Locus Robotics Launches Locus Array, the First End-to-End Autonomous Warehouse Fulfilment System

Locus Robotics launched Locus Array on 3 May 2026, a system the company describes as the first fully autonomous, end-to-end warehouse fulfilment platform. The product combines mobile robotics, integrated robotic picking arms and AI-driven perception, orchestrated by the LocusONE platform, into a unified robotic fleet that handles picking, putaway, induction, drop-off, slotting and replenishment without human intervention.

What is new about it

Locus introduces a new category it calls Robots-to-Goods, or R2G. The contrast is with two legacy patterns. Goods-to-Person systems — such as those AutoStore and Symbotic build — move inventory to a stationary human picker. Person-to-Goods systems — the conventional warehouse with mobile workers walking the aisles — stay close to traditional layout. R2G dynamically assigns mobile robots to tasks in real time, with picking arms and perception bringing the goods to the right place in the right sequence without either fixed conveyors or human pickers.

The economics claim

The company reports up to 90% reduction in manual labour, 24/7 operation, and parallel order processing within warehouse aisles. Critically, Locus says deployment takes "weeks, without redesigning facilities or adding complex infrastructure." That last point is the differentiator against legacy automation, which typically requires multi-year facility redesigns and tens of millions in fixed-infrastructure investment.

Customers and rollout

DHL Supply Chain is named as an early access customer. Sally Miller, DHL Supply Chain's Global Chief Information Officer, has been publicly supportive. CEO Rick Faulk leads Locus Robotics. Early-access deployments are running in North America with planned scale-out to Europe and Asia-Pacific. For European logistics operators — including those running operations through Luxembourg-based logistics infrastructure and the Greater Region — the deployment timing matters because the next 18 months will determine which automation paradigm becomes the procurement default.

What it means for warehouse labour

The honest answer is: meaningful displacement of low-skill picking and replenishment roles. The economic-development question — whether logistics employment shifts toward maintenance, supervision and exception-handling, or whether net employment shrinks — is open and will play out differently across markets. In Luxembourg, where logistics employs tens of thousands and is a strategic sector, the 2026-2028 window is when this calculation gets serious.

The wider AI agent angle

Locus Array is the operational expression of the AI agent thesis. It is autonomous AI software directing physical machines that perceive, reason and act in the real world without manual orchestration. The same architectural ideas that power agentic AI in software — planning, tool use, real-time perception — are now arriving on the warehouse floor. Other operators are working similar systems. Gartner forecasts that 40% of enterprise applications will include embedded task-specific AI agents by end-2026, and the warehouse is one of the first places that forecast becomes physical.