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Logistics & Warehousing 物流仓储

Fulfilment at scale — picking, sorting and moving goods with fleets of mobile robots.

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Logistics is where robotics meets the e-commerce economy. Warehouses and sortation centres run on AMRs, goods-to-person systems, robotic arms for picking and conveyors choreographed by fleet software — all aimed at moving more parcels, faster, with less labour.

It is one of the largest and fastest-growing robotics markets because the ROI is unambiguous and the labour pressure is acute. The remaining hard problem — reliable robotic picking of arbitrary items — is exactly where AI-driven manipulation and even humanoids are being trialled first.

What to watch

  • Robotic picking of arbitrary items as the key unlock
  • Humanoids and arms trialled inside warehouses
  • Fleet software coordinating mixed robot types

Key Players

Representative companies operating in this part of the value chain.

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Agility Robotics Salem · US · est. 2015
Humanoid

Digit, a bipedal humanoid for warehouse logistics.

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Geek+ 极智嘉 Beijing · CN · est. 2015
AGV/AMR

Autonomous mobile robots for warehouse fulfilment.

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Hikrobot 海康机器人 Hangzhou · CN · est. 2016
AGV/AMR & Vision

Machine vision and mobile robots; a Hikvision affiliate.

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Quicktron 快仓智能 Shanghai · CN · est. 2014
AGV/AMR

Warehouse autonomous-mobile-robot systems.

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Locus Robotics Wilmington · US · est. 2014
AGV/AMR

Collaborative warehouse AMRs for e-commerce fulfilment.

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Boston Dynamics 波士顿动力 Waltham · US · est. 1992
Quadruped & Humanoid

Atlas humanoid, Spot quadruped and Stretch logistics robot.

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