Bear Robotics Carti 100
Carti 100 is Bear Robotics' compact industrial AMR for indoor shelf and conveyor material transport at a published 100 kg / 220 lb payload, with ACS fleet orchestration and open Cloud / Carti APIs. Treat it as a brownfield warehouse mover you size from Bear's Spec block, not as a lift-table Low-Profile twin and not as a product with a public list price.
| Spec | Published figure |
|---|---|
| Role | Compact industrial AMR for indoor shelf and conveyor transport in warehouses and factories. |
| Infrastructure | Deployable without adding or altering existing infrastructure, including brownfield, greenfield, multi-level, and mezzanine sites. |
| Dimensions (shelf) | 21.1 x 22.4 x 59.3 in (53.7 x 57 x 150.7 cm). |
| Robot weight | 121 lb (55 kg). |
| Payload | 220 lb (100 kg). |
| Shelves | Three, expandable with additional purchases. |
| Battery life | 9-11 hours, depending on speed and payload. |
| Charging | Auto-charge or wired charger. |
| Named options | Adjustable shelves, smart conveyor belts, signal lighting, and tray cover. |
| Max speed | |
| IP rating | |
| Conveyor payload | |
| Lift stroke | |
| List price | |
| Fleet | ACS for multi-robot orchestration, including WMS and smart devices. Bear Universe is included in contracts at no extra fee. The ACS vs Universe split is not fully spelled out on the Carti 100 page. |
| APIs | Bear Cloud API (gRPC) for mission create / cancel and robot status. Carti Robot API for traverse, navigate, and conveyor control. Carti 100 conveyors are vertical, with INDEX_1ST uppermost. |
| Navigation | Sensors, cameras, mapping, LiDAR, and 360-degree obstacle detection with stop-and-reroute. |
| Awards | iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 (Product / Robotics) and Red Dot. |
| Unveiled | Bear press, about 24-25 Oct 2024. |
| Productivity | The product page says up to 3x. Bear's iF post cites warehouse trials with an average 25% cut in inventory transfer times. Both are vendor-reported, not an independent audit. |
Lift stroke, top speed, and 400 kg-class payloads belong to Carti Low-Profile. They are a different robot, so they are not filled in here.
Situation
Buyers searching Bear Robotics Carti 100 want a concrete industrial AMR SKU: what it carries, how tall it is, how it is fleeted, and whether it needs new warehouse infrastructure. Bear positions Carti 100 as infrastructure-agnostic indoor transport for warehouses, factories, and multi-level / mezzanine sites, unveiled in late October 2024 as the compact member of the Carti family beside the heavier Carti Low-Profile line. The misread to avoid is mixing Carti 100's shelf / conveyor tray job with Low-Profile lift specs, or pasting hospitality Servi pricing onto an industrial AMR.
Facts
Bear Robotics documents Carti 100 as an industrial-grade autonomous mobile robot for warehouses, factories, and other industrial indoor spaces, deployable without adding or altering existing infrastructure, including brownfield, greenfield, multi-level, and mezzanine sites.
Official Spec block (shelf config): dimensions 21.1 x 22.4 x 59.3 in (53.7 x 57 x 150.7 cm); robot weight 121 lb (55 kg); payload 220 lb (100 kg); three shelves, expandable with additional purchases; battery life 9-11 hours depending on speed and payload; charging via auto-charge or wired charger. Named options include adjustable shelves, smart conveyor belts, signal lighting, and tray cover.
Max speed, lift / lifter stroke, IP rating, and numeric conveyor payload are not published on the Bear Carti 100 Spec table. Dynamic lift figures (for example lifter stroke on Low-Profile pages) belong to the Carti Low-Profile line (400 / 600 / 1000 / 1500 kg), not Carti 100.
Fleet and software: the product page and Bear press name multi-robot orchestration and ACS (Autonomous Control System / centralized control) for managing multiple AMRs and integrating with WMS and smart devices. Ecosystem hooks named include elevators, smart charging stations, call buttons, and an interactive dashboard, with auto-return to charge when battery is low. Navigation is described with sensors, cameras, mapping, LiDAR, and 360-degree obstacle detection with stop-and-reroute behavior.
