ISD – Integrated Systems Design – has unveiled a new cube-based automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) designed to help warehouses increase capacity and throughput as operators face rising real-estate costs, labor shortages, and growing e-commerce demands.
The URBX robotic system stores inventory in a dense cube formation, eliminating the aisles required for conventional crane- or lift-based ASRS.
ISD says the system can store three to four times more inventory in the same footprint as traditional racking, reaching heights of up to 125 feet to use vertical space that typically goes unused.
Robots operate inside the cube structure, moving horizontally and vertically without dedicated travel lanes. Each robot can handle loads of up to 100 pounds and complete up to 500 case or tote presentations per hour – equivalent to 1,000 combined storage and retrieval cycles. Multiple robots can operate at once, allowing throughput to scale with demand.
The company argues the design addresses mounting storage pressure in the warehousing sector, where operators often resort to temporary measures such as off-site storage or using parked trailers for overflow inventory.
ISD says the URBX system is suited to e-commerce fulfilment, retail distribution, third-party logistics, pharmaceutical handling, and electronics manufacturing.
The robots use machine-learning-based routing, vision systems for barcode and dimension detection, and integrate with warehouse management and control software. The system is modular and can be deployed in phases while facilities remain operational.
ISD says real-world users have seen improvements in order accuracy, labor efficiency, and storage density, including facilities that cancelled expansion plans after adopting high-density automation.
The company also offers implementation support, data analysis, and integration services for upstream and downstream warehouse processes.
