Robust.AI · working robot
Carter
A camera-guided warehouse cart robot with configurable shelves, a touchscreen and barcode scanner that follows pickers or drives loads on its own, but can also be pushed by hand. Unveiled as a concept in 2022, it reached production as Carter Pro in October 2024, and a Gen 3 version with Aptiv radar-vision sensing followed in 2026.
- Price
- —Offered as performance-based robots-as-a-service
- Height
- 194 cmTaller than 96%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 100 kgCarries more than 39%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 18 hRuns longer than 93%
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Why it matters
Designed so warehouse staff can grab its handlebar and push or steer it like an ordinary cart, sensing force over the whole robot.
Real-world use
DHL Supply Chain reported 60%+ productivity gains in 2025 and signed a five-year alliance for Mexico; Saddle Creek, ShipLab and O'Neill Logistics (24 robots) deployed Carter in 2025-2026.
Timeline
- Released
- 2024-10-16
Maker
Robust.AICompany · founded 2019 · San Carlos, California, United StatesHow it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Carter is taller than 96% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Carter carries more than 39% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Carter runs longer than 93% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, speed, joints, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Carter gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; 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 drives loads or follows pickers by itself; workers can also push it by hand when they want.
- Sensors & vision
- Camera-based visual SLAM (no lidar); about 20 on-board cameras reported; Gen 3 Carter adds Aptiv PULSE radar-vision sensor fusion
- AI & software
- Grace no-code software suite for coordinating people and robots
- Other details
- Force-sensing handlebar lets workers push and steer it by hand
From the maker
Carter is the only machine from Robust.AI in the atlas.
Watch Carter
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedOffered as performance-based robots-as-a-service
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- First production Carter Pro came off the line in late 2024
- Sold or delivered
- Sold as a service; DHL capped at a share of output
- Where it is sold or used
- United States
- Customers and pilots
- DHL Supply Chain (US and Mexico)
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Robust.AI picks Aptiv sensor for Gen 3 Carter
Robust.AI chose Aptiv's PULSE radar-vision perception for its third-generation Carter.
The Robot Report - Carter Pro is built to be moved by people
TechCrunch described Carter Pro's camera-based navigation and DHL deployment.
TechCrunch - Robust.AI launches Carter Pro
Robust.AI launched the production Carter Pro and deployments with DHL Supply Chain.
Robust.AI
Sources
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