Locus Robotics, the leader in Flexibility-First Warehouse Automation, today announced that Locus Array was named one of three finalists for the MHI Best New Innovation Award at MODEX 2026, one of the industry’s largest material handling and supply chain events. Selected from more than 200 submissions and evaluated by an independent panel of industry judges, Locus Array was recognized as one of the most innovative products across all categories.

“We are honored to be recognized by MHI as a finalist among such a strong field of innovation,” said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “Ten years ago, we bet that intelligence, throughput, and flexibility would define the future of warehouse automation, and everything we have built since then has been in service of that vision. Recognition like this reinforces the direction we—and the industry—are heading.”

Locus Array, the most advanced embodiment of Physical AI in the warehouse industry, is a fully autonomous warehouse robot purpose-built for end-to-end fulfillment workflows within the aisle. Combining AI-powered vision, real-time decision-making, and robotic manipulation, Locus Array perceives its environment and autonomously executes tasks such as picking, putaway, induction, drop-off, and slotting without manual intervention.

Already deployed in live warehouse environments, Locus Array introduces a fundamentally new approach to warehouse automation: Robots-to-Goods (R2G), in which autonomous robots go directly to inventory rather than moving goods through fixed infrastructure. This gives operators a more flexible path to fulfillment automation—one designed to adapt to constantly changing order profiles, SKU mixes, labor conditions, and demand patterns while delivering reliable, machine-like performance.

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