Is Fetch Robotics still available?

No, not as a going business. Zebra Technologies (which acquired Fetch Robotics in 2021) disclosed in a December 2025 SEC filing that it intends to wind down or dispose of the Fetch-based robotics unit, with most staff terminated by the end of 2025 and only a small support team retained through March 2026. If you're evaluating fulfillment AMRs today, Fetch is not a viable long-term choice.

Is 6 River Systems the same as Locus Robotics?

No. 6 River Systems is a separate company, originally acquired by Shopify in 2019 and then sold to Ocado Group in 2023 after Shopify wrote off much of its value. It's now marketed as the Ocado Mobile Robot System (OMRS) and is still actively sold, though its ownership history and Ocado's 2026 cost-cutting layoffs are worth factoring into a long-term vendor decision.

How does Locus Robotics compare to Geek+?

Geek+ has the broadest hardware portfolio of any company in this comparison, including a high-density vertical shuttle storage system (RoboShuttle) that Locus does not offer. Geek+ also completed a 2025 Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO, giving it a stronger public capital position than 6 River Systems' distressed-sale history. Locus's core strength remains the largest installed base in pure fulfillment picking and an independent operating history without an acquisition or wind-down in its past.

Locus vs 6 River, Fetch & Geek+ AMRs

Business Status First — This Matters More Than Specs
Side-by-Side Comparison
Geek+: The Broadest Hardware Portfolio
How to Choose

Fulfillment AMRs — robots that bring inventory to a picker rather than sending the picker to walk the warehouse — are one of the most mature categories in warehouse robotics. Actel Robotics is an authorized Locus Robotics implementation partner. Before comparing specs, though, there's something more important to know about this category in 2026: two of the three most-cited competitors have gone through significant business disruption.

Business Status First — This Matters More Than Specs

Fetch Robotics (Zebra Technologies) — Being wound down. Zebra acquired Fetch Robotics in 2021 for roughly $290M. In a December 2025 SEC filing, Zebra disclosed it intends to dispose of or wind down the robotics unit entirely. Most robotics staff were terminated by the end of 2025, with only a small support team retained through March 2026 to manage existing deployments. As of this writing, no confirmed buyer had been found. If you're evaluating platforms today, Fetch is not a viable long-term choice regardless of its historical specs.

6 River Systems (Ocado) — Active, but organizationally turbulent. Originally acquired by Shopify in 2019, then sold to Ocado Group in 2023 after a distressed write-down (Shopify laid off up to 85% of 6 River's staff pre-sale). Now marketed as the "Ocado Mobile Robot System" (OMRS), still actively selling its Chuck collaborative cart robot. Ocado itself announced roughly 1,000 layoffs (about 10% of its global workforce) in a February 2026 cost-cutting push described as shifting "from an intensive development phase to more streamlined deployment." Not discontinued, but worth factoring the ownership history into a long-term vendor decision.

Geek+ — Active and well-capitalized. Completed a Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO in July 2025, raising $281M, on top of roughly $464M in prior private funding. The strongest public capital position of the three competitors covered here.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Specification	Locus Robotics	6 River Systems (OMRS)	Geek+ (P-Series)
Robot model	Origin (picking), Vector (cart transport), Array (2026, autonomous arm picking)	Chuck (collaborative worker-following cart)	P800/P-Series (goods-to-person shelf robots)
Payload	80 lb (Origin), 600 lb (Vector)	Up to 200 lb	Up to ~800-1,000 kg class (varies by model)
Speed	Not publicly specified for Origin	Up to 1.3 m/s	Up to 2 m/s
Operating model	Fully autonomous goods-to-person	Worker-following collaborative cart (worker still walks)	Goods-to-person, plus high-density vertical shuttle (RoboShuttle) storage
Fleet software	LocusONE + LocusHub analytics	Collaborative Fulfillment System (CFS)	Geek+ RMS, claimed 5,000+ bot orchestration
Business status	Independent, no acquisition/wind-down history	Acquired twice (Shopify → Ocado), 2026 parent-company layoffs	Newly public (HKEX, 2025), well-funded
Notable named result	DHL: 500M+ total picks, 3× cases picked	GXO: productivity roughly doubled, 80% less training time	Decathlon: productivity tripled, 99.99% picking accuracy
Actel Robotics support	Authorized integrator	Not represented by Actel	Not represented by Actel

Fetch Robotics is omitted from the table above since it is being wound down and is not a viable current option. Specifications compiled from each company's own materials and reputable trade press (The Robot Report, Supply Chain Dive, DC Velocity) — see full source notes on request.

Geek+: The Broadest Hardware Portfolio

Of the three named competitors, Geek+ has the most genuinely differentiated offering: its RoboShuttle system is a high-density vertical shuttle storage-and-retrieval robot operating in narrow aisles up to 8-12 meters tall — a fundamentally different category from goods-to-person picking, and one Locus does not sell. If your facility's real bottleneck is storage density rather than picking speed, that's a legitimate reason to evaluate Geek+ directly. Geek+'s named case study with Decathlon (multi-year, multi-region, tripled labor productivity) is also among the most thoroughly documented in this category.

How to Choose

Actel doesn't sell 6 River Systems, Fetch Robotics, or Geek+, so we have no financial reason to talk any of them up or down — and the facts speak for themselves here. Fetch is being discontinued; don't build a multi-year plan around it. 6 River Systems is real but has been through two acquisitions and a 2026 parent-company layoff round. Geek+ is well-funded and has a genuinely broader hardware category (especially for storage density) than Locus offers. What Locus brings that's harder to quantify in a spec sheet: an independent operating history with no acquisition or wind-down in its past, the largest documented installed base in pure fulfillment picking, and — through Actel — a Gulf Coast deployment team that shows up in person.

See the full technical breakdown for Locus Robotics on its platform page, or compare all six platforms Actel deploys on our main compare robots page.

Fulfillment AMRs: Locus Robotics vs. the Rest of the Category

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Business Status First — This Matters More Than Specs

Side-by-Side Comparison

Geek+: The Broadest Hardware Portfolio

How to Choose

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