AutoStore vs DEEP Robotics: Mobile robots & AMRs compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

AutoStore ranks 26 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; DEEP Robotics ranks 82 with 79. AutoStore is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. AutoStore is based in Nedre Vats, Norway, DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, China. AutoStore: Established. AutoStore is named in 45 signals and DEEP Robotics in 34.

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Nedre Vats, Rogaland, Norway · Robotics · Systems / Mobile robots & AMRs · Established · autostoresystem.com

AutoStore designs, supplies, and deploys automated storage and retrieval systems, including warehouse robots, storage grids, bins, and ports for e-commerce, grocery, healthcare, retail, and distribution customers.

Robotics 100 · rank 26 · score 86

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment10
Production8
Commercials10
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

AutoStore is a Norwegian warehouse-automation maker (cube-storage ASRS) with ~92,500 robots across ~2,000 systems in 68 countries, FY2025 revenue of $539M, and FY26 guidance of ~$700M. It signed an Amazon global strategic supply agreement (August 2026), posted record Q2-26 revenue of $192M (+43%) on a $596M backlog, and set a $75M buyback, recovering after 2025 revenue dipped from $601M in 2024. The Amazon agreement is the marquee 2026 win.

Latest signals

  • Warren CAT deployed a Kardex-supported AutoStore system at its Midland, Texas, Store 05 facility.Robot News
  • SoftBank Robotics proposes warehouse-wide optimization using AutoStore and other global automation systems.SoftBank Robotics
  • Sereact and Veloq formed a global partnership for AI-powered e-grocery fulfillment.Sereact

45 signals name AutoStore.

Facts, with sources

  • Sereact and Veloq formed a global partnership for AI-powered e-grocery fulfillmentSereact
  • AutoStore deployed AutoCase for its first customer at Nowaste Logistics in SwedenAutoStore
  • AutoCase deployed at Nowaste Logistics in Sweden; Swisslog delivered and integrated the solutionAutoStore

20 facts on file.

DEEP Robotics →

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China · Robotics · Systems / Mobile robots & AMRs · deeprobotics.cn

DEEP Robotics builds quadruped and wheeled-legged robots, including Lynx, for substation inspection, industrial work, rough terrain and harvesting.

Robotics 100 · rank 82 · score 79Humanoids 100 · rank 53 · score 64AI Core · discarded · score 26

Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment8
Production8
Commercials6
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage6

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

DEEP Robotics is a Chinese maker of the Jueying X quadruped (681 sold in 2025, 58% of revenue) plus the wheeled-legged Shanmao M and a nascent DR humanoid, serving power-grid inspection, rescue, and public security, with 2025 revenue of RMB 337M (~$46.8M) and its first net profit (RMB 29M) after 2023-24 losses. Its STAR Market IPO filing was accepted (May 2026, a ~$347M target), and it is in the inquiry stage. Quadrupeds are its revenue base; the humanoid is still <1%.

Latest signals

  • DEEP Robotics deployed its DR02 humanoid robot for traffic-management testing in Hangzhou.Robot News
  • Deep Robotics tests DR02 humanoids on rainy Hangzhou roadshumanoid.guide
  • Deep Robotics deployed DR02 humanoids for field trials in Hangzhou’s Xihu District.The AI Insider

34 signals name DEEP Robotics.

Facts, with sources

  • [object Object]IEEE Spectrum Robotics
  • DEEP Robotics’ Lynx M20S deployed for grape harvesting in Turpan, ChinaIEEE Spectrum Robotics
  • Lynx M20S robot deployed for grape harvest in Turpan, ChinaIEEE Spectrum Robotics

36 facts on file.

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AutoStore or DEEP Robotics: which is ahead in robotics?

AutoStore ranks 26 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; DEEP Robotics ranks 82 with 79. AutoStore is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. AutoStore is based in Nedre Vats, Norway, DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, China. AutoStore: Established. AutoStore is named in 45 signals and DEEP Robotics in 34.

How do AutoStore and DEEP Robotics compare?

AutoStore ranks 26 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; DEEP Robotics ranks 82 with 79. AutoStore is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. AutoStore is based in Nedre Vats, Norway, DEEP Robotics in Hangzhou, China. AutoStore: Established. AutoStore is named in 45 signals and DEEP Robotics in 34. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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