Brightpick, a provider of AI-powered warehouse automation, is significantly expanding its partnership with Dr. Max Group, Europe’s largest pharmacy chain. Following successful operations at Dr. Max’s Prague distribution center, Brightpick will deploy an additional 44 Autopicker autonomous mobile robots across other facilities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, bringing the total number of deployed robots to 74 units.
Key takeaways
- The collaboration began in late 2023 with nine Autopicker robots at Viapharma’s Prague warehouse, now expanded to 30 robots.
- The Prague facility processes up to 20,000 items daily with minimal human intervention, achieving a 95% reduction in manual picking labor, a 40% increase in warehouse capacity, and near-elimination of picking errors.
- Two new projects in the second half of this year: Viapharma Ostrava (22 robots for stock replenishment and medicine picking) and Dr. Max Bratislava (22 robots for processing online orders).
- Autopicker is a mobile manipulator with patented Physical AI and 3D vision, picking and consolidating orders directly in aisles, scalable without structural modifications.
Jan Zizka, co-founder and CEO of Brightpick, highlighted the reliability and value of the technology in pharmaceutical logistics, which demands accuracy, speed, and strict standards. Rudolf Zurek, logistics director at Viapharma, noted that the system improved picking accuracy and allowed workers to move to more skilled roles like quality control. The expansion underscores the scalability and effectiveness of Brightpick’s automation for high-volume replenishment and dynamic e-commerce fulfillment.
Source: Robotics & Automation News (roboticsandautomationnews.com) · Published 2026-08-18 · “Warehouse robotics company Brightpick expands partnership with Dr. Max Group”