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Vectura Crane
Swisslog
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- Height
- 4–48 m (some sources cite up to 50 m)
- Payload
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- Verified autonomy
- not assessed
- Real deployment
- not assessed
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Vectura Crane
SwisslogThe Vectura is a fully automated pallet stacker crane manufactured by Swisslog (designed in Sweden), operating in high bay warehouses since 1969. It handles storage and retrieval of palletized goods autonomously under WMS/WCS control, operating at heights up to 48 meters across temperatures from -30°C to +50°C, and has been deployed in 600–2,000+ customer projects globally (sources differ on the count). The system includes an emergency manual operation cabin as a safety fallback but is designed for fully automated, unattended operation. No independent third-party teardown or user community evidence was available; all sources are vendor/official or vendor-affiliated commerce sources.
Availability
Specification
- load_capacity
- 200–3,500 kg per handling unit
- operating_height
- 4–48 m (some sources cite up to 50 m)
- horizontal_speed
- Up to 5 m/s
- vertical_speed
- Up to 1.5 m/s
Price
No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.
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Evidence-graded claims from the Swisslog deep report
Swisslog's entry-level systems start at approximately $1M USD, with mid-range systems (50,000 bins, 2–8 robots) costing $3–5M USD and large enterprise systems reaching tens of millions USD.
The independent MWPVL logistics consultancy review [7] provides these specific price ranges, representing a third-party analyst assessment rather than vendor-supplied figures, though the data may reflect pre-2020 pricing and current quotes could differ.
from Swisslog deep report →
Swisslog's AutoStore robots, ASRS cranes/shuttles, and CycloneCarrier systems perform storage, retrieval, and order fulfillment autonomously — without human operators driving or performing those tasks — orchestrated by SynQ software.
The dossier's autonomy verdict (confidence 0.9) is derived primarily from Swisslog's own official sources [1][2][3][4][10][12]; no independent third-party test, regulator, or customer audit is cited to verify the specific claim that zero human intervention occurs in the retrieval/storage loop.
from Swisslog deep report →Swisslog's AutoStore deployment at Albert Heijn (Netherlands) handles 45,000 e-grocery orders per week.
This figure appears in Swisslog's own official sources [3]; no independent journalist, analyst, or Albert Heijn public statement in the dossier corroborates the specific 45,000-orders/week throughput figure.
from Swisslog deep report →The Medline deployment in Aurora, CO uses 94 AutoStore robots and is an active, shipped installation (not a pilot or demo).
Source [12] is a Swisslog press release from its own newsroom, not an independent customer or media report; the robot count and operational status have not been verified by a third party in the dossier.
from Swisslog deep report →Swisslog's SynQ software platform can orchestrate autonomous forklifts alongside AutoStore robots within a single unified system, as demonstrated in the 2025 Sumitomo Drive Technologies USA deployment.
Source [10] is Swisslog's own press release about the Sumitomo partnership; no independent verification of SynQ's multi-robot orchestration capability or the deployment's operational status exists in the dossier.
from Swisslog deep report →Swisslog systems support 30+ years of continuous operation with lifecycle services.
This claim originates solely from Swisslog's official website [1]; no independent customer case study, industry audit, or third-party analyst report in the dossier confirms that any specific installation has actually operated continuously for 30+ years under Swisslog's lifecycle support.
from Swisslog deep report →
Swisslog Healthcare's pneumatic tube systems deliver $1,314,000 in annual savings per customer.
This precise figure comes from Swisslog Healthcare's own official site and a PR Newswire press release [8][9] — both vendor-controlled channels; no independent hospital, health system audit, or third-party study in the dossier substantiates this specific savings claim.
from Swisslog deep report →Swisslog has installations in 50 countries with approximately 2,000 employees across 20 countries.
The MWPVL review [7] provides these figures but is explicitly flagged in the dossier as likely pre-2015 era data, predating the KUKA acquisition; current headcount and geographic footprint are unverified and likely materially different.
from Swisslog deep report →
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