Magazino GmbH, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, develops mobile robots for intralogistics automation in warehouses and production facilities. Acquired by Jungheinrich in 2023, the company operates with a team of over 160 experts representing 35 countries, positioning it as one of the largest advanced robotics development teams in Europe. The engineering focus centers on robot perception technology, autonomous decision-making systems, and human-robot collaboration that enables safe operation in 24/7 environments alongside human workers.
The company's product portfolio includes two deployment-proven platforms. TORU is a pick robot designed for autonomous order picking in e-commerce applications, handling item identification and retrieval without human intervention. SOTO functions as an autonomous route train for production logistics, capable of transporting up to 24 containers simultaneously between workstations. Both systems address the core challenge of material flow optimization in constrained industrial environments where robots must navigate dynamic spaces, make real-time routing decisions, and maintain operational reliability across extended duty cycles.
Magazino's technical domains span mobile robotics fundamentals through application-specific challenges: perception systems for object recognition and localization, path planning under uncertainty, manipulation for robotic picking, and fleet coordination for multi-robot operations. The engineering work encompasses both the hardware-software integration required for autonomous mobile manipulation and the system-level architecture needed to maintain quality standards in production deployments. As a Jungheinrich company, Magazino's development roadmap aligns with broader intralogistics automation strategies while maintaining focus on end-to-end logistics solutions that increase efficiency, flexibility, and throughput in warehouse and manufacturing contexts.