- The new financing brought Corvus Robotics' total capital raised to $38 million.
- Co-founder Mohammed Kabir became CEO, while Jackie Wu moved from CEO to the board for health reasons.
Hanoi clears a 24-month autonomous transport sandbox for Phenikaa-X at Hoa Lac
- Hanoi People's Committee Decision No. 4554/QD-UBND, issued on 25 August 2026, restricts the trial to designated routes equipped with high-resolution digital maps and monitoring systems.
- Robotaxis and delivery robots are trialled over roughly 11.5 km at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, while autonomous buses run a roughly 2.8 km campus route linking dormitories, lecture halls, military training facilities and bus connections.
- Testing runs daily from 09:00 to 16:30 at speeds expected to stay under 40 km/h, and autonomous buses and robotaxis must carry an onboard safety supervisor able to take manual control.
Jaten Robotics raises tens of millions of yuan in strategic financing
- Listed electronics company Heertai led the financing.
- Daohe Fund and Jinmu Capital also participated.
- Yunxiu Capital is serving as exclusive adviser for Jaten’s subsequent financing.
Brightpick expands Dr. Max robot deployments across Czechia and Slovakia
- The Prague distribution center had expanded to 30 Autopicker robots.
- Dr. Max planned 44 additional robots across Ostrava and Bratislava.
- The milestone is an expansion announcement; the additional deployments are not presented as already live.
DHL Supply Chain completes Vecna CaseFlow pilot
- The pilot combined autonomous mobile robots with workflow orchestration for case picking.
- The first implementation met acceptance milestones with stable performance.
- DHL described the result as a basis for broader evaluation and possible future deployments.
Nanjing Line-Control Robotics raises tens of millions of yuan in Series A
- The Jiangning Science and Technology Innovation Fund led the round, with existing shareholder Yunshi Capital participating.
- The company develops cable-driven robots spanning approximately 50-kilogram to five-tonne payload classes for large industrial workspaces.
- Funding supports full-stack technical iteration, additional product families, mass-production capability and deeper heavy-industry deployments.
AutoStore and Amazon establish global supply framework
- The agreement sets terms for possible future procurement of AutoStore systems by Amazon.
- The framework applies on a global basis.
- It contains no purchasing commitment.
Tonner Drones converts EUR 2 million of debt into equity
- The exercise price represented a 10.1% premium to the 20-day volume-weighted average price.
- An equal number of warrants were extinguished, reducing future dilution from the associated instruments.
- The converted bond had originally matured on 31 December 2027; the transaction increases equity and lowers financing expense.
Geek+ launches RoboShuttle Hyper
- The system is rated for throughput of up to 6,000 totes per hour per 1,000 square metres.
- Geek+ says its scheduling architecture can coordinate as many as 5,000 robots in one deployment.
Aurrigo awarded £1.43m for SENTRY autonomous-airport programme
- SENTRY will use Auto-Shuttle vehicles for perimeter security patrols and runway or taxiway inspection.
- The programme is planned to progress from controlled testing into live airport operations at Teesside International Airport and later Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
- The award funds a defined operational programme rather than representing general corporate financing.
Locus Robotics discloses $41.6M equity financing in Form D
- The Form D reports $41,599,804 sold to 18 investors and no remaining amount.
- The event is dated to the August 10 first sale; August 24 is the public filing date.
- Any Series G label or certificate-derived valuation is separate from the filing itself and is not implied by this disclosure headline.
TriOrb adds JPY 300 million blended Series B second close
- JBIC and Toyota Tsusho participated in the equity portion of the second close, while Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation provided debt.
- TriOrb disclosed a JPY 300 million combined package but did not disclose the equity/debt split, so no numeric private-round amount is stored.
- The company said cumulative financing reached JPY 4.53 billion and the capital would support mass production, U.S. expansion and organisational growth.
ROMS develops Physical AI three-dimensional case-storage system
- A single robot can travel, lift and transfer cases between shelving and stations, allowing deployment from one robot and one rack.
- ROMS Physical AI coordinates the fleet in real time and can reroute other robots when one unit stops.
- The company will disclose the product name and full details on 26 August before a physical debut at International Logistics Trade Fair 2026 on 8 September.
Daifuku raises FY2026 outlook after H1 orders reach JPY440.1 billion
- First-half orders increased 31.6% year on year to JPY440.1 billion, with intralogistics orders among the areas of growth.
- Daifuku raised its FY2026 order forecast to a range of JPY860 billion to JPY900 billion.
- The company also raised its full-year sales forecast to JPY735 billion and operating-income forecast to JPY113 billion.
Hakuou Robotics puts AutoFork into operation at Ebara Logistics
- AutoFork removes finished pallets and replenishes empty pallets for the production line.
