Vecna Robotics

Vecna Robotics is a company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. It designs, manufactures and supports material handling robots in the United States. Its flexible autonomous mobile robots and orchestration software handle case picking, cross-docking and other warehouse flows. The company also offers a return on robotics calculator that estimates the cost savings a site could achieve.

Robots and software

• CaseFlow: a case picking system that combines flexible AMRs with orchestration software to move goods through a site.
• CPJ Co-bot Pallet Jack: a collaborative pallet jack used within the company's case picking approach.
• Vecna AFL: a product named on the site among the company's automation offerings.
• Pivotal: the connected software foundation that links systems, people and automation, optimizes performance and gives operators visibility.

Speeds and support

The site lists three speeds at maximum load: 6.7 mph for a unit meant to lift productivity, 4.5 mph for a tugger and 2.8 mph for a jack designed for work in between. The Pivotal Command Center combines human operators and software to monitor fleets, resolve issues and teleoperate edge cases. The company offers remote monitoring, 24/7 support and a stated uptime of 99 percent. Customers quoted on the site include Shape Corp and Geodis, which cites its distribution centers.

Customer comments on the site come from Shape Corp, which calls the platform flexible and a true partnership, and from Geodis, which reports more efficient movement of goods in and out of its distribution centers. A third customer praises responsive remote and onsite teams across units installed in several facilities. The company says new deployments take weeks or less.

Key facts

• Based in: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
• Products: CaseFlow, CPJ Co-bot Pallet Jack, Pivotal, Vecna AFL
• Markets: Case picking, cross-docking and distribution centers