Summary

The Axon Raptor project aimed to create a real-time monitoring dashboard for robotic picking operations, allowing warehouse managers to track order fulfillment, device health, and task failures effortlessly.

The impact:

• Built a custom monitoring dashboard using progressive data disclosure, minimizing cognitive overload.
• Mapped the entire device lifecycle and created focused visualizations for quick, informed decision-making.
• Enabled fast execution by designing a tablet-friendly interface for Pick-to-Light (PTL) workers, ensuring smooth task completion with minimal clicks.

This project was particularly challenging as there were no design precedents for a robotic picking system like Raptor. Working closely with PMs, developers, and warehouse SMEs, I ensured the design was scalable, action-oriented, and clear, ultimately helping the client reduce downtime and improve operational efficiency.

1. What is RAPTOR?

RAPTOR is a real-time robotic palletizing & depalletizing system inside a Warehouse Execution System.

It visualizes the robots, conveyors, and 7×5 buffer racks in live time, and acts as the interface between:

• NuMove → robot & conveyor state
• WMS → orders, SKUs, tasks
• Forklift operators → actual pallet movement

Its purpose: give supervisors and operators a single digital twin view to monitor, diagnose, and execute work inside a Raptor cell.

Final UI

2. Understanding a Complex Robotic System

My first step was deep technical immersion:

What I did

• Read PRDs, architecture docs, work-order workflows.