Brightpick Expands Dr. Max Robot Fleet

Single-source brief: Brightpick plans 44 more Autopicker robots for Czech and Slovak sites.

What Changed

Brightpick is expanding its work with Dr. Max Group, according to Robotics and Automation News.

The company plans to add 44 Autopicker mobile robots. The new robots will operate at two sites.

Viapharma Ostrava will receive 22 robots. They will support stock refill and medicine picking.

Dr. Max Bratislava will receive 22 robots. They will help pick rising online order volumes.

The group’s total robot count would reach 74 units. The new projects are planned for the second half of this year.

Why the Expansion Matters

The work began in late 2023 at Viapharma’s Prague warehouse. That site started with nine Autopicker robots.

The Prague fleet later grew to 30 robots. Robotics and Automation News reports the site can process up to 20,000 items each day.

The publisher also reports a 95 percent cut in manual picking labor. It reports a 40 percent gain in warehouse capacity.

Viapharma logistics director Rudolf Zurek said workers moved from physical picking into quality-control work.

Operations Questions Remain

Brightpick says its robots pick and combine orders in warehouse aisles. It says the system can scale without structural warehouse changes.

Still, no payback period was provided. No project cost, uptime data, or rollout schedule was disclosed.

Independent confirmation of the reported results was not supplied.