Retail Robots
Keep shelves stocked and inventory accurate with shelf-scanning, stock-counting, and in-store logistics robots.
Give store staff more time with customers by automating the repetitive work behind the scenes. Retail robots patrol aisles overnight, flag out-of-stock items in real time, and move goods between stockroom and shop floor.
Common use cases
Key benefits
Cut out-of-stock incidents significantly
Free up staff for customer-facing work
Improve inventory accuracy store-wide
Run inventory checks outside trading hours
Frequently asked questions
What accuracy do shelf-scanning robots achieve?
95%+ inventory scan accuracy is the typical result — with scans possible nightly rather than periodic manual counts.
What's the labour impact in-store?
One US convenience retailer automated 90% of basic floor cleaning, freeing 30+ staff hours per store per week for restocking and customers. Shelf-scanning delivers similar shifts from counting to serving.
Which robots make sense for retail?
Shelf-scanning and stock-counting robots on the shop floor, cleaning robots for overnight floor care, and AMRs in the backroom or warehouse — Superdry's warehouse robots cut returns processing costs with ROI under two years.
Can robots operate while shoppers are in the store?
Yes — they navigate safely around people. Most retailers still schedule scanning and cleaning overnight for cleaner data and zero interaction.
What does a retail robot cost?
$20,000–$60,000 per robot with 10–20 month payback (per our retail & inventory data). Loss reduction from fewer stock-outs usually anchors the business case.
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Pudu Robotics CC1
The PUDU CC1 is a 4-in-1 autonomous commercial cleaning robot designed for small and medium-sized indoor environments. It combines sweeping, scrubbing, vacuuming and mopping in one platform, with PUDU SLAM navigation, automatic charging and optional automatic water refill/drainage via workstation accessories. With 15 L clean and waste-water tanks, up to 700-1000 m2/hour cleaning efficiency and multiple runtime modes, it is positioned for offices, commercial buildings, education, retail, food and beverage, healthcare, manufacturing and hospitality environments. It is best suited to indoor hard floors and short-pile carpets where customers want one robot to handle routine light-to-medium floor cleaning with digital cleaning records.
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Pudu Robotics CC1 Pro
The PUDU CC1 Pro is an autonomous commercial cleaning robot designed for small and medium-sized indoor public areas such as offices, commercial buildings, retail malls, apartment hotels and residential common areas. It combines sweeping, scrubbing, carpet vacuuming and dust mopping in one machine, with LiDAR and visual fusion positioning to support autonomous cleaning in dynamic indoor environments. For facilities teams, its main value is improving cleaning consistency and reducing routine manual intervention, while optional workstation functions can support automatic charging, water refill, drainage and self-cleaning workflows.
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Pudu Robotics MT1
PUDU MT1 is an AI-powered dry sweeping robot designed for large-scale commercial and industrial environments. It focuses on hard-floor sweeping, AI trash recognition and AI spot cleaning rather than wet scrubbing or mopping. With a 70 cm cleaning width, 35 L dustbin, LiDAR/VSLAM navigation and autonomous charging support, it is best suited to warehouses, factories, home-improvement retail, stations, airports and other large indoor areas with recurring debris. Its main value is reducing repetitive manual sweeping while maintaining cleanliness across large, dynamic sites.
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Pudu Robotics MT1 Max
The PUDU MT1 Max is an AI-powered autonomous commercial sweeping robot designed for large-scale hard-floor environments such as airports, railway stations, residential courtyards, parking garages and other controlled indoor, semi-outdoor or outdoor areas. It combines a 700 mm sweeping path, 35 L dustbin and AI-supported debris recognition with cover cleaning up to 2,200 m2/hour and Ultra Spot Clean performance up to 7,000 m2/hour. LiDAR and vision-fusion positioning, 3D perception and multi-sensor obstacle avoidance support operation around vehicles, pedestrians and animals. For facilities teams, its main value is high-area dry sweeping with 5-10 hours of runtime and optional autonomous charging, subject to flat hardened floors and restrictions on rain, snow, standing water and extreme weather.
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Pudu Robotics MT1 Vac
The PUDU MT1 Vac is an AI-powered autonomous commercial sweeper and vacuum for large, flat indoor environments, including airports, hotels, banquet halls and industrial facilities. It combines sweeping, vacuuming and dust mopping and can work across hardened floors and short-pile or industrial carpets, with LiDAR and vision-fusion navigation plus AI floor and debris recognition. The robot offers a 700 mm sweeping path, 550 mm vacuuming width, up to 1,400 m2/hour theoretical productivity and 3-6.5 hours runtime. Optional automatic charging and PUDU Link/IoT integrations can reduce charging intervention and connect the unit with building systems, while local certification, service coverage and site suitability should be confirmed before deployment.
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UBTECH Robotics Cruzr S2
The UBTECH Cruzr S2 Standard is an intelligent, cloud-based humanoid service robot designed for business environments. It excels at customer reception, guidance, and interaction, utilizing advanced navigation and multi-modal communication to enhance service efficiency and customer experience in settings like retail, hospitality, and corporate offices.
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Real deployments, real results — not projections.
Leading US Convenience Retailer
Pudu CC1
Challenge: Heavy 24/7 foot traffic left store floors dirty fast, while overnight janitorial labour was costly and suffered high staff turnover.
Solution: PUDU CC1 robots were deployed for automated overnight dry sweeping and wet scrubbing, with custom zoning to prioritise entryways and aisles.
Result: Automated 90% of basic floor cleaning, freeing 30+ staff hours per store weekly for shelf restocking and customer service.
Superdry
HIKROBOT AMRs
Challenge: Superdry’s UK warehouse handled ~60,000 SKUs with returns at ~25% of stock movements, all via a fully manual, labour-heavy process.
Solution: 47 mobile robots and 1,000+ (later 1,750) mobile racks were deployed across 12 picking workstations with pick-to-light guidance.
Result: Returns productivity increased 3–3.5× with 99% accuracy, picking staff reduced from 30 to six, and ROI achieved in under two years.
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