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Symbotic System at United States

Symbotic (NASDAQ: SYM) is a warehouse-automation company (Wilmington, Massachusetts; founder Rick Cohen) whose system combines fleets of SymBot autonomous mobile robots, vision-guided robotic arms, and a fixed storage structure, orchestrated by AI software to perform end-to-end case handling (depalletization, storage, palletization). It is the most heavily verified entity in the AMR cohort: SEC filings confirm a roughly $22.5 billion backlog, that Walmart accounts for about 85.6% of a recent quarter's revenue, and deployment across dozens of Walmart regional distribution centers, with additional customers including Albertsons, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Target, and the SoftBank GreenBox joint venture.

In January 2025 (not 2026, correcting the dispatch) Symbotic acquired Walmart's Advanced Systems and Robotics business for $200 million plus up to $350 million contingent, alongside a separate $520 million Walmart-funded program for 400 Accelerated Pickup and Delivery systems. Maturity is commercial; it is a system rather than a single roaming robot.

Symbotic System by Symbotic · Operated by Symbotic · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Warehouse & Logistics Robotics

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Walmart has deployed Symbotic's autonomous warehouse robotics system across its US regional distribution center network under a long-term strategic partnership. Symbotic's AI-powered robots handle inbound and outbound case movement, palletizing, and inventory sorting using a high-density automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) with a fleet of mobile robots.

A full-scale deployment began at Walmart's Brooksville, Florida DC in 2021 (announced May 2021). In December 2022 Walmart and Symbotic signed a $1.4 billion master services agreement to expand the system to all 42 of Walmart's regional distribution centers, making Walmart the anchor customer for Symbotic's national rollout.

Key facts

Contract value
$1.4B master services agreement (December 2022)
Scale
42 regional distribution centers across the US
First full-scale DC
Brooksville, Florida (launched 2021)
System
Symbotic AS/RS with mobile robot fleet for case movement and palletizing
Partnership start
2017

Safety record

No incidents on record for Symbotic System at United States.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Symbotic System
Company
Symbotic
Location
United States
Operator
Symbotic
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2017-01-01
ID
0964b465-6e9c-4b70-b022-b85a150f122c

Timeline

  1. Jan 2017
    First recorded
    Symbotic System first documented operating at United States.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. BusinessWire: Symbotic and Walmart $1.4B strategic agreement to deploy across 42 regional distribution centers (Dec 13, 2022) · https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221213006127/en/Symbotic-and-Walmart-Sign-a-Strategic-Agreement-to-Deploy-and-Host-Symbotic%E2%80%99s-Technology-Across-Walmart%E2%80%99s-Regional-Distribution-Center-Network
  2. BusinessWire: Walmart and Symbotic launch full-scale deployment of autonomous AI-powered robotic technology (May 13, 2021) · https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210513005219/en/Walmart-and-Symbotic-Launch-Full-Scale-Deployment-of-Autonomous-AI-Powered-Robotic-Technology
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: amr

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Common questions

What is the Symbotic System deployment at United States?
Symbotic System, built by Symbotic, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Symbotic operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Symbotic System at United States?
Symbotic, the manufacturer of Symbotic System, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Symbotic System deployment at United States go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2017 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Symbotic System deployment at United States?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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