Locus Robotics · working robot
Locus Max
A heavy-payload Locus robot for pallets and cartons. Payload and size (1,666 x 1,184 x 419 mm) are from a third-party database, not Locus.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 1361 kgCarries more than 87%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 8 hRuns longer than 29%
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Why it matters
Locus Max is on the market today.
Real-world use
In use at several sites at launch, with wider availability planned for 2023.
Maker
Locus RoboticsCompany · founded 2014 · Wilmington, Massachusetts, United StatesHow it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Locus Max carries more than 87% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Locus Max runs longer than 29% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, price.
Public attention
#16 of 396 current machines in public attention.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- about 22,000 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; 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 moves pallets and cartons around warehouses on its own under fleet software.
- AI & software
- LocusONE multi-bot orchestration platform
- Other details
- Heavy-payload AMR for cartons and pallets
Lineage
Every Locus Robotics machine in order.
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
- Sold or delivered
- Deployed at several sites at launch; limited availability 2022, general availability 2023. Locus reports a global fleet of more than 22,000 robots (all models) at 360+ sites in 20+ countries for 150+ customers (October 2026)
- Where it is sold or used
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
- Customers and pilots
- DHL Supply Chain (Locus fleet customer)
News
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- Locus named No. 1 AMR vendor in the Americas
Interact Analysis ranked Locus first by revenue again; its fleet exceeds 22,000 robots and 8.5 billion picks.
Locus Robotics - Locus passes 4 billion picks
Locus said its robots worldwide had picked four billion units.
Locus Robotics - Locus adds Vector and Max at MODEX
Locus expanded its LocusBot line with the Vector and the heavy-payload Max.
Logistics Business
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Locus MaxLocus Robotics |  MiR1350Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR, Teradyne)Same job: moving pallets and heavy loads · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  MiR600Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR, Teradyne)Same job: moving pallets and heavy loads · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2022-03 | 2021-08-12 | 2021-08-12 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 4.3 km/h | 7.2 km/h |
| Payload | 1361 kg | 1350 kg | 600 kg |
| Battery | 8 h | 9.8 h | 10.8 h |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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