Hikrobot launches box storage upgrade and Mingzhi mobile robots

Hikrobot has worked in manufacturing for more than 10 years and uses AI as the base for businesses including machine vision, mobile robots, joint robots and embodied robots. It has deployed more than 1,000 segmented application scenarios. At the event, the first half focused on box storage and picking, with upgrades to the STRP high-efficiency, high-density box storage-and-picking solution, the launch of the HAPS intelligent picking system and a full-scenario digital platform.

In the upgraded operating model, STU box robots handle the entire task inside the aisle, while T50 latent robots only connect at buffer positions at the aisle entrance. The task-chain distance is shortened by more than 50%. With 30% fewer T50 robots, the task completion rate rose from 100% to 123.5%, total storage positions in a same-specification area increased by 6.1%, initial investment fell by more than 10% and cost per storage position fell by about 11%.

The STU upgrade includes a single-aisle double-sided mode that places rails on shelves on both sides of the aisle, doubling efficiency for renovation projects with limited space. The cross-aisle STU, described as the industry's first product of its type with cross-aisle capability, uses dedicated curved rails to connect adjacent aisles. A scheduling system dispatches it automatically based on business concentration, allowing a neighboring STU to provide support when volume is high and multiple aisles to share one vehicle when volume is low.

The HAPS intelligent picking system, or HIKROBOT-Auto-Pick-Station, combines 3D vision, mobile robots and joint robots in an integrated architecture. It covers batch picking, order-by-order picking, tallying and batch picking to cage, with picking efficiency of up to 900 pieces per hour and accuracy above 99.99%. With T50 robots, it can run continuously around the clock. The digital platform links planning, design and implementation: planning outputs multi-dimensional schemes, drawings and bills of materials; design reuses assets and uses AI to generate prototype dashboards; implementation automatically generates configurations and visually orchestrates business processes.

The Mingzhi series, launched in the second half of the event, centers on single-unit intelligence by integrating perception, decision-making and execution into the robot body. It requires no server deployment or site modification and can go from unpacking to production in as little as 30 minutes, according to the company. The first models are the Z1-300 latent transport robot and the Z2-1500 fork transport robot, for 300 kg and 1,500 kg load scenarios respectively.

The products cover delivery and transport tasks, including flexible replenishment with manual loading and unloading, automatic pick-and-place, and area transport in which AI dynamically identifies whether slots are empty or full and decides where to pick or place. A single map scan can be shared by multiple robots in the same scenario. The Z2 fork model also supports on-site teaching, in which a worker leads the vehicle along a working path once to generate a repeatable transport task without complex technical configuration.

For safety and movement, the Mingzhi series uses a perception-prediction-decision active safety system covering dynamic, static and suspended obstacles. Multiple vehicles can coordinate through decentralized perception without central scheduling to pass each other in narrow aisles. The latent model supports passage through aisles as narrow as 60 cm and can pass S-shaped curves without slowing. The series supports a quick start with one vehicle, flexible addition or removal of vehicles, open interfaces to existing plant systems, public cloud and private deployment, and links to elevator control, automatic doors and gates. Hikrobot also launched an all-purpose latent forklift compatible with mainstream pallet fork holes.

In the Chinese market, one in every three mobile robots comes from Hikrobot, according to Leiphone. By July 2026, cumulative output of its full range of mobile robots exceeded 200,000 units. By April 2026, it had served more than 20,000 customers, covering more than 200 sub-industries and more than 1,000 application scenarios. The company said its hardware lines cover latent, forklift, box, transfer and heavy-duty robots, with drive components, controllers and power management developed in-house. Its software includes the iWMS, MCS and RCS systems, combining simulation, product and operations and maintenance tools with traditional and AI algorithms. The new products will appear at the 2026 Shanghai CeMAT logistics exhibition.