The Robot ShiftBuyer's Guide
02Store03Pick

Case-handling robots (ACR)

Tall robots fetch totes and cartons from high racks.

Scaled

Thousands of units in daily work across many customers and countries.

3D model of a case-handling robot

What it does

An autonomous case-handling robot drives along rack aisles, takes totes or cartons from levels up to 10 metres or more and carries them to a pick station. Newer designs climb the rack itself.

The numbers

2.7 sper tote, HaiPick A42T-E2Hai claim
600/htotes per workstation, QuickBin UltraQuicktron claim
up to 6xworker efficiency, HaiPick System 3Hai claim

Best for

  • Dense tote storage in an existing building
  • Many SKUs of small and medium items
  • Automating without a fixed AS/RS

Watch out for

  • Check that your racks and floor suit the system.
  • Throughput depends on station design and robot count.
  • Fire and sprinkler rules for tall racks vary by country.

What it costs

Vendors quote per project and do not publish unit prices. Geek+ claims a 1 to 2 year ROI for RoboShuttle.

Why we rate it scaled

Hai Robotics reports more than 10,000 HaiClimber robots contracted across 12 countries and RMB 2.02 billion in 2025 revenue.

Who makes it in China

Hai Robotics海柔创新

HaiPick Climb

Design
Robots climb the rack
Rate
Up to 4,000 tote deliveries/h (claim)
Contracted
10,000+ robots, 12 countries
Customers
ANTA, Panasonic, Arvato, ITOCHU

Source: Automated Warehouse, Aug 2026

Geek+极智嘉

RoboShuttle

Rack height
Up to 11 m, 12 m with RS Air
Station rate
800 totes/h (RoboShuttle Hyper)
ROI
1–2 years (claim)

Source: Geek+ RoboShuttle page

Ask every vendor

  • How many totes per hour per station at a live reference site?
  • What rack height and aisle width does your quote assume?
  • Who maintains the robots in our country, and how fast do they respond?
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