With significant advances in robotic and A.I. technologies today, the vision of a lights-out or a dark warehouse is now within reach. There are now whole suites of autonomous robots that can collaborate to execute an entire warehouse's processes — from smartly optimized storage, to intelligent picking to sorting to all manners of robotic transports, such as autonomous rollers, forklift robots and tote/pallet/stack handlers.
There are various business models in the acquisition of these robots for work in the warehouse. The customer can make upfront asset purchase for the robots with annual service charges or paying for a subsequent price per action. Customers can also lease the robots on a monthly basis from the manufacturers or distributors.
For example, a 6 Rivers Systems' solution will cost US$250,000 for 8 robots in the first year followed by a recurring US$50,000 in maintenance costs per year. TORU, the picking robot from Magazino has a hybrid asset-purchase with pay-per-use model — charging EUR 55,000 (US$61,800) for the hardware asset purchase along with an subsequent charge of EUR 0.06 per pick.
AMRs from Ronavi are available with a leasing price of 100,000 rubles (US$1,400) per month while an inVia picker robot can cost around US$4,000 per month to lease.
InVia Picker Robot is an AMR (autonomous mobile robot) developed by inVia Robotics (USA). Deployed in the warehouse automation and picking robot industries, inVia Picker Robot's pricing model is based on a robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) model basis with a recurring fee of US$4,000 per month.
InVia Picker Robot is intended for indoor use.
Product | inVia Picker Robot |
Company | inVia Robotics (USA) |
Function | AMR (autonomous mobile robot) |
Sub-Form | wheeled |
Deployment | indoor |
Industry | Warehouse Automation and picking robot |
Tech Domain | Robotics |
URL | https://www.inviarobotics.com/our-system/invia-picker-robots/.. |
Pricing | |
Model | Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) model |
Recurring (est) | US$4,000 per month |
Dimensions | |
Width | 663 mm |
Weight | |
Weight | 61.6 kg (136 lb) |
Max Load | 15.8 kg (35 lb) |
Operations | |
Speed | 5 mph |
Op Notes | Payload size: 14”H x 15”W x 24”L |
Targeting the smart manufacturing and warehouse automation industries, OTTO 100 is an AMR (autonomous mobile robot), developed by OTTO Motors (Canada), with the purpose to autonomously transport light-weight payloads (up to 150 kg) such as boxes, bins and carts within factories and warehouses.
Product | OTTO 100 |
Company | OTTO Motors (Canada) |
Function | AMR (autonomous mobile robot) |
Sub-Form | wheeled |
Industry | Smart Manufacturing and Warehouse Automation |
Tech Domain | Robotics |
URL | https://ottomotors.com/amrs |
Dimensions | |
Length | 740 mm |
Width | 550 mm |
Height | 308 mm |
Weight | |
Weight | 107 kg |
Max Load | 150 kg |
Duration | |
Charging | 18 mins |
Usage | 6 hours |
Operations | |
Speed | 2.0 m/s |
Zippy 100 (sorting robot) is an AMR (autonomous mobile robot) developed by Addverb (India) for the warehouse automation industry.
Zippy 100 (sorting robot) is intended for indoor use.
Product | Zippy 100 (sorting robot) |
Company | Addverb (India) |
Function | AMR (autonomous mobile robot) |
Sub-Form | wheeled |
Deployment | indoor |
Industry | Warehouse Automation |
Tech Domain | Robotics |
URL | https://addverb.com/product/zippy-sorting-robot/.. |
Dimensions | |
Length | 775 mm |
Width | 575 mm |
Height | 400 mm |
Weight | |
Max Load | 100 kg |
Duration | |
Charging | 20 mins |
Usage | 4 hours |
Operations | |
Speed | 2 m/s |
Dynamo 1000 (AMR) is an AMR (autonomous mobile robot) developed by Addverb (India) for the warehouse automation industry.
Dynamo 1000 (AMR) is intended for indoor use.
Product | Dynamo 1000 (AMR) |
Company | Addverb (India) |
Function | AMR (autonomous mobile robot) |
Sub-Form | wheeled |
Deployment | indoor |
Industry | Warehouse Automation |
Tech Domain | Robotics |
URL | https://addverb.com/product/autonomous-mobile-robot/.. |
Dimensions | |
Length | 775 mm |
Width | 575 mm |
Height | 392 mm |
Weight | |
Max Load | 100 kg |
Operations | |
Speed | 2 m/s |
CartConnect500 is an AMR (autonomous mobile robot) developed by Fetch Robotics (USA) for the warehouse automation industry.
CartConnect500 is intended for indoor use.
Product | CartConnect500 |
Company | Fetch Robotics (USA) |
Function | AMR (autonomous mobile robot) |
Sub-Form | wheeled |
Deployment | indoor |
Industry | Warehouse Automation |
Tech Domain | Robotics |
URL | https://fetchrobotics.com/cartconnect500/.. |
CartConnect100 is an AMR (autonomous mobile robot) developed by Fetch Robotics (USA) for the warehouse automation industry.
CartConnect100 is intended for indoor use.
Product | CartConnect100 |
Company | Fetch Robotics (USA) |
Function | AMR (autonomous mobile robot) |
Sub-Form | wheeled |
Deployment | indoor |
Industry | Warehouse Automation |
Tech Domain | Robotics |
URL | https://fetchrobotics.com/cartconnect100/.. |