Faster, more accurate AutoStore implementation with Kardex AI-powered BinInductAI

Cincinnati, Ohio, October 27, 2026 – Kardex has launched its latest innovation for the AutoStore automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), BinInductAI. The BinInductAI intelligent bin induction solution uses AI and computer vision to provide greater consistency, fewer manual steps, and improved quality control during AutoStore implementation. Featuring AI-driven verification for enhanced error detection, it eliminates the need for manual bin induction pre-checks and scanning, reducing on-site induction time by up to 30%.

Kardex has launched a series of innovations designed exclusively for AutoStore to enhance performance and efficiency across the system lifecycle – from implementation and orchestration to picking, maintenance, and inventory validation. These include Kardex’s proprietary warehouse execution system (WES) FulfillX, its Intuitive Picking Assistant (IPA), which projects all relevant picking information onto the AutoStore port to enhance throughput, reduce errors, and improve inventory control, and the recently-launched PortScale precision weighing solution. Together, Kardex’s portfolio of innovations helps to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, protect system performance, and unlock greater value from the AutoStore.

One-touch BinInductAI enhances quality and accuracy

BinInductAI simplifies the induction process with one touch via computer vision and AI-based image analysis. Operators simply place the bin in the induction port, with no manual scanning or pre-checks required. Before induction, the system automatically performs a series of quality checks, verifying and inspecting bin presence, bin walls, robot pickup holes, and barcode readability. Once the barcode is validated, BinInductAI confirms with the AutoStore system that the bin is not already registered to prevent duplicates, before automatically sending the insertion commands and inducting the bin into the AutoStore grid.

By reducing installation times, implementation costs, and labor requirements, and automatically detecting barcode issues, duplicates, faulty or dirty bins, BinInductAI helps to improve system uptime and prevent disruptions to the AutoStore system.

Reducing risk during bin induction

BinInductAI transforms the bin induction process by replacing manual, operator-dependent verification with intelligent, AI-driven inspection. Standardizing verification for every bin ensures quality checks are thorough and consistent.

Before a bin enters the system, BinInductAI automatically identifies damaged or out-of-spec bins, preventing potential problems from affecting the AutoStore grid and reducing the risk of downstream disruptions. By automating what has traditionally been a manual process, the solution reduces operator workload and minimizes the potential for human error during implementation.

The result is a more reliable and efficient induction process that helps improve system readiness and supports smoother AutoStore implementation, particularly during critical go-live and startup phases. Designed to handle high induction volumes, BinInductAI enables fast, repeatable, and scalable verification, making quality assurance easier to maintain across even the largest deployments.

Fred Fox Jr., President of Kardex Solutions Americas, says: “BinInductAI is the latest AutoStore innovation from Kardex, significantly reducing on-site induction and installation times, and implementation costs. Powered by AI and computer vision, BinInductAI applies intelligent automation to a traditionally manual process, helping customers work faster and achieve greater consistency during implementation.

“We are proud of our growing portfolio of solutions that enhance the AutoStore ecosystem. These innovations are supported by a strong team of industry experts, who provide customized collaboration and support to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their AutoStore system. From initial planning and implementation through go-live and ongoing optimization, we work with customers at all stage of their AutoStore journey.”

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About Kardex

Kardex is a leading global partner for intralogistics solutions in an attractive and growing market. The Group offers premium automated products, standardized systems, and life cycle services that guarantee high availability and low total cost of ownership. Kardex provides an intelligent entry into automation with its dynamic storage and retrieval systems, offers integrated material handling systems, small parts storage systems including multi-shuttle technology, and automated high-bay warehouses. Additionally, Kardex acts as a global AutoStore™ partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfillment solutions. The Group employs around 2’900 people in over 30 countries. Kardex Holding AG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989. For more information, please visit www.kardex.com.