P8S introduces X380 Picking Robot

AI-powered fulfillment and delivery technology company P8S, formerly known as Pick8Ship, announced the launch of the X380 Picking Robot.

The Switzerland-based company said X380 is a container-based mobile robot with integrated in-aisle picking designed to increase throughput, flexibility and asset utilization in modern warehouses.

P8S said that the X380 enables simultaneous picking of up to 20 orders per run at 350 to 600 picks per hour and operates at heights of up to 3.8 meters.

Picking robot form continues to evolve

Rather than following humanoid approaches, P8S said that the system is not engineered to be “human-like” but 10x faster, reaching 2 to 3.8m high and is engineered specifically for scalable, real-world fulfillment operations.

P8S said that the robot’s modular, container-based automation system connects inbound, storage, picking and delivery into a single, continuous flow. With the X380, P8S said that it extends this architecture directly into the picking process.

Based on customer projects across retail, e-commerce, and industrial logistics, P8S identified manual labor, high SKU variability, inconsistent product data, seasonal volume peaks and low end-to-end productivity as common challenges.

Picking where the inventory is

Instead of automating fixed workstations, P8S said it integrated a picking unit directly into its mobile handling robot. The X380 performs direct order picking in the aisle, which the company said significantly reduces the need to transport thousands of bins back and forth across the warehouse before performing the pick.

The company said that the X380 supports multiple picking strategies, including multi-order and single-order picking, each picking and bin picking. Using physical-AI-powered software, the system continuously determines which orders and products are best suited for robotic picking and which should be routed through goods-to-person workstations.

P8S said that the robots can switch dynamically between picking in the aisle and tray and bin handling to goods-to-person stations, allowing warehouses to adapt in real time to changing products or order profiles.

Designed for utilization and scale

The company said its X380 can operate beyond human shifts, enabling overnight pre-picking, replenishment and system optimization, which reduces reliance on labor, improves peak management, supports later order cut-off times and reduces unit costs.

Combined with P8S’s high-density, container-based storage approach, the company said its system enables efficient use of space and end-to-end automation from receiving through picking to delivery - using a single robotic platform.

P8S said that the X380 Picking Robot will be available from early 2027 as part of the company’s next production expansion.