The AutoStore Black Line B1 is a slim, lighter warehouse robot with a cavity design, exchangeable BattPack lithium battery, and direct drive wheels.

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Category: Warehouse & Logistics
Maturityi: Available
Deploymenti: Physical hardware
Purchase access: Not specified
Official source: Official website
Verifiedi: Not yet verified

Reality check

The useful boundary is what works repeatedly in a real environment—not what looks impressive in a demo.

Works well when

Repetitive movement, picking or sortation with measurable demand
Sites with stable layouts and a clear WMS/WES owner
Pilots that include peak traffic and exception handling

Verify before buying

SKU mix, peak orders, route length and charging capacity
Floor, aisle, fire-route and lift constraints
Inventory accuracy and who resolves blocked tasks

Not a magic solution

A replacement for fixing inaccurate inventory data
A profitable project at any order volume
A pilot that tests only a quiet demonstration route

About

AutoStore, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Nedre Vats, Norway, introduced the Black Line B1 robot in January 2019 for high-demand cube storage systems. The B1 is a slimmed-down, lighter robot with a cavity design, exchangeable BattPack lithium-ion battery technology, and direct drive wheels, and it can mix with Red Line modules in the same system. AutoStore states its acceleration is 75% higher than the R5 and its average delivery performance is 20% higher. It is positioned for very high throughput requirements and works with the RelayPort workstation and a 425 mm bin size.