Cartken · working robot
Cartken Hauler
A larger outdoor version of Cartken's robot for factory campuses and rough ground, carrying up to 300 kg or towing about 1,000 kg; a temperature-controlled version carries lab samples.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 102 cmTaller than 53%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 300 kgCarries more than 57%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 16 hRuns longer than 91%
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Why it matters
Cartken Hauler is on the market today.
Real-world use
Melco Mobility Solutions, a Mitsubishi Electric affiliate, announced it would buy nearly 100 Haulers for Japanese industrial sites (reported July 2025).
Maker
CartkenCompany · founded 2019 · Oakland, California, United StatesMore than $20M from 468 Capital, Incubate Fund, Vela Partners and others
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Cartken Hauler is taller than 53% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Cartken Hauler carries more than 57% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Cartken Hauler runs longer than 91% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, speed, joints, price.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It drives materials around factory campuses by itself, with remote staff on hand for tricky spots.
- Sensors & vision
- Camera-first perception with depth and colour cameras and sensor fusion; no lidar; works without GPS
- Compute
- NVIDIA Jetson (NVIDIA named Cartken as a Jetson user)
- Battery & power
- 16+ hours runtime; self-charging
- AI & software
- AI navigation trained on years of Cartken delivery data; integrates with doors, gates and elevators; routes set up in minutes
- Other details
- Heavy-duty indoor-outdoor AMR carrying 300 kg (660 lb) and towing 1,000 kg (2,200 lb), with interchangeable compartments.
Lineage
Every Cartken machine in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Where it is sold or used
- Cartken, Oakland, California, United States
- Customers and pilots
- Melco Mobility Solutions (Mitsubishi Electric group) said it would buy nearly 100 Haulers for Japanese industrial sites; ZF Lifetec was Cartken's first big industrial customer
News
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- Cartken pivots to industrial robots
TechCrunch reported Cartken's shift from food delivery to factories and labs, the Hauler launch and an order for nearly 100 Haulers from a Mitsubishi company.
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Sources
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