Locus Robotics
🇺🇸 US Serves global
US maker of collaborative warehouse picking AMRs offered as robots-as-a-service.
- RaaS
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
Logistics & Warehousing
Warehouse picking-as-a-service
AMRs or robotic arms picking orders, paid per pick or per month.
People ask for this as: “robot picking as a service”, “pick robot rental”, “warehouse robots RaaS”
How it works
Robots used
- AMR
- Picking Arm
Ways to buy it
- Raas — a subscription covering robot, software and support.
- Purchase Buy the robot (plus software and service plans, usually).
- Rental — the machine for days or weeks.
Bot or Not?
A robot makes sense when…
- The job is high, dangerous, or hard to reach
- It is huge or repetitive (acres, nights, square metres)
- You need data you will compare over time
- You need eyes on it right now
Hire a human when…
- It is small, low and one-off
- It needs hands, judgement or a repair
- Weather, permits or timing make robots awkward
- Nobody has defined the job yet
Here's the catch for this job
- RaaS lowers upfront cost; check minimum term and per-pick fees.
- Ask for references with similar SKU profiles and throughput.
- Integration with your WMS is often the long pole.
Rules of thumb, not a sales pitch. Take the Ladder Test →
What it costs
Published ranges, each with a receipt. Not quotes: your price depends on scope, location and date. older price = 18+ months.
The receipt as a table
| What | Range | Unit | Region | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locus Robotics AMRs offered as a service (reported) | $2,000 | / robot per month | US | civl.com as of Oct 2026 |
Price history
Only one observation per series so far: we started recording every price on 2026-10-25 and re-check every source on a schedule. A trend appears when a re-checked source shows a different price (we never overwrite old observations).
| Series | Latest | Observations | Observed | Trend | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locus Robotics AMRs offered as a service (reported) | $2,000 / robot per month | 1 | Oct 25, 2026 ✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026 | — | civl.com |
Sources re-checked: 1 of 1 series confirmed on the live source (last check Oct 25, 2026). Log: price_rechecks.jsonl
Append-only: we never overwrite a recorded price. JSON: /api/prices/history?use_case=warehouse-picking-raas
What to specify and ask
Put these in your request and you'll get a real price instead of "it depends":
- Orders and order lines per day and peak multiplier
- Pick-to-cart, pick-to-tote or goods-to-person preference
- Facility size and layout
- SKU count and order profile
- Throughput (units or pallets per hour)
- Shifts per day
- WMS/ERP in use
- Integration timeline
- Budget model (capex vs RaaS)
Rules and regulation
Follow ANSI/RIA R15.08 (mobile robots), ISO 3691-4 (driverless trucks) and local workplace safety rules.
General information, not legal advice. Rules change; ask the operator which permits they hold and verify them.
Providers who do this
Filters by headquarters or published service area.
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Chinese warehouse robotics company (goods-to-person, sorting).
- Purchase
- RaaS
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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🇨🇳 CN Serves global
Chinese AMR maker.
- Purchase
- RaaS
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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🇺🇸 US Serves US
US goods-to-person robots as a service.
- RaaS
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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🇯🇵 JP Serves JP, global
Japanese pick-assist AMR and ASRS company.
- RaaS
- Purchase
- Public quote page
- 3 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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🇸🇰 SK Serves global
Slovak/US autonomous picking robot.
- RaaS
- Public quote page
- 2 jobs
- Oct 25, 2026
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🇨🇳 CN Serves global
Chinese warehouse AMR maker.
- Purchase
- RaaS
- Public quote page
- 1 job
- Oct 25, 2026
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