Locus robots

1. 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.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: DHL Supply Chain passed 1 billion picks with help from Locus robots, with thousands of the robots at more than 40 sites (23 Feb 2026); Locus said its robots had helped with more than 6 billion picks, and that tens of thousands of its robots were at work in North America, Europe and Asia (2025).

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Locus is privately held and does not publish audited robot counts. Exact publication days of some Robot Report articles were unclear, so only the year or month is given.