As warehouse automation systems grow in scale and complexity, software is playing an increasingly critical role in how performance is delivered and sustained. CubeVerse represents AutoStore’s platform approach to software, connecting design, operations, analytics, and intelligence into a single, coherent experience that helps customers get more value from their systems.
For years, warehouse automation has largely been a hardware conversation about common technologies like robots and workstations. But as systems scale, product portfolios expand, and customer expectations rise, the next phase is intelligence, enabling teams to do even more with the automation already in place. AutoStore’s CubeVerse platform is designed for this shift.
CubeVerse isn’t a single application, and it’s not a replacement for existing warehouse control or execution systems. It’s AutoStore’s unified software platform, built to connect design, operations, analytics, and optimization across the full lifecycle of an AutoStore system.
At its core, CubeVerse brings together what were previously separate software tools into one cohesive, connected environment serving customers, partners, and internal teams with a consistent experience and shared context.
CubeVerse didn’t emerge from a single gap or feature request. It was built to address a set of growing challenges that became more apparent as AutoStore scaled globally.
Over time, AutoStore developed strong software point solutions, including tools for system design and simulation, operating live systems, and analyzing performance. While these tools delivered value on their own, they were largely disconnected. Important context was lost between phases, data lived in different places, and moving from design to operation to optimization often relied on manual processes.
CubeVerse was created to connect those dots across the customer journey. By unifying workflows and data across the lifecycle, it reduces friction, preserves context, and creates a foundation for automation that continues to improve over time.
This platform approach also became essential as AutoStore began investing more deeply in AI-driven capabilities. Meaningful optimization through AI requires connected, high-quality data across many systems and use cases. Without a common platform, that kind of intelligence simply isn’t scalable.
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At the same time, AutoStore has continued to scale, both in the number of live systems and the breadth of its product portfolio. With tens of thousands of Robots operating globally and new products being added, complexity increased. CubeVerse provides a way to manage that complexity while accelerating innovation.
One of the most common misconceptions about CubeVerse is that it’s simply another warehouse control (WCS) or warehouse execution system (WES).
It is not.
CubeVerse is designed to work alongside existing WCS, WES, and warehouse management system (WMS) solutions, not to replace them. Those systems continue to play a critical role higher up in the software stack. CubeVerse operates at the AutoStore core machine level, where AutoStore has deep expertise and direct access to system data.
A helpful way to think about CubeVerse is as a software suite, similar to platforms like Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Users sign in once and gain access to a set of connected applications that share data, context, and a consistent user experience.
While users experience CubeVerse as a unified environment, it is built on several foundational capabilities that work together behind the scenes:
All CubeVerse applications share a common design system, look and feel, and navigation principles. This reduces complexity and makes it easier for users to move between tools without needing to relearn how each one works.
CubeVerse introduces single sign‑on (SSO), making it easier for organizations to manage user access across teams, roles, and sites. The platform understands who you are, what role you play, and which systems and data are relevant to you.
Design data, simulation results, operational metrics, and analytics all live in a shared data layer. This continuity ensures that insights gained in one phase of the lifecycle can inform decisions in another.
CubeVerse enables AutoStore Intelligence™ AI models trained on real-world data from AutoStore systems operating across industries and geographies. These models power optimizations and insights that improve performance over time.
Underpinning everything is a scalable cloud platform with shared security, tooling, and infrastructure, enabling AutoStore to deliver new capabilities faster and more reliably.
The value of CubeVerse becomes clearest when looking at how it changes day‑to‑day work for customers and partners.
One immediate example is CubeAnalytics™. Traditionally, analytics tools exposed large volumes of charts, metrics, and dashboards. All of this was useful but often required special expertise to interpret. With CubeVerse, AI-powered capabilities now distill that complexity into clear, readable summaries that show what is happening in the system and why it matters.
This lowers the barrier to insight, allowing operators, warehouse managers, and maintenance leads to quickly understand system performance without needing to be data specialists.
Another important capability enabled by CubeVerse is performance optimization through software alone. In some cases, throughput targets that previously required adding Robots or hardware capacity can now be achieved by tuning the system using intelligent software models. That translates into real, tangible savings, and faster improvements, without waiting for physical upgrades.
CubeVerse also advances how AutoStore systems are designed through CubeStudio, a new integrated design and simulation workspace.
CubeStudio brings together design and simulation into a single environment and lays the groundwork for AI‑assisted design. Over time, it will enable faster iteration, clearer insight into design trade‑offs, and intelligent recommendations that help users improve performance within their constraints without relying solely on trial‑and‑error or deep expert involvement.
CubeStudio is scheduled to roll out to partners in 2026, with additional intelligence-driven features already in development.
Beyond architecture and platforms, the real impact of CubeVerse is practical.
For warehouse teams, CubeVerse simplifies access to information, provides clearer insight into system health, and supports more proactive decision making. Operators can understand performance at a glance. Managers can identify issues earlier. Maintenance teams can move from reactive troubleshooting toward proactive improvement.
The data has always existed. CubeVerse makes it easier to use, and easier to act on.
CubeVerse is designed to expand across the entire AutoStore lifecycle.
In the near and mid‑term, customers can expect continued innovation in:
AI‑driven optimization for live systems Smarter, faster design and simulation workflows Predictive maintenance and system health insights
Over time, CubeVerse will continue to evolve as AutoStore’s platform for bringing new capabilities to market more quickly and at greater scale, supporting customers as systems grow and requirements change.
If there is one idea to take away from CubeVerse, it is this:
CubeVerse is how AutoStore transforms automation into intelligent fulfillment, continuously improving performance through connected data, software, and insight.
By adopting a platform approach, AutoStore can move faster, reduce lifecycle friction, and unlock more value from the systems customers already operate. As CubeVerse continues to grow, that pace of innovation will only accelerate.