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Locus Robotics

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

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Founded
2014
HQ
Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA
Status
private

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Locus Robotics: 5 models, 11 deployments across 10 regions. 19 sources back the record.

CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics

Appears inLogistics robots

Models

5

Deployments

11

Patents

13

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Key facts

Chapter 11 filing

Locus Robotics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2023 following a challenging post-pandemic fundraising environment despite raising $117M Series F in November 2022. Emerged through restructuring with renewed focus on core logistics customers.

Post-restructuring status

Restructured and continuing operations. Acquired Nexera Robotics in May 2026 (Business Wire, May 19 2026), advancing mobile manipulation capabilities. NOT acquired by Ricoh.

Product

LocusBots collaborative picking AMRs

Business model

Robots-as-a-Service

Industry

Warehouse-automation

Data & sources

Press releases

2

News coverage

1

Patent documents

13

Web sources

3

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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.

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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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Relationships

UUnited Parcel ServiceCustomerSStaplesDeployerDDHL Supply ChainDeployerDDHL Supply ChainCustomerNNexera RoboticsCo-developerTTiger Global ManagementInvestorSScale Venture PartnersInvestorLLocus RoboticsCustomer

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”

    7B picks confirmed on company blog. "Quietly became part of daily fulfillment" is an honest framing — LocusBots are deployed in production warehouses, not demos. 99.99% picking accuracy, 50-70% labor reduction.

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  • VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2026-01-01
    “Locus Robotics Unveils State-of-the-Art Global Headquarters as Company Closes In On 4 Billion Picks Milestone”

    4B picks milestone confirmed. Locus subsequently announced "Seven Billion Picks" (https://locusrobotics.com/blog/seven-billion-picks-warehouse). Growth from 4B to 7B picks is rapid and verified. This is the largest verified warehouse AMR deployment metric in the industry.

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  • VerifiedCapacity · claimed 2025-01-01
    “One Billion Picks — And the Warehouse Robots Behind Them”

    1B picks at DHL alone confirmed. DHL is one of many Locus customers. The trajectory from 1B (2025) to 7B (2026) confirms rapid scaling.

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Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Locus Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR)?
An autonomous mobile robot (AMR) is a robot that navigates dynamic environments without fixed paths, using onboard perception and planning to avoid obstacles and reach destinations. AMRs differ from automated guided vehicles (AGVs) which follow fixed routes, and from automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) which operate on predefined grids. The category spans warehouse logistics (Symbotic, Locus, Geek+, Berkshire Grey, AutoStore, Ocado, MiR), captive industrial deployments (Amazon Robotics Fleet, Boston Dynamics Stretch), and hybrid grid-AS/RS+AMR systems. Per DEPLOY's framework, AMRs sit within the broader physical AI category alongside autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots, and AI-augmented industrial automation.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (4)

Founders (4)

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Board (5)

Former / Previously (1)

  • Bruce Welty Founder & former Chairman/CEOsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Locus Robotics.

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Operator customers (1)

Recent coverage

Locus Robotics in third-party press

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

May 24, 2026

Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics for grasping technology

May 19, 2026

Locus Robotics acquires Nexera Robotics advancing mobile manipulation

May 19, 2026

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