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#2 Global Provider of Assisted Picking Solutions
200+
Deployed Projects
2,000+
Deployed Robots
5
Continents
No. 1
Market Share in Asia
Meet the Team
Chris Harbert
Sales Director
Steve Mefford
Sales Director
Attila Kara
Senior Solutions Engineer
Media Contacts
Jacob Lish
Content Marketing Manager
Email: jacob.lish@forwardx.com
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Awards & Recognition
2022 RBR 50 Innovation Award
ForwardX and TCL Implement the First 5G AMR Deployment
“ForwardX’s deployment marks one of the first 5G AMR deployments. 5G makes AMRs more flexible, especially in environments that are wrought with WiFi blind spots. Additionally, ForwardX’s robots offered TCL the guarantee of safety the company needed to put robots on the floor of such a busy factory.”
– Brianna Wssling, Associate Editor at WTWH Media
About RBR 50
“For over a decade, Robotics Business Review’s RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards have highlighted the most creative and influential innovations from around the world that have advanced the state of robotics. Widely recognized throughout the world as a leading indicator of robotics innovation leadership, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards are also a critical measure of robotics sector growth.”
Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards
2021 Technology Innovation Leadership Award | Autonomous Mobile Robots Industry, Excellence in Best Practices
“The company’s AMRs efficiently determine an optimized navigational path and perform tasks with high reliability and consistency. ForwardX Robotics proved the foresight of its bet on AMRs by digitally transforming the customer journey using its capabilities and high-end technology. The company’s distinctive software systems and comprehensive platform orchestrate the AMRs like the brain operating the body.”
– Ruman Ahmed, Best Practices Research Analyst
About Frost & Sullivan's Best Practice Awards
“Frost & Sullivan applies a rigorous analytical process to evaluate multiple nominees for each award category before determining the final award recipient. The process involves a detailed evaluation of best practices criteria across two dimensions for each nominated company.”
Top 10 Logistics Tech Startups, 2021 & 2022
ForwardX Robotics Named Top 10 Startup by Logistics Tech Outlook in 2021 and 2022
“Based on its Platform-as-a-Service solution delivery model, ForwardX has built an impressive platform through its advanced fleet management software and visual AMRs to help logistics facilities deal with their current and future challenges.”
– Linda James, Managing Editor of Logistics Tech Outlook
About Logistics Tech Outlook's Top 10 Startups Award
“To help the logistics sector strengthen its operational capabilities and simultaneaously enable growth in the industry, Logistics Tech Outlook has compiled a list of the 10 Logistics Tech Startups. The list comprises prominent organizations in the industry that address issues pertinent to the logistics sector by implementing current trends.”
Customer Testimonials
“Since deploying the warehouse automation robots, we’ve seen huge increases in productivity and efficiency, significant reductions in labor costs, and our error rate has improved too.”
Jinhui Hao, SF DHL’s Operations Manager
200%
UPH INCREASE
90%
ERROR RATE REDUCTION
43%
OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS
75,000
SQ FT WAREHOUSE
“Our picking efficiency has improved significantly. Individual pickers have doubled their units picked per hour. Also, our error rate has dramatically been reduced. Before, our error rate was roughly 1 in 10,000. After applying ForwardX’s AMRs with RFID technology, we have brought that rate down to about 1 in 100,000.”
David, ITOCHU’s General Manager of Southern China
113%
UPH INCREASE
99.99%
PICKING ACCURACY
52%
OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS
54,000
SQ FT WAREHOUSE
“The project has delivered great results for us, helping us to achieve our goal of automating material handling and replacing low-value work with intelligent automation.”
Caijun Zhao, TCL’s Head of President’s Office
99.5%
ERROR-FREE OPERATIONS
WORLD’S 1st
5G AMR DEPLOYMENT
20%
OPERATIONAL COST SAVINGS
30%
INCREASE IN THROUGHPUT CAPACITY
ABOUT FORWARDX ROBOTICS
ForwardX Robotics is a world leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company, providing end-to-end logistics AMR solutions in various warehousing and manufacturing workshops, including material handling, picking, docking, storage management, etc. Through its flexible automation platform comprising of intelligent mobile robots and AI-enabled software, ForwardX delivers material handling solutions for warehousing and manufacturing facilities that offer better performance at better value. The company is comprised of over 250 members hailing from top universities and leading enterprises around the world. As shown by the 350+ patents and its award-winning research work, such as Best Practices Award at Frost & Sullivan and 2022 Innovation Award at RBR50, ForwardX’s team boasts some of the world’s top computer vision scientists and robotics experts.
With offices in the US, China, and Japan, along with partnerships around the globe, ForwardX is expanding and applying its proven solutions to warehouses and manufacturers worldwide.
250+
Employees
50%+
Employees focused on R&D
No. 1
Market share in Asia
100+
Granted patents
200+
Deployments
Our Vision
We envision a future where a network of intelligent robots enhances human potential, allowing people to unlock new levels of productivity and live fuller, more meaningful lives.
Our Mission
To achieve our vision, we are committed to helping businesses create value and achieve operational excellence through the development of intelligent robotics and innovative industry solutions.
