Skypod

Skypod is Exotec's robot-based automated storage and retrieval system for warehouse fulfillment. Exotec lists up to 600 containers per hour at each station, access to any SKU within two minutes and racks up to 45 ft / 14 m.

Facts

  • Company: Exotec
  • Type: As/rs Robot
  • Core: 600 containers/h
  • Function: Fulfillment
  • Audience: Warehouses
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://www.exotec.com/skypod-automated-storage-retrieval-system/

About

About Skypod

Skypod is Exotec's robot-based automated storage and retrieval system for warehouse fulfillment.

Exotec lists up to 600 containers per hour at each station, access to any SKU within two minutes and racks up to 45 ft / 14 m. Robots travel across the floor and climb storage racks to bring bins to workstations, separating inventory density from fixed aisle-access equipment.

Specifications

  • Throughput Containers Per Hour: Pick from up to 600 containers per hour at each station
  • Sku Access Time Min: Access any SKU in the system within two minutes
  • Rack Height Ft: Racks reaching up to 45 feet / 14 meters

Capabilities

  • Warehouse automation - Customer-site use - 2026-04-09 - Exotec powers Lyreco logistics hub robotics modernization - source: exotec.com
  • Parcel handling - Customer-site use - 2026-04-09 - More than 100 Skypod robots managed parcel buffering and organization before dispatch. - source: exotec.com
  • Warehouse fulfillment - Customer-site use - Managed parcel buffering and organization before dispatch at Lyreco. - environment: Lyreco logistics hub in Villaines-la-Juhel - source: exotec.com

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Timeline

  • Exotec powers Lyreco logistics hub robotics modernization - 2026-04-09 - Deployment - The project added a 3,000-square-meter facility for logistics modernization. More than 100 Skypod robots managed parcel buffering and organization before dispatch. The deployment places Exotec powers Lyreco logistics hub robotics… - source: exotec.com
  • Exotec reaches 200+ customer sites and 10,000 robots deployed - 2025-10-15 - Deployment - Skypod operated at more than 200 customer sites worldwide. The global deployed footprint reached 10,000 robots. The deployment places Exotec's technology into commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows beyond a lab-only… - source: exotec.com
  • Exotec opens Exostudio North America demo center - 2025-06-12 - Facility Opening - The site showcases next-generation Skypod technology. The demo center supports customer evaluation of Exotec warehouse robotics in North America. The facility supports Exotec's capacity for warehouse automation and… - source: exotec.com

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Deployments

  • Deployed Robot Count - 30 Skypod robots - 2026-04-17 - E.Leclerc Seclin - grocery fulfillment - Errevi describes an E.Leclerc Seclin drive-through automation site using Exotec Skypod with 30 robots. - source: erreviautomation.com
  • Deployed Customer Sites - over 200 customer sites worldwide - 2025-10-15 - global Exotec customers - warehouse automation - Exotec reached more than 200 Skypod customer sites worldwide. - source: exotec.com

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