While most warehouse robots still ferry goods to human pickers, Locus Robotics has aimed to flip the script with the debut of its Locus Array “robots-to-goods” system, which rolls an AI-powered arm directly into the aisle to pick, stow and replenish autonomously, with no human hand required. Locus Array can autonomously execute picking, putaway, inventory replenishment and other workflows for tote-eligible SKUs directly in warehouse aisles without manual intervention. Locus Robotics leverages the concept of “physical AI”—when artificial intelligence is integrated within physical hardware such as sensors to enable machines to perceive a real-world environment—to power the robotics system. Physical AI is vital to the 10-foot-tall Array robot’s success in that better helps the technology understand pressure points, like how a human can differentiate picking up and egg versus a pen, according to Kait Peterson, vice president and head of robotics at Locus Robotics .…