WarehouseRack-climbing warehouse robots

Skypod

Name: Skypod
Brand: Exotec

Skypod is a warehouse storage system from French company Exotec. Small robots drive across the floor and climb tall storage racks to fetch boxes of goods, then bring them to workers who pick the orders. The Robot Report, 18 Jan 2022

Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Company-reported only
Human help: None reported
Last milestone: 6 Feb 2025

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: In warehouses of retailers and logistics firms around the world; Exotec said in December 2024 it had more than 135 customer sites. Robotics 24/7, 15 Dec 2024
Published price: No published price in our sources.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

6 Feb 2025
Update
Exotec launched a new generation of Skypod with a smaller robot that can handle both single items and whole cases.
SCXchange, 6 Feb 2025Company-reported
15 Dec 2024
Update
Exotec said its robots were bringing out more than one million storage boxes a day across all its sites.
Robotics 24/7, 15 Dec 2024Company-reported
12 March 2024
Update
Exotec said it had sold more than $1 billion of systems and was working at more than 100 customer sites.
Air Freight News, 12 Mar 2024Company-reported
March 2023
Production
Exotec said it had built its 5,000th robot.
Robotics 24/7, 21 Mar 2023Company-reported
Jan 2022
Funding
Exotec raised $335 million in a Series D round to grow its Skypod business.
The Robot Report, 18 Jan 2022Company-reported
April 2021
Paying customers · sets the stage
Exotec announced a deal with clothing retailer Gap to use Skypod robots.
FreightWaves, 17 Jan 2022Company-reported
Nov 2019
Update
Fast Retailing, owner of Uniqlo, said Exotec and Mujin would help bring more automation to its warehouses.
Reuters via The Business of Fashion, Nov 2019
2015
Update
Exotec was founded in France in 2015.
The Robot Report, 18 Jan 2022

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
4
Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: Exotec announced a deal with clothing retailer Gap to use Skypod robots (April 2021).
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Recent figures (sites, robots, boxes per day) come from Exotec itself; we found no independent count for 2025 or 2026.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Skypod (Exotec): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/exotec. Checked 19 October 2026.