What does Locus Robotics make?

Locus Robotics has 5 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Locus Max, Locus Vector, Locus Origin and 2 others (Locus Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is Locus Robotics publicly traded?

No. Locus Robotics is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Locus Robotics?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Locus Robotics building in the same form factors include Amazon, DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Samsung Electronics, Boston Dynamics.

Who is the CEO of Locus Robotics?

Rick Faulk is the ceo of Locus Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Locus Robotics?

Locus Robotics is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $364M in disclosed funding.

Where is Locus Robotics headquartered?

Locus Robotics is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA.

How much funding has Locus Robotics raised?

Locus Robotics has raised approximately $364M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

Who owns Locus Robotics?

Locus Robotics is privately held and venture-backed ($364M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Where does Locus Robotics operate robots?

Locus Robotics operates 19 verified deployments, including at Global (multiple sites), Columbus, Ohio, USA, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA (FedEx).

How many robots has Locus Robotics deployed?

DEPLOY has 19 verified Locus Robotics deployments on record at sites including Global (multiple sites), Columbus, Ohio, USA, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA (FedEx). That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.

Is Locus Robotics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Locus Robotics ranks in roughly the top under 1% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Locus Robotics founded?

Locus Robotics was founded in 2014.

Is Locus Robotics safe?

Locus Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Company

Locus Robotics

amr service locusrobotics.com

Warehouse-automation company (Wilmington MA) making LocusBots Collaborative picking AMRs, delivered as Robots-as-a-Service.

Track Locus Robotics

Founded: 2014
HQ: Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA
Status: Private

The verified answer

As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Locus Robotics: 5 models, 19 deployments across 13 regions, $364.0M raised. 22 sources back the record.

CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics

Appears inLogistics robots

Funding

$364.0M

Models

Deployments

Patents

Overview

Warehouse-automation company (Wilmington MA) making LocusBots Collaborative picking AMRs, delivered as Robots-as-a-Service.

Reality check

Nexera Robotics acquisition (company-claimed)

Acquired Vancouver-based Nexera in May 2026, adding NeuraGrasp grasping tech to Locus Array.

Pick milestone (company-claimed)

Six-billionth pick announced in October 2025.

Verified record

Verified deployments: 19 deployments on file
Active incidents: None on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED

$1.8B (reported, approximate)as of Nov 2022

Priced roundSeries F post-money

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Key facts

Product

LocusBots collaborative picking AMRs

Business model

Robots-as-a-Service

Industry

Warehouse-automation

Series F

$117M round in November 2022 led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and G2 Venture Partners.

Locus Array

Mobile manipulator formally launched at MODEX 2026; live in customer deployments.

Data & sources

Press releases

News coverage

Patent documents

Web sources

22 sources backing this record.View all →

Models (5)

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Current platform

Locus Max

Locus Robotics' Max is a heavyweight autonomous mobile robot that safely transports large, heavy payloads (up to ~3,000 lb) through a facility, the heavy-duty member of the LocusOne AMR fleet.

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Current platform

Locus Vector

Locus Robotics' Vector is a flexible autonomous mobile robot for high-productivity material handling and logistics within warehouses, complementing the Locus Origin picking robot in the LocusOne multi-bot fleet.

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Current platform

Locus Origin

Locus Origin — next-generation collaborative AMR from Locus Robotics designed for high-volume order fulfillment in multi-level warehouse environments. Operates alongside human pickers, delivering 2X+ productivity improvement over traditional methods. Managed by the LocusOne warehouse execution platform with real-time operational visibility.

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Previous platform

LocusBot

AMR for warehouse picking and fulfillment. Collaborative picking alongside human workers. It is an autonomous mobile robot designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Type: Autonomous mobile robot for warehouse fulfillment, Use case: Order picking, goods-to-person.

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Current platform

LocusBot

Locus Robotics (Wilmington, Massachusetts) is a warehouse-automation company whose LocusBots are collaborative goods-to-person picking AMRs that work alongside human pickers, delivered on a Robots-as-a-Service subscription model via the LocusONE platform. The registry records it at commercial maturity: it operates across 150+ customers and 350+ sites in 20 countries, having surpassed 6 billion cumulative picks by October 2025 (accelerating, with DHL Supply Chain a marquee customer). It raised a $117 million Series F at a roughly $2 billion valuation in 2022 (a point-in-time figure). In April 2026 it launched Locus Array, a mobile-manipulation system extending the line from collaborative picking toward fully autonomous fulfillment. Pick-count and fleet figures are company-reported.

