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WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-=KYODO JBN/ --

  -- Leader in Warehouse Robotics Achieves Milestone In Just 94 Days

Locus Robotics (www.locusrobotics.com), the market leader in autonomous mobile

robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, today announced they have surpassed

the half-a-billion-units-picked milestone. This new achievement was attained

just 94 days after Locus reached their 400M level.

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"Reaching our half-billion pick milestone this quickly underscores the critical

business value that Locus's proven technology brings to our customers around

the world as they face exploding order volumes and limited labor availability,"

said Rick Faulk, CEO, Locus Robotics." As ecommerce volumes increase, the pace

of picking with LocusBots is also increasing exponentially. Locus's first

100-million milestone took 1,542 days while the most recent 100 million picks

took just 94 days. Locus is proud to have helped our customers efficiently meet

this challenge while positioning them for success today, and easily-scalable

growth in the future."

The 500 millionth pick was made at a VF Corporation Fulfillment Center in

Prague, Czech Republic and the item picked was a pair of Vans Old Skool Shoes.

As more shoppers continue to buy online and as businesses prepare for what is

expected to be a record-breaking holiday season, retailers and fulfillment

warehouse operators are turning to AMRs to meet growing demand and mitigate

labor shortages to avoid the risk of losing valuable customers.

"DHL Supply Chain is committed to bringing innovative and

productivity-enhancing technology to our customers with partners like Locus so

that they have the capacity and flexibility to capitalize on new opportunities

in the marketplace," said Adrian Kumar, Vice President, Global Operations

Science, DHL Supply Chain. "We congratulate Locus on this momentous achievement

and look forward to continuing to work with Locus to drive productivity,

support capacity growth, and deliver continuous improvement within our

customers' supply chains."

LocusBots have now traveled more than 3 million miles in customers' warehouses,

the equivalent of more than 120 times around the Earth.

"Innovation and an unrelenting drive towards customer success have no doubt

been drivers in this achievement." Says John Santagate, Vice President of

Robotics at Korber Supply Chain. "500M picks handled on LocusBots is quite the

milestone.  Congratulations to the Locus team and here's to the next 500M"

Locus Robotics' industry-leading robotics fulfillment solution enables brands,

retailers, and third-party logistics (3PL) operators to easily meet higher

order volumes and increasing consumer demand for e-commerce, retail,

omnichannel, and manufacturing order fulfillment. Global customers, including

CEVA, DHL, Boots UK, GEODIS, Whiplash, Saddle Creek, Quiet 3PF, Radial, and

others, are doubling or tripling their fulfillment productivity while lowering

labor recruitment, training, and retention costs.

About Locus Robotics

Locus Robotics' revolutionary, multi-bot solution incorporates powerful and

intelligent autonomous mobile robots that operate collaboratively with human

workers to dramatically improve piece-handling productivity 2X-3X, with less

labor than traditional picking systems. This award-winning solution helps

retailers, 3PLs, and specialty warehouses efficiently meet and exceed the

increasingly complex and demanding requirements of fulfillment environments.

LocusBots may be easily integrated into existing warehouse infrastructures and

new warehouses without disrupting workflows to instantly transform productivity

without transforming the warehouse. For more information, visit

www.locusrobotics.com.

SOURCE: Locus Robotics

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