Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms Review: Features and Uses of the AI Picking and Sorting Arms
Updated: 7 days ago
OCADEX is Ocado's family of AI-driven robotic arm systems for picking, packing and sorting. The manufacturer does not publish a price. This review covers its specifications, features and uses.
Quick Verdict
OCADEX arms work on top of the Ocado grid or stand-alone. On-Grid Robotic Pick identifies, picks and packs items from storage bins, packing densely while protecting delicate products. Robotic Sort Putwall lifts items to find barcodes and places them into putwall bins for parcel and e-commerce sortation. The arms use multiple sensors, computer vision and reinforcement learning, can pick without prior item knowledge, and share learning across a global cloud network. Grippers can be swapped between vacuum and mechanical. Pick rates, payload and reach are not published.
Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms at a Glance
Type: AI robotic picking arm
Configurations: On-grid pick, sort putwall
Grippers: Vacuum and mechanical
AI: Reinforcement learning
Integration: Ocado and third-party systems
Price: on request
Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms Technical Specifications
The table below lists what the manufacturer states.
Specification | Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms |
Manufacturer | Ocado Group |
Configurations | On-Grid Robotic Pick, Robotic Sort Putwall |
Items | Delicate, deformable, oversized, palletized; polybags in sort |
Grippers | Exchangeable vacuum and mechanical |
Sensing | Multiple sensors, computer vision |
AI | Reinforcement learning, behavioural cloning |
Learning | Shared via cloud across all robots |
Pick rate | Not stated |
Design and Build Quality
Arms can be added as throughput grows and integrate with OSRS grid robots and third-party systems.
Software and Integration
Cloud Learning
Insights shared across robots worldwide.
Warehouse Execution Software
Coordinates arms with grid robots.
Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms Applications and Use Cases
Grocery Picking
From grid storage bins.
Parcel Sortation
Putwall sorting of polybags.
High-Density Packing
Tight packing of bins and pallets.
Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms Price and Value
Ocado Intelligent Automation does not publish a price for the Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms; it is quoted on request.
For the company behind the product, read the Ocado Company Profile: History, Structure, Financials, Technology and Stock.
Pros and Cons
Pros
Handles delicate items
Learns continuously
Swappable grippers
Scalable
Cons
No pick rate published
Best with Ocado grid
No published price
Who Should Buy the Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms?
It fits Ocado system operators and parcel sorters wanting to automate each picking.
Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms FAQ
How much does the Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms cost?
Ocado Intelligent Automation does not publish a price for the Ocado OCADEX Robotic Arms; it is quoted on request.
What is OCADEX?
Ocado's family of AI robotic picking arms.
What configurations exist?
On-Grid Robotic Pick and Robotic Sort Putwall.
Does it need item data?
Ocado says it can pick without prior knowledge of items.
What grippers are used?
Exchangeable vacuum and mechanical grippers.
How does it learn?
Through reinforcement learning shared via the cloud.
Can it handle polybags?
Yes, in the sort putwall.
Is the pick rate published?
No.
Specifications are based on manufacturer information and may change.
