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Locus Origin
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CommercialUnited StatesFully autonomous

Locus Robotics · working robot

Locus Origin

A tall, narrow robot carrying totes or bins with an iPad screen on top that drives to each shelf location, where a warehouse worker places the item, then takes the order to packing. It carries up to 36 kg and runs up to 14 hours per charge.

Price
—Mainly offered as robots-as-a-service; no list price published
Height
158 cmTaller than 88%
Weight
—Not published
Payload
36 kgCarries more than 26%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
14 hRuns longer than 87%

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Why it matters

Its 'robots come to the picker' model became one of the most widely deployed warehouse AMR approaches after Amazon took Kiva in-house.

Real-world use

Locus reports more than 20,000 robots across 360+ sites in 20+ countries and over 8 billion picks (all models combined).

Timeline

First shown
2016
Released
2016
First enterprise deployments of Locus's original picking robot (later branded Locus Origin); company founded 2014 by the Quiet Logistics team

Maker

Locus RoboticsCompany · founded 2014 · Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: weight, speed, joints, price.

Public attention

How much public attention Locus Origin gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

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. It drives itself to each pick location and on to packing, while workers place the items in its totes.
Sensors & vision
Multi-sensor, camera-based navigation
Battery & power
Up to 14 hours; about 50 minutes to charge
AI & software
LocusONE fleet software; iPad interface in 40+ languages
Other details
36 kg payload; 51.8 x 57.9 x 157.5 cm; carries totes, bins, cartons or shelves

Lineage

Every Locus Robotics machine in order.

  1. Locus OriginLocus Origin2016Commercial
  2. Locus MaxLocus Max2022Commercial
  3. Locus VectorLocus Vector2022Commercial
  4. Locus ArrayLocus Array2025Commercial

Watch Locus Origin

Video: Locus Robotics on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not publishedMainly offered as robots-as-a-service; no list price published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
More than 22,000 Locus robots in the global fleet, all models (October 2026)
Sold or delivered
Locus reports 150+ customers at 360+ sites
Customers and pilots
Carhartt, MSK Pharma (63 robots), DHL Supply Chain

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Locus ranked top AMR vendor in the Americas

    Interact Analysis ranked Locus first by Americas AMR revenue for a second year; Locus cites 22,000+ robots and 8.5 billion picks.

    Locus Robotics

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Locus Robotics Locus Origin Locus Robotics About Us Locus Robotics Locus Robotics

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