- The connected workflow covers pallet handling between the factory and logistics centre.
- The system can continue the pallet-transfer workflow overnight.
RobotBank begins sales of StarFork 1500 autonomous forklift
- StarFork 1500 is rated for pallets weighing up to 1,500 kg and uses laser-SLAM navigation.
- RobotBank states positioning accuracy of ±5 mm and ±1°, supporting precise pallet engagement.
- The vehicle can integrate with doors, lifts and conveyors to automate movement across connected material-handling workflows.
Tonner Drones issues €1.5m bond with warrants
- The bond pays 5% interest monthly and matures on 31 December 2027, when it is due for cash redemption.
- Series A and B warrants have fixed exercise prices of €0.028 and €0.032 and expire on 31 December 2029.
- Full exercise would issue 100,446,375 shares, raise €3 million and produce maximum aggregate dilution of about 16%.
Symbotic reports $721 million Q3 revenue as deployments reach 77 systems
- Net income reached $55 million, while adjusted EBITDA more than doubled year over year to $95 million.
- The number of systems in deployment rose to 77 from 70 at the end of the preceding quarter.
- Symbotic guided Q4 FY2026 revenue to $760 million–$780 million.
Exotec Skypod system begins full operation at TRUSCO Planet Aichi
- The installation uses 37 Skypod robots, 31,975 storage bins and four picking stations.
- Planet Aichi spans 89,162 square metres; TRUSCO plans to expand stocked items from about 630,000 to more than one million.
- IHI Logistics integrated the system for TRUSCO, with the deployment now in full operation rather than pilot testing.
Cowintech secures ₩20bn-class AMR order for overseas battery plants
- The supply programme runs through September 2027 and covers battery and energy-storage-system production sites in Europe and North America.
- The AMRs will move material across production stages from electrode processing through assembly and shipping.
- Cowintech said its disclosed 2026 battery and ESS robot-automation orders now total roughly ₩90bn.
Plus Automation puts AirRob and t-Sort system into full operation at andST logistics centre
- +Hub coordinates AirRob PickingWall, t-Sort OPS and peripheral equipment while monitoring the operation in real time.
- The deployment increased storage efficiency to 155% and shipping efficiency to 196% of the previous operation.
- T5 handled equipment layout, mechanical design, procurement, construction and PLC integration.
Yusen Logistics begins deploying Destro orchestration platform in U.S. transload operations
- The initial phase coordinates human and robot cart movements dynamically rather than routing them through separate workflows.
- Planned follow-on capabilities include pallet movement and AI-based verification of completed warehouse work.
- The deployment provides Destro with a disclosed production customer for its robot-agnostic warehouse orchestration layer.
Jingxing signs global warehouse-automation agreement with Cainiao
- Joint teams will cover solution planning, design integration, installation and delivery across the project lifecycle.
- Jingxing holds preferential collaboration rights for Cainiao projects in Europe, with Spain and Netherlands engagements expected to begin first.
- The companies also plan compatibility research covering European racking standards, automated equipment and high-bay AS/RS engineering.
Ryobi Systems acquires warehouse-automation integrator APT
- The acquisition completed on 31 July 2026 and made APT a wholly owned Ryobi Systems subsidiary.
- APT integrates automated storage, conveying and sorting systems alongside WMS, WCS and WES software.
- Ryobi Systems said the combination is intended to support warehouse projects from planning and construction through operation.
KION Intelligent Automation revenue rises 17.6% in H1 2026
- H1 segment revenue rose 17.6% to €1,629.2 million.
- Adjusted EBIT increased 35.3% to €106.0 million, lifting the adjusted EBIT margin to 6.5%.
- Project-business growth benefited from improved orders on hand, while service revenue fell from the prior-year level.
HomeBase expands Simbe Tally across every store
- The chainwide deployment was completed in less than three months across HomeBase locations in Texas, Wyoming, Kansas and Missouri.
- Pricing errors fell 92% and controllable out-of-stocks fell 58% during the rollout.
- The retailer also reduced physical-inventory work from three days to less than one day.
Fabmatics validates HERO Scout in Infineon Dresden cleanroom trial
- The trial used dummy reticle SMIF pods and 200 mm wafer carriers across transport, handling and narrow-aisle navigation scenarios.
- A vision-guided gripper handled load-port position deviations without reteaching, while obstacle and personnel-interaction tests confirmed safe operation.
- The prototype combined a six-axis collaborative arm with SLAM-based route learning, AI-enabled local control and inductive on-the-fly charging.
FedEx expands Dexterity trailer-loading deployment
- FedEx expanded the Dexterity deployment at Hagerstown.
- The system combines Mech robots with Foresight software.
- FedEx announced the expansion on 30 July 2026.
