May 2025 was a busy month for the automated warehouse market. Big events like the Robotics Summit & Expo and Automate brought an avalanche of new products. At the same time, robotics providers announced a few large deployments that caught our readers’ attention.
Here are the 10 most popular articles on this site from the past month. Subscribe to the Automated Warehouse Newsletter to stay updated and have the news delivered straight to your inbox.
10. ABB upgrades Flexley Mover AMR in May 2025
ABB is extending its portfolio of fully autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), by equipping its Flexley Mover P604 with 3D visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) navigation and user-friendly AMR Studio programming software. The Zurich-based company said the Flexley launch is part of its overall effort towards offering robots that are more versatile, efficient, and easier to use. Read more.
9. 37 Brightpick Autopickers get to work in Tennessee distribution center
Brightpick said it has installed 37 Autopicker multi-purpose robots at Superior Communications, a North American distributor of mobile accessories, to automate a distribution center in LaVergne, Tenn. The fleet of Autopicker robots will handle all aspects of the fulfillment process, from picking and buffering orders of screen protectors, phone cases, accessories, and telecommunication equipment to consolidating and dispatching shipments to retail stores. Read more.
8. Ambi Robotics sells out AmbiStack for 2025
Ambi Robotics Inc., a developer of robotic sorting and stacking systems, said it has sold out of its latest product, AmbiStack, for 2025. The company said this was due to strong demand from Fortune 500 shipping and logistics customers. This news comes just a few months after Ambi introduced AmbiStack. Read more.
7. May 2025: Most innovative 3PLs driving warehouse innovation
Third-party logistics providers (3PLs) play a key role in supply chains, providing inventory management, order fulfillment, warehouse, transportation, and returns processing services for their clients. This offers economies of scale to brands of all sizes, from small consumer packaged goods makers to massive e-commerce companies. Read more.
6. Geek+ launches SkyCube pallet-to-person system at cold chain facility
Geekplus Technology Co. in May 2025 launched SkyCube, its first pallet-to-person system. The company designed it to automate warehouse operations across frozen and chilled zones. The system is now live at a 2,700 sq. m flagship facility operated by JJCL (Jinjiang Cold Logistics), a leading cold-chain logistics provider. Read more.
5. Locus Array and robots-to-goods are the next era of warehouse automation
When Locus Robotics introduced Locus Array to select customers behind closed doors at ProMat, the excitement was undeniable. Warehouse leaders from the company’s third-party logistics, retail, industrial, and healthcare accounts saw a new way to solve their most persistent challenges — labor, flexibility, and throughput. Read more.
4. Doig Corp. debuts off-the-shelf automated palletizer powered by OnRobot D:PLOY
Doig, a Wisconsin-based automation integrator, debuted its off-the-shelf palletizing system Pallet EZ at Automate in May 2025. The company developed the system, powered by the D:PLOY platform, in collaboration with OnRobot. Read more.
3. Universal Robots releases the UR15, its fastest cobot yet
Universal Robots unveiled its fastest collaborative robot yet. The UR15 has a maximum TCP speed of 5 m/s to reduce cycle times, increase productivity, and reduce costs across applications and industries. For pick-and-place applications, the company said the UR15 delivers up to 30% cycle time improvements compared to other UR models. Read more.
2. DHL buying 1,000+ Stretch robots from Boston Dynamics
DHL Group, a global leader in logistics, is expanding its already strong relationship with Boston Dynamics. Through a memorandum of understanding, DHL plans to deploy more than 1,000 additional Stretch robots from Boston Dynamics by 2030. The companies are also looking to expand the types of applications Stretch is used for, beyond container unloading. Read more.
1. Amazon’s Vulcan robot uses force sensing to stow items
Amazon is opening new automation opportunities by deploying its first robots that use force and touch sensing to improve material handling tasks. One of the classic applications for robots at Amazon warehouses is centered around the goods-to-person (G2P) system with the Kiva robots. Read more.
