Exotec · working robot
Skypod
A French storage system in which wheeled robots climb up racks to fetch bins and bring them to picking stations.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
Not sure this is the one? Find the best robot for your job Starts with: move boxes or carts. Five more quick questions.
Why it matters
Its robots both drive on the floor and climb the storage racks themselves, so no fixed shuttles or cranes are needed.
Real-world use
First units ran at Cdiscount's Cestas warehouse in 2017; Exotec says more than 75 brands use its systems.
Timeline
- Released
- 2017
Maker
ExotecCompany · founded 2015 · Wasquehal (Lille area), FranceUS$335M at a US$2B valuation (January 2022)
Public attention
How much public attention Skypod gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 2 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Its robots drive and climb the racks on their own under warehouse software, bringing bins to human pickers with no one steering them.
- Actuators & motors
- Wheeled robots that drive across the floor and climb the racking to fetch containers
- Sensors & vision
- Laser navigation
- Battery & power
- Robots return to charging stations automatically
Lineage
Every Exotec machine in order.
Watch Skypod
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
- Assembled in Croix (from 2018); new Imaginarium HQ and production site near Lille opened in 2026
- Customers and pilots
- Cdiscount (Cestas from 2017, later Reau)
Where it works
2 reported deployments.
- Deployed
Cdiscount · Cdiscount Cestas warehouse · Cestas · since 2017
Cdiscount's Cestas warehouse near Bordeaux was the first to run Exotec Skypod robots. La Tribune
- Deployed
Cdiscount · Cdiscount Reau warehouse · Reau
Cdiscount later installed Exotec Skypod robots at its Reau warehouse. La Tribune
Sources
Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.
Photos and logos only identify each robot and its maker. Simbeing is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsing any company, and nothing here is advertising. Figures are for statistics only and are not advice of any kind. Terms of use