NEO ASRS. Better than AutoStore.Goods-to-person, decoupled.
A bin-based ASRS where any robot reaches any bin at any station. Higher payload, taller reach, faster stations, and no special flooring. Real installation footage: throughput that scales directly with robot count.
Three things AutoStore cannot do
“Any robot can access any bin in the system.”
“Present 2.5× the volume per bin presentation.”
“Use AI to optimize batch picking to minimize the number of bins presented.”
The complete material and data cycle. Select any numbered node to see that subsystem run
Size a NEO system for your building.
Walk through your operation, storage profile, throughput, and building constraints to create a first-pass NEO sizing model for engineering review.
Tell us what kind of operation this is.
Five questions. Estimates are fine, we refine them together later.
750+ bins per hour. 10.5–12 m system height. 40 kg payload.
One decoupled system, part by part.
Robots that own all three axes.
NEObots drive horizontally and climb vertically under their own power. No lifts, no conveyor hops. Because any bot can reach any bin at any rack location, the fleet is never blocked by the position of a single unit.
- Independent x, y and z travel: true three-axis mobility
- 2 m/s robot travel speed on the NEO platform
- 40 kg (88 lb) payload, heavier goods than 30 kg cube systems
- 4 motors (down from 7): simpler mechanics, lower maintenance
Modular racking, up to 12 m system height.
The NEOgrid is a steel rack structure that fits the building you already have. No floor grinding, levelling or laser alignment. It grows module by module, so capacity scales with the business rather than a forklift-based redesign.
- 10.5–12 m system height (configuration-specific) reclaims 60–85% of floor space
- Deploys inside the existing warehouse envelope
- No specialised flooring or laser alignment required
- Add rack, robots and bins incrementally without downtime
Containers mapped to the SKU.
NEObins are configurable multi-compartment totes matched to SKU size, velocity and order frequency. Double-deep storage with bottom extraction pushes density further without giving up access.
- 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 compartments per bin
- 5.43 cubic feet usable capacity
- Double-deep capable with bottom extraction
- Compartment splits assigned per product profile by NEOiT
Goods-to-person at 750+ bins/hour.
Operators never walk to inventory. Inventory comes to them. Ergonomic touchscreen workstations sustain high-rate pick and put, and any bot can serve any station, so a busy queue is never bottlenecked to one aisle.
- 750+ bins per hour, per station
- 700–800 pieces per person per hour (up from 70–100 manual)
- 4–5× picker productivity; ~75% less picking manpower
- Any-bot / any-station access removes single-aisle bottlenecks
NEOiT runs the grid. The WMS runs the business.
NEOiT is the warehouse control layer for the ASRS itself. It never replaces your WMS. Our Omni-Ware middleware maps NEOiT’s bin, station and pick state cleanly to the host WMS and ERP, so responsibilities stay clear.
NEO against the cube systems.
| CAPABILITY | NEO | AUTOSTORE | EXOTEC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bins per hour per station | 750+ | ~500–600 | 600 |
| Payload | 40 kg (88 lb) | 30 kg (66 lb) | 30–35 kg |
| Vertical reach | 10.5–12 m (configuration-specific) | 8–10 m | Varies |
| Implementation time | 4–8 weeks | 12–16 weeks | Varies |
| Special flooring required | No | Yes: grinding, levelling, laser alignment | Some |
| Robot access model | Any bot, any bin, any station | Fixed grid, predefined routes | Constrained by exchanger throughput |
| Motors per robot | 4 | Not published | Not published |
Request a NEO Engineering Assessment.
One of our engineers reviews your SKU profile, order patterns, building envelope and throughput targets, then returns a NEO configuration and integration plan. A monthly figure follows complete project data and technical review, never before.
is the US distribution & integration partnerDon't budget this as capital expenditure.
We own the fleet. You pay a monthly operating expense priced below the payroll it replaces, with zero capital request and zero balance-sheet impact. Payments begin only when the system hits your agreed throughput threshold.
No capital request attached
See NEO running before you commit.
Walk the virtual tour, then have one of our engineers review your operation. The monthly figure follows a complete technical review.