Cleveron 302

The Cleveron 302 is the opposite of its larger sibling: not a robot behind a façade, but a cabinet wall with compartments and a control console. Exactly this makes it viable at many locations.

Two specifications are decisive. Cabinet height is 2.00 m, depth is 0.70 m. This fits beneath any ordinary retail ceiling and can stand against a wall rather than occupy floor space. By comparison, because this difference shapes procurement decisions: the Cleveron 402 requires at least 3.10 m height and 2.10 m depth. Where the ceiling falls short, the discussion of package density ends before it begins.

Width is modular, ranging from 1 to 17.5 m. This is an unusually broad span, describing two quite different applications: 1 m is a cabinet beside the checkout; 17.5 m is a wall in the foyer.

The 302 is likewise specified for indoor use only. Neither this model nor the larger units in the Cleveron series are rated for outdoor installation or exposed mounting.

Cleveron publishes no specifications for weight or required floor load capacity. For a compartment wall handling up to 402 shipments, this is the figure that belongs in the inquiry.

The technology is deliberately simple, and here that is a strength, not a limitation.

Operation is via an 18.5" touchscreen in Full HD — the largest display in the series, significantly larger than the 10.1" screens on the 402 and 403. For a system that assigns a compartment and requests authentication, the display size is the primary element of user comfort.

Cleveron lists a label printer as optional equipment. This is the only capability the 302 offers that the larger robots do not: the 402 manufacturer specifies no optional equipment, nor does the 403. For returns where the label is generated at the unit, this is the difference between a practical workflow and none.

Internet connectivity on-site is required. Cleveron does not specify the method or how the customer authenticates — code, barcode, or app remains open. Both specifics belong in the proposal, together with integration to the checkout system.

What the 302 lacks technically is variable shelf height: a compartment is a compartment. This directly determines the package density discussed in the next section.

Here lies both the constraint and a surprising strength.

Capacity ranges from 15 to 402 shipments. Cleveron specifies maximum package density at 34 per square metre. For reference within the same family: the 403 achieves 63, the 402 achieves 118. The 302 thus requires roughly three times the floor area of the robot for equivalent throughput. Those who must store many shipments in limited space are not the target.

The strength appears in the same datasheet and is easily overlooked: the largest package may measure 360 × 620 × 1,870 mm. Almost two metres in length. The 402 and 403 accept a maximum of 400 × 600 × 400 mm.

This reverses the comparison for certain locations entirely. Rolled goods, sports equipment, skis, carpets, long cartons — items that do not fit in a 402 do fit in the 302. A specialist retailer in sports or flooring will match its shipment profile more closely with the smaller system than with the large one.

"Larger" in this category thus does not consistently mean "more." It means more units per square metre, at a smaller maximum package dimension.

Operating effort has two dimensions, and both favour the 302.

For loading, Cleveron specifies 20 minutes per 100 shipments. This is the figure describing dispatch labour, and it is slightly faster than the 22 minutes for the 403. For the 402, Cleveron publishes no loading time; only the retrieval specification of approximately 10 seconds is given. The two figures are not comparable and must not be set against each other.

The actual advantage is the architecture. A compartment system with 60 compartments remains 59/60 usable if one lock fails. A robot with a disabled handling mechanism delivers nothing, not even already-stored packages. Those who cannot or will not contract a service agreement with guaranteed response time are far more robustly positioned with the compartment system.

Cleveron publishes nothing on failure rates or mean time to repair — standard practice in this category, yet not a smaller question. Additionally, clarification is needed: can compartments be manually opened if the electronics are offline.

The 302 is the most efficient system in the series, and the gap is substantial.

Cleveron specifies average monthly consumption at 30 kWh. Annualised, that is 360 kWh; at the electricity rate we apply in this category, €0.30 per kWh, this equates to approximately €108 per year. The 360 kWh/year figure is our annualisation of the monthly specification, not an independent manufacturer claim.

The comparison clarifies the scale: the 403 is rated at 145 kWh per month, the 402 at 300. The 302 thus consumes one-tenth of the large robot.

Per-shipment consumption puts this partly in perspective. At full capacity with 402 shipments, the 302 achieves approximately 1 kWh per month per 13 shipments; the 402 achieves 1 per 11. Per-package efficiency is thus comparable — the difference is scale, not design. Consumption becomes critical where a system is not fully utilised: a 402 at minimum configuration draws the same baseline load as one at full capacity.

Cleveron provides no specifications for connection power, voltage, or circuit protection. For electrical planning, this is the missing figure.

We do not publish a purchase price for this unit. Internal records held €15,000; this figure has no source. Cleveron does not publish prices, and no dealer with pricing for this series was found. Compartment systems of this class are project sales to retail chains and logistics operators, including installation, integration, and service contracts. The site therefore states "on request."

Verifiable are the ongoing costs. Electricity costs approximately €108 per year (360 kWh at €0.30). For service agreements we budget €40 monthly, thus €480 annually, and depreciation over 84 months. Consumables appear only if the optional label printer is included — otherwise none. This gives documented running costs of approximately €590 per year, before capital cost.

Four line items belong separately in the proposal, because public specifications are silent on these: connectivity and customer authentication method, POS integration for proof of collection, the label printer as an option, and guaranteed service response time.

The positioning: the 302 is cost-effective where floor space exists and shipment flow is moderate — up to roughly 400 units. Those above this volume, or lacking space, pay ten times the electricity cost on the 402 for triple the density. Those accepting long packages have no alternative in this family anyway.