Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Innok shareholder approval advances planned Yggdrasil contribution
- Innok Robotics GmbH will continue as the operating company and is intended to become a wholly owned subsidiary.
- Alwin Heerklotz was appointed chair of the future group’s management board.
- The proposed group structure is intended to provide access to public capital markets.
Ocado automation enters operation at AEON Next’s Hachioji fulfilment centre
- AutoFreezer automates frozen-goods storage and picking, reducing the need for employees to work inside the freezer.
- The four-storey site has about 40,000m² of floor space on a 54,000m² plot.
- AEON Next expects productivity to reach 115% of its Honda centre benchmark; further robotic handling expansion depends on operating volumes.
Jungheinrich and Automha partner on two-way pallet shuttle
- Initial pallet transport can remain manual, with an upgrade path toward automated material flow.
- The partners combine Automha shuttle technology with Jungheinrich integration, software and lifecycle services.
- Development from concept to market readiness took nine months.
Körber takes strategic stake in NAiSE fleet-management software
- NAiSE remains independent, founder-led and open to other integrators and vehicle manufacturers.
- The partners will deepen integration between NAiSE’s platform and Körber’s supply-chain software.
- Joint development will explore further intralogistics applications, including humanoid robotics.
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Zhengqi Robotics wins China Post five-year outsourcing award
- The five-year service combines labour, supporting equipment and maintenance for internal parcel/mail handling.
- The company estimates about RMB820 million before tax from expected volume and winning unit prices, including about RMB164 million for 2027.
- China Post does not guarantee actual volume; settlement depends on actual processed volume and assessment, and the project has not begun operating.
Rapyuta ASRS starts operating at two Nippon Express sites
- The installations connect with existing WMS and document workflows without a major system overhaul.
- The modular design supports phased expansion, dismantling and relocation as logistics requirements change.
- Nippon Express says its teams are still optimising bin subdivision, stored inventory and order batching.
Dexory tests NVIDIA Halos for next-generation robot safety
- The work aims to improve safe autonomy and inside-out perception around people, forklifts and other equipment.
- Dexory already uses NVIDIA Cosmos for warehouse inventory intelligence.
- A rollout timetable and fleet quantity were not disclosed.
MX Robotics joins MX Group’s AUBO cobot-system collaboration
- The proposed development spans cobots, industrial-data analysis and interfaces for robot supervision and control.
- The companies plan cooperation in product and component supply, after-sales service and technical support.
- The collaboration targets global automation projects through the group’s overseas network.
MX Robotics and OMH agree cross-market logistics-automation MOU
- MX projects may use OMH racks, rail-guided vehicles and conveyors.
- OMH projects in China may incorporate MX transport and gantry-robot equipment.
- The agreement covers joint business development and proposed cross-supply on projects, rather than a specific equipment order.
Geek+ completes MISUMI West Japan PopPick installation
- The East and West Japan centres together have 149 robots, 15 stations and 801 shelves.
- At the earlier East Japan centre, the issuer reports roughly double productivity and storage efficiency versus the previous operation.
- The west rollout reuses operating procedures, training and improvements developed at the east site for high-variety industrial-parts logistics.
Shiawase Mono Kobo unveils Noruno Atlas cart-transport prototype
- The concept avoids requiring dedicated replacement carts or towing fixtures.
- A low, compact chassis is intended for constrained routes and cart handling.
- The prototype is at technical-validation and market-exploration stage; general-sale and production dates were not announced.
beRobox launches arm-mounted 3D Dynamic Safety for PALTZ
- The protective area moves with robot position, combining arm-state information with three-dimensional presence detection.
- The companies say the system can allow a pallet change at one station while palletizing continues at the other, subject to the safety configuration.
- The module is being demonstrated with a Universal Robots UR20 at PACK EXPO International in Chicago.
TWINNY and The Prime Group sign unmanned-forklift commercialization MoU
- The initial focus is moving floor-level pallets between locations inside logistics centres.
- The Prime Group contributes process analysis, automation-line design, equipment implementation and operational integration.
- Project roles, scope and implementation conditions will be defined through separate agreements.
Hai Robotics and Hy-Tek selected for NAPA Auto Parts fulfilment automation
- Hy-Tek engineered the multi-robot storage-and-retrieval solution around NAPA’s varied SKU profiles.
- The partners evaluated technology and refined the design in Hy-Tek’s Innovation Lab before deployment.
- The project targets higher storage density, throughput and order accuracy with room for future expansion.
Preferred Robotics deploys Kachaka Pro at SUBARU’s Oizumi plant
- Workers trigger trips with a dedicated physical Kachaka button.
- The former manual workflow moved roughly two kilograms over about 130 metres per round trip, three times a day.
- Preferred Robotics reports that the automation frees approximately one hour per day for production work.
REEMAN launches Ant AMR for indoor-outdoor factory logistics
- The robot supports central fleet scheduling, automatic charging, battery swapping, and elevator or gate interfaces.
- Open APIs and SDKs connect the platform with warehouse and manufacturing-management systems.
- The launch describes light-rain operation, asphalt routes and gentle slopes.
Symbotic acquires cellumation for omnidirectional sortation
- Celluveyor uses individually controlled omnidirectional conveyor cells to route items across a modular surface.
- Cellumation will retain its name and Bremen headquarters, serve existing customers and also integrate its technology into Symbotic systems.
- Co-founder CEO Hendrik Thamer and co-founder CTO Claudio Uriarte will remain in charge of cellumation’s operations.
Dexory plans four additional ODW inventory-robot sites
- ODW reports identifying 90% of inventory discrepancies before they affect order fulfillment.
- Its initial installation audited more than one million square feet in under 24 hours and was deployed within two weeks.
AutoStore unveils Fall 2026 hardware and software updates
- FlexBinsPort supports all standard bin heights at one workstation, with release planned for Q4 2026; AutoCase support for 600 × 400 mm cases is scheduled for Q1 2027.
- Pio Pal is live at Norwegian apparel brand Famme under a Robotics-as-a-Service model; further customer adoption is planned for Q1 2027.
- CubeExplore adds GenAI-supported investment modeling, while CubeFleet combines maintenance alerts, guidance and work orders across one or multiple sites.
Hai Robotics details planned 1,500-plus-robot system for LPP’s Tczew centre
- The storage area is approximately 30,000 square metres and consolidates inventory for multi-brand e-commerce fulfilment.
- Rack-climbing robots combine vertical retrieval and horizontal transport to reduce handovers between fleets.
- Software coordinates inventory placement, workstation supply, traffic and priorities across the integrated system.
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.
Preferred Robotics begins Kachaka Evo sales
- The model had been announced in December 2025, with initial deployments beginning in March 2026.
- Evo extends the Kachaka series into heavier material movement in manufacturing and logistics.
- Users configure autonomous transport through an application without extensive facility alterations.
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.
Flexport introduces operating robotic fulfillment centre near Chicago
- The goods-to-person operation brings inventory to workers during order preparation.
- Flexport lists 250,000 storage bins at the Pleasant Prairie facility.
- The company describes robotics as a new part of its fulfillment network alongside its logistics software and services.
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.