Autonomous mobile robot supplier Locus Robotics has revealed that its AMR solutions have now picked more than two billion units worldwide – a milestone achieved just 11 months after the firm reached the industry-first landmark of one billion picks in 2022.
According to Locus, the latest milestone took 358 days, with the last 100 million picks taking just 27 days – an average of 3.7 million picks per day. By comparison, it took more than six years to make the first billion picks, and 1,542 days to pick the first 100 million units.
LocusBots have now travelled more than 37 million miles in customers’ warehouses, the equivalent of more than 1,370 times around the Earth or 77 round trips to the Moon.
“Achieving the two billion picks milestone is an incredible accomplishment for our company and for our customers,” said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “This event is a testament to the dedication and innovation of our incredible team and the dramatic productivity improvements we deliver to drive our customers’ growth and success.”
About Locus
Locus Robotics’ AMRs operate collaboratively with human workers to dramatically improve product movement and productivity 2-3X, according to the firm. Supporting more than 100+ brands around the world, including CEVA Logistics, DHL Supply Chain, Geodis, Ryder, Verst Logistics, Radial, and others, and deployed at 250+ sites globally, Locus Robotics enables retailers, 3PLs and specialty warehouses to efficiently meet and exceed the increasingly complex and demanding requirements of today’s fulfilment environments.
“Locus’s consistent innovation, user-centric approach, and genuine dedication to customer relationships puts them at the forefront of warehouse automation,” said Alan McDonald, Vice President of Continuous Improvement at Geodis. “This milestone is a testament to its technological leadership and synergistic collaboration. We look forward to building on our work together and driving even greater efficiency improvements in the future.”
LocusOne platform
In addition to its AMRs, Locus’ recently launched AI and data science-driven LocusOne platform serves as an enterprise-level fleet manager, overseeing complex warehouse fulfilment workflows that support diverse use cases, clustering tasks to create optimal robot missions and reduce unproductive worker walking time.
Locus’s unique multi-bot approach decouples workers from orders and tasks to dramatically improve worker productivity and to help firms increase capacity.
