TL;DR

• AutoPallet Robotics unlocks automated case picking for existing warehouses. Our novel system delivers rapid ROI by leveraging the current infrastructure to deploy swarms of hundreds of small, agile, mobile robots.
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The Team

Nathan and Eric met at Olin College of Engineering 9 years ago, where they collaborated on over 15 projects.

CEO - Nathan brings four years of experience in machine learning. In his previous position, he worked on robot software and explored heuristic-based and RL-based methods for multi-robot scheduling.

CTO - Eric has extensive experience creating hardware, electronics, and software for modern robotics systems, including five years at Skydio, founding and growing the Autonomy Infrastructure team.

The Problem

Case picking for order selecting, a critical task in the supply chain for grocery stores, retail, and restaurants, remains largely manual in U.S. warehouses. We estimate that over 30 billion cases are manually moved between pallets annually, resulting in labor costs exceeding $10 billion each year.

Current automation solutions are prohibitively expensive and fall into two main categories:

1. Build a new warehouse with extensive conveyor belt systems, industrial robot arms, and high-density case storage. Costs range from $100M to $350M per warehouse.
2. Install large mobile robots that directly replace humans in existing warehouses at a cost of $300k to $500k per unit. This high capital expenditure and long ROI period make them infeasible for many businesses.

Our Solution Is Fundamentally Different

We've developed a way to retrofit existing warehouse infrastructure with swarms of affordable, agile robots to automate the order-selecting process. This approach eliminates the need to rebuild warehouses from scratch or invest in expensive large mobile robots. We are designing our system to:

• Meet or exceed your current throughput—our robots work in swarms, easily picking tens of thousands of cases per shift.
• Ensure resilience through a decentralized swarm that continues operating even if several robots fail.
• Optimize multi-stop deliveries and create maximally dense pallets using an AI-powered pallet-building algorithm.
• Deliver a typical ROI in less than 12 months.

How You Can Help

We’re actively seeking partnerships and collaborations to propel our mission forward. If you or anyone in your network is interested in exploring opportunities or learning more, we’d love to connect! We’re especially interested in engaging with:

• Retailers and 3PLs operating distribution centers
• Grocery and Broadline Foodservice Distributors

If this resonates with you or someone you know, please don’t hesitate to reach out! connect@autopallet.bot or send us an inquiry