ForwardX opened a European office in Düsseldorf to support regional AMR customers and partners
- The office is located in Düsseldorf, Germany
- The site supports European customers and integration partners
- The opening expands ForwardX’s regional service and commercial footprint
UNIT AI raises $12 million to scale modular warehouse automation
- Dynamo Ventures, Prologis Ventures and Ground Up Ventures co-led the $12 million financing, with five additional investors participating.
- UNIT AI’s modular system can begin in approximately 1,000 square feet without a major facility redesign and targets payback within 12 months.
- After 22 months, UNIT AI identified Barrett, ShipCalm, DaVinci and Carter as customers; the new capital will expand deployment capacity, product development and commercial growth across North America.
KVADOS deploys myFABER AMRs at Intermont furniture plant
- Two autonomous myFABER Palletjack X20 robots move large-format boards between machines across four production lines.
- The implementation combines tablet requests with automated PLC and light-barrier signals connected to production equipment.
- The robots also handle empty pallets through a buffer developed with Altic Point.
Hakuou Robotics deploys AutoFork at Nippon TransCity logistics site
- The production unit picks pallets from multiple staging rows and loads them into the vertical conveyor.
- A fork-tip sensor checks whether the conveyor is occupied and holds the robot back when required.
- The site went live about one month after ordering and is Hakuou's first deployment through Logisnext Japan.
O'Neill Logistics orders 24 Robust.AI Carter robots
- The agreement covers 24 Carter robots across distribution centres in Monroe, New Jersey, and Savannah, Georgia.
- Carter will support picking, putaway, value-added services and material-handling workflows at the two sites.
- Go-live is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026.
BAUHAUS puts XYZ Robotics inbound automation into round-the-clock operation in Krefeld
- RockyOne autonomously enters sea containers and unloads loose cartons with varying sizes and orientations.
- A barcode-scanning stage identifies cartons for real-time sorting before RockyOne SE builds customer-specific, storage-ready pallets.
- BAUHAUS said the system was already operating around the clock without manual intervention and was being evaluated for wider rollout.
American Industrial Partners completes acquisition of Honeywell warehouse-automation business
- AIP is combining Intelligrated and Transnorm with its existing Trew investment under common ownership.
- Existing products, services, support teams and customer relationships are continuing under the new organisation.
Phenikaa-X deploys L800 AMR for raw-material delivery at Samsung SEHC
- Phenikaa-X deployed L800 latent AMRs with rotating lifting platforms and an 800 kg payload at Samsung SEHC DA3 Workshop, Line 01.
- The project cut material-delivery cycle time from 11 minutes to 3 minutes 20 seconds and now moves roughly 140 trolleys per day at an error rate of about 1% per week.
- Phenikaa-X built the fleet-management software and integrated it with Samsung's automated control system so the L800s run alongside in-house AGVs, ABB robotic arms and safety light curtains.
DKK-TOA modernizes warehouse operations with AutoStore
- The warehouse uses an AutoStore automated storage and retrieval system.
- The system reduced required storage space by 40%.
- Picking efficiency increased by 25%.
RHEON deploys AutoStore for parts logistics
- The parts-logistics operation uses an AutoStore system.
- Required storage space fell by 67%.
- Workforce efficiency improved by 40%.
Hangcha launches LogiMind embodied-AI model and five forklift robots
- Hangcha unveiled LogiMind, an embodied-AI foundation model developed for industrial vehicles, at its inaugural AI Day.
- The autonomous-forklift range covers counterbalanced, reach, pallet and stacker formats on a shared 3D LiDAR, multi-camera and cloud-edge architecture.
- The event launched Hangcha's AI-driven strategy around three R&D platforms for embodied AI, intelligent logistics and robotics innovation.
Exol™ Integrates GreyOrange for Advanced Intelligent Orchestration Across Its Robotic Fulfillment-as-a-Service Network
- Exol’s nationwide network spans six facilities totaling six million square feet, with automated capacity across B2B, direct – to – consumer, and retail consolidation.
- GreyMatter will coordinate vendor-agnostic AMRs across targeted warehouse workflows in Exol’s network.
- The technology enables more autonomous horizontal movement throughout the warehouse, streamlining how materials move to support more coordinated and efficient operations.
Roboteon expands multi-vendor AMR and AGV orchestration
- Capabilities include vendor-independent fleet control, traffic management and task assignment.
- The platform integrates with ERP, MES and WMS systems.
- This is a platform capability expansion, not a new robot launch.
Ocado wins large automated CFC agreement with European retailer
- The site will use Ocado's Re:Imagined suite, including the 600-series robot, On-Grid Robotic Pick and fully automated freezer technology.
- The retailer expects to transfer existing online volumes into the facility.
- Ocado expects the site to open at just over half of its design capacity.