Storage Health wins Best New Innovation at the 2026 MHI Innovation Awards

We're proud to share that Storage Health has won Best New Innovation at the 2026 MHI Innovation Awards at MODEX in Atlanta. Here's what it does, why it matters, and what it means for the industry.

This is a meaningful moment for our team. More importantly, it signals that the warehouse industry is ready for a fundamentally different approach to detecting and managing damage, hazards, and hygiene issues. Rather than simply celebrate the award, we want to explain what Storage Health is, why we built it, and why it stood out to the judges.

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The problem we set out to solve

Every warehouse has the same blind spot.

Teams walk the floor, check what they can see, and log what they find. This is how racking inspections have worked for decades. And for decades, it's been good enough, or at least the best available approach.

But modern warehouses have outgrown this approach. 

Racking can reach 14 or 18 metres. Very narrow aisles limit visibility from the ground. Inspections take place monthly or quarterly, sometimes less often when operations are busy. In the time between checks, damage builds unnoticed.

A forklift clips an upright and nobody reports it. A pallet base cracks under load at level six. Shrinkwrap loosens and begins to hang. A carton leans over the edge of a beam, twelve metres up.

tThese issues are not visible from the ground. They do not appear in a WMS. They do not wait for the next scheduled inspection.

Industry data tells the story: forklift impacts are responsible for up to 90% of rack damage, and the global cost of rack collapse incidents is estimated at $36 billion annually. In many cases, the damage existed for weeks or months before it was detected.

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What Storage Health does

Storage Health is a feature within DexoryView Integrity that turns every autonomous robot scan into a full-height warehouse condition check.

As our robots move through the warehouse on their regular scanning routes, their cameras capture images of every rack face, at every level, in every aisle. Computer vision AI then analyses those images to detect potential issues across six categories: damaged racking, pallet defects, tipping items, hanging