Doup1000 AMR lifts 2,205 lb pallets
- Doup Robotics said April 27 it released the Doup1000, a Japan-built autonomous mobile robot for factories and warehouses that can move 1,000-kilogram pallets. - The company says the robot combines a 2.0-meter-per-second top speed with ±3-millimeter stopping accuracy in a 1,200-by-810-by-255-millimeter low-profile chassis. - The launch targets labor shortages and heavier pallet moves still handled manually or by forklifts. (prtimes.jp)
Autonomous mobile robots are warehouse carts that drive themselves, using onboard sensors and maps instead of rails or fixed tracks. Doup Robotics said on April 27 it released a new one, the Doup1000, for factories and logistics sites in Japan. (prtimes.jp) The headline number is payload: 1,000 kilograms, or about 2,205 pounds. Doup Robotics said the machine is built for pallet transport and other heavy-load moves that smaller autonomous carts often cannot handle. (prtimes.jp) The company also paired that payload with speed and positioning claims that are unusually tight for warehouse traffic. It lists a top speed of 2.0 meters per second and stopping accuracy within ±3 millimeters when using Laser SLAM, a navigation method that lets robots locate themselves by reading their surroundings with laser scans. (prtimes.jp) (douprobotics.com) The body is low to the ground, which matters for pallets and heavy cases that need to be picked up from low-bed equipment. Doup Robotics lists the chassis at 1,200 by 810 by 255 millimeters in its release, while its website lists height at 270 millimeters, suggesting the company may be using slightly different measurements across materials. (prtimes.jp) (douprobotics.com) Safety is part of the pitch because these robots are meant to work around people, not behind cages. Doup Robotics said the Doup1000 ships with sensors and controllers that meet Performance Level d under ISO 13849-1, an international machine-safety standard. (prtimes.jp) (douprobotics.com) The software stack is the other half of the product. The company says its DoupFleet management system is designed so floor staff can set routes and manage operations without programmable logic controller work or coding, and its site says robot communications follow the VDA 5050 interface standard used in industrial mobile robotics. (prtimes.jp) (douprobotics.com) Doup Robotics is a young company making a domestic-manufacturing argument in a market crowded with imported automation gear. The Tokyo startup says it was founded in September 2025 and develops both hardware and software in-house in Japan, which it says should make customization and system integration faster. (douprobotics.com) (prtimes.jp) Industry coverage in Japan framed the launch around labor shortages in manufacturing and logistics, where companies are trying to automate more pallet movement without redesigning entire sites around fixed equipment. LNEWS reported the Doup1000 was released on April 27 and highlighted the same combination of 1,000-kilogram payload, low-floor design and ±3-millimeter stopping precision. (lnews.jp) (prtimes.jp) For now, the Doup1000 looks less like a consumer-style robot launch than a direct bid for forklift-adjacent work inside factories and warehouses. Doup Robotics said it is taking inquiries and live-demo requests as it starts selling the platform. (prtimes.jp)
