ForwardX Apex C1500-L

Overview

Apex C1500-L (listed on the older page text as Apex 1500-L) is a vision-based autonomous counterbalanced forklift from ForwardX Robotics. It lifts a 1,500 kg pallet (500 mm load centre) to 3,000 mm, customizable to 4,500 mm, with fork side shift, spacing adjustment and tilt, and handles Euro and GMA pallets. It travels at up to 1.6 m/s, runs about 8 hours per charge, positions with LiDAR SLAM plus visual perception (optional QR code), has seven LiDARs and pallet in-place and off-position sensors, and carries CE marking.

Variants & pricing

Full price history

Sensors

• 7 LiDAR (3 x 3D + 4 x 2D)
• Ultra-wide-angle cameras (2 + 3 TSA)
• 2 pallet in-place sensors
• 2 pallet off-position sensors
• Optional downward QR-code cameras
• Safety bumper
• 2 emergency stop buttons

Locomotion

wheeled (battery-electric), LiDAR SLAM and visual-perception navigation

Manipulation

Arms: 0 DOF · Hands: Pallet forks 1,150 / 100 / 40 mm (length / width / height), fork carriage width 680 / 560 / 460 mm (customizable), side shift +-50/+-100 mm, spacing 400-1,300 mm, fork tilt (all with load reduction), default fork height 60 mm, max fork height 3,000 mm at 1,500 kg (customizable to 4,500 mm)

Use cases

pallet handling and transport, high-density warehouse put-away, e-commerce and beverage warehouses, factory material flow

Software

SDK: ✗ · ROS: ✗ · Open source: ✗ · AI: Vision-based SLAM / visual perception; f(x) Fleet Manager

Key facts

• Source: ForwardX Apex series page and its July 2026 spec-table image (apex-scaled.png), fetched 2026-10-17. Image values used for 'Apex C1500-L': 2,570 x 1,044 x 2,274 mm, turning diameter 2,750 mm, aisle Ast 3,016 mm (1,200 x 1,000 pallet), 2,700 kg, 1,500 kg max, load centre 500 mm, max speed 1.6 m/s, docking accuracy +-5 mm / +-0.5 deg (special deployment conditions), ~8 h per charge.
• Naming and conflict: the page's intro text names it 'Apex C1500-L counterbalanced forklift', while the older HTML spec block is titled 'Apex 1500-L' and lists 2,495 x 1,250 x 2,190 mm (its length also carries a wrong inch figure), turning diameter 2,750 mm, aisle 2,999 mm, 1,600 mm max fork height, ~10 h, 1,500 kg and 2,700 kg. Both agree on 1,500 kg, 2,700 kg and 2,750 mm turning diameter. The newer table image (current name C1500-L) is used; the assigned id keeps '1500-l'.
• The same table also lists the Apex C2000-L (2,000 kg) and the page announces an Apex R2000-L; neither is recorded here. Battery capacity is not published, so battery_wh is null. Launch year not found.
• Image: official ForwardX render (Apex-1500-L-CETSA.png, 2560 px, rear view with mast) from forwardx.com, transparent PNG laid on white.
• Height conflict between sources: spec-table image 2,274 mm (used for height_cm) vs older HTML spec block 2,190 mm. Launch date not found in a fetched source, so year_announced stays null. Image re-cropped to the robot on 2026-10-17; ForwardX publishes only this rear/front render, forks are not visible in it.

About ForwardX Robotics

Maker of vision-based autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and autonomous forklifts for warehouses and manufacturing, with the f(x) Fleet Manager software.

https://www.forwardx.com · Founded: 2016 · HQ: Not stated on fetched pages (offices in China, Japan, Korea, Europe, Australia and the US)