Brightpick claims 2x throughput at 40% cost
Brightpick unveiled Gridpicker—AI‑powered mobile manipulators on a high‑density grid—claiming 2x throughput at 40% lower cost and improving economics as AI picking share rises. If validated in multiple sites, that model could tighten the cost case for robotic picking over manual labor. (x.com)
Brightpick issued the Gridpicker press release on March 17, 2026, and said it will show the system at LogiMAT in Stuttgart on March 24, 2026 (Hall 8, Stand 8B25). (brightpick.ai) Company materials state Gridpicker can handle up to 10 order lines per hour per square meter and support storage racks up to 12 meters (40 feet) high. (brightpick.ai) Brightpick’s announcement claims the system enables as much as 95% labour savings and asserts deployments will require roughly 5x less labour than legacy shuttle AS/RS installations. (brightpick.ai) The firm says its existing Autopicker fleet has completed over one billion picks in live production, which Brightpick frames as an AI training and pickability dataset advantage. (aimagazine.com) Brightpick reported multiple customers have already placed orders for Gridpicker and that the company expects the first installation to occur later in 2026. (brightpick.ai) The press release describes a unit‑economics effect: Brightpick says system cost per throughput declines as the share of SKUs that are robotically pickable rises. (roboticsandautomationnews.com) Brightpick posted an official launch video titled “Introducing Gridpicker” on YouTube ahead of the LogiMAT demo. (youtube.com)