Bear publishes Bear Cloud API (gRPC) for third parties (create / cancel missions; subscribe to robot status including battery, pose, mission, e-stop) and a Carti Robot API family (Traverse, TraversePatrol, Navigate, NavigateAuto; conveyor index / status / control; Carti 100 conveyors noted as vertical with INDEX_1ST uppermost). Separately, Bear Universe is documented as fleet management software for the Bear ecosystem, stated as included in contracts at no extra fee. Exact ACS vs Universe product hierarchy is not fully spelled out on the Carti 100 page alone.
Design awards: iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 (Product / Robotics) and Red Dot for Carti 100. Bear press dated about 24-25 Oct 2024 unveiled the Carti series for logistics and material handling. Marketing claims on the product page include improving productivity up to 3x; Bear's iF blog cites warehouse trials with an average 25% reduction in inventory transfer times. Those are Bear-reported claims, not independent audits. No public list price or RaaS rate appears on Bear primary pages reviewed; the path is demo / sales contact.
Assessment
We assess, with high confidence on the published Spec block and software surface, that Carti 100 is a compact tray / shelf / conveyor AMR SKU inside Bear's industrial Carti family, not a general-purpose lifter and not a priced catalog item you can quote from the website.
The buyer decision is whether a 100 kg-class, roughly 150 cm-tall shelf robot with ACS / Cloud API fleet hooks fits the aisle and induction pattern you already have. Bear's differentiator language is infrastructure-agnostic deployment plus an integrator-facing API surface. What is missing from the primary Spec for serious cell design is max speed, IP rating, per-shelf or conveyor payload numbers, and any public price. Do not fill those gaps from reseller sheets or from Carti Low-Profile datasheets.
Hold the family split. Carti Low-Profile is the heavy, low chassis with published lift stroke and higher payloads. Servi is hospitality. Carti 100 is the compact industrial unit. Productivity multipliers and trial percentages stay labeled as vendor claims until a third party measures your workflow.
Implications
- Size the robot from Bear's Spec: 100 kg payload, 55 kg robot mass, three expandable shelves, 9-11 hour battery band, auto or wired charge.
- Do not import Low-Profile lift stroke, top speed, or 400 kg-plus payloads into a Carti 100 BOM.
- Plan fleet control around ACS / Bear Cloud / Carti APIs and ask sales how Universe is packaged on the contract; do not invent a stack diagram.
- Budget requires a quote. There is no public list price on the pages reviewed.
- Treat "up to 3x productivity" and "25% transfer-time" as sales claims to validate in a pilot, not as desk-verified ROI.
- Category peers (MiR, Locus, Geek+, OTTO, and similar) are context only. This page is not a head-to-head.
Action
If Carti 100 is on your shortlist, pull the live Spec from bearrobotics.ai/carti100, confirm shelf vs conveyor configuration and aisle clearances against 21.1 x 22.4 x 59.3 in, and run a pilot that exercises ACS mission create / cancel plus conveyor or shelf handoff through the published APIs. Ask Bear in writing for max speed, IP rating, conveyor payload, and commercial terms before you freeze CapEx. Do not sign against Low-Profile numbers or against Servi pricing.
What to watch
- Bear publishing max speed, IP rating, and conveyor payload on the Carti 100 Spec block.
- A public price or RaaS rate.
- Clearer documentation of ACS vs Bear Universe packaging.
- Independent pilot results that replace the 3x / 25% marketing figures.
- New Carti 100 attachments beyond shelf and conveyor.
Sources
- Bear Carti 100 product / Spec
- Bear Carti series press (Oct 2024 wire / Korea Newswire reprint)
- Bear iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 post
- Bear Automate 2026 lineup post
- Bear Cloud API
- Carti Robot API
- Bear Universe
- iF / Red Dot award records: ifdesign.com project 703701; red-dot.org project carti-100-81211
- Sibling context only: Carti Low-Profile