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Partnerships

Every company Locus Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

5 total5 operating1 ended

Most-frequent partners

1DHL Supply Chain2× joint2 total
2Nexera Robotics1× joint
3Staples1× joint3 total
4United Parcel Service1× joint5 total

Most recent

Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics2026-05-19
with Nexera Roboticsoperating
Staples x Locus Robotics2023-09-01
with Staplesoperating
DHL Supply Chain x Locus Robotics (Warehouse Automation)2020-01-01
with DHL Supply Chainoperating
Locus Robotics - DHL Supply Chain2017-01-01
with DHL Supply Chainoperating

Locus Robotics on the deployment map

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19 verified deployments across 13 regions, newest verified Mar 2026. Explore where Locus Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.

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Relationships

UUnited Parcel ServiceCustomer SStaplesDeployer DDHL Supply ChainDeployer DDHL Supply ChainCustomerNNexera RoboticsCo-developerGGoldman Sachs Asset ManagementInvestor GG2 Venture PartnersInvestor NNext47Investor SSilicon Valley BankInvestor HHercules Capital (debt provider)Investor

Claims ledger

Public, dated claims by Locus Robotics, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.

Claim Integrity: 100% (3 of 3 resolved claims verified; 3 tracked)

VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2026-06-01
“Seven billion picks is the cumulative result of thousands of ordinary warehouse shifts where robotics quietly became part of daily fulfillment”
Correction: this verdict was recorded with the claim date as its effective date. DEPLOY recorded it on 2026-07-09, which is its effective date.
claim source cite this claim
VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2026-01-01
“Locus Robotics Unveils State-of-the-Art Global Headquarters as Company Closes In On 4 Billion Picks Milestone”
Correction: this verdict was recorded with the claim date as its effective date. DEPLOY recorded it on 2026-07-09, which is its effective date.
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VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2025-01-01
“One Billion Picks — And the Warehouse Robots Behind Them”
Correction: this verdict was recorded with the claim date as its effective date. DEPLOY recorded it on 2026-07-09, which is its effective date.
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Disagree with a status? Locus Robotics can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.

Current leadership (4)

Mike Johnson President & COOIR-verified
Al Dekin Chief Revenue OfficerIR-verified
Sean Johnson Chief Technology OfficerIR-verified
Rick Faulk CEOIR-verified

Founders (4)

Bruce Weltycofounderfounded 2015-01-01no longer at company
Mike Johnsoncofounderfounded 2015-01-01
Al Dekincofounderfounded 2015-01-01
Sean Johnsoncofounderfounded 2015-01-01

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Board (5)

John Hayes chair
Mike Johnson director
Rick Faulk director
Rory O'Driscoll director
Zach Barasz director

Former / Previously (1)

Bruce Welty Founder & former Chairman/CEOsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Locus Robotics.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →

Operator customers (1)

Locus Robotics19 deployments

Recent coverage

Locus Robotics in third-party press

How Locus Robotics is getting a grasp on one of robotics biggest challenges: manipulation

Aug 28, 2026

🦾 HardTech Reads: The AI & Robotics Revolution vol.79

May 24, 2026

Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics for grasping technology

May 19, 2026

Peers

235 peers across 3 segments. Every Locus Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.

service(144)

113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%

amr(83)

53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%

warehouse amr(8)

6 River Systemsdirect competitor(reported)
strong
Fetch Roboticsdirect competitor(reported)
strong
Geek+direct competitor(reported)
strong
GreyOrangedirect competitor(reported)
strong
Addverbdirect competitor(reported)
moderate
Berkshire Greyadjacent competitor(reported)
moderate
Brightpickdirect competitor(reported)
moderate
Symboticadjacent competitor(reported)
moderate

Mentioned on (33)

Registry pages whose text names Locus Robotics.

Locus Robotics

Overview

Reality check

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (5)

Locus Max

Locus Vector

Locus Origin

LocusBot

LocusBot

Partnerships

Locus Robotics on the deployment map

Relationships

Claims ledger

Current leadership (4)

Founders (4)

Board (5)

Former / Previously (1)

Safety record

Operator customers (1)

Recent coverage

Peers

service(144)

amr(83)

warehouse amr(8)

Mentioned on (33)

Financial state

Partnerships

All 5 partnerships

Funding rounds (5)

Acquisitions (1)

Patent estate (13)

Timeline

Recent activity

Sources (9)

Hiring signals

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

How Locus Robotics is getting a grasp on one of robotics biggest challenges: manipulation

🦾 HardTech Reads: The AI & Robotics Revolution vol.79

Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics for grasping technology

Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics advancing mobile manipulation

Locus Robotics Surpasses 5 Billion Pick Milestone

Locus Robotics raises 17M for autonomous mobile robots

Machine-readable surfaces

Peer companies

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