Quay Robotics Raises $30M to Deploy Autonomous Shelf-Handing Robots

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Quay Robotics’ robots, designed to lift and reposition full shelves in tight warehouse aisles, have moved from pilots to small-scale rollouts with grocers and ecommerce fulfillment centers. The new capital, led by Meridian Capital, will increase production capacity and accelerate development of next-gen perception stacks to operate around humans.

The company emphasizes safety and human-robot collaboration, introducing a new layered sensing system that blends LiDAR, depth cameras and ultrasonic sensors with deterministic collision-avoidance software. Quay also announced a pay-per-hour deployment model to lower upfront costs for distribution centers.

Early customers report improved pick rates and floor-space utilization. Quay plans to expand its fleet-management console and provide APIs for warehouse management systems to orchestrate robot schedules and maintenance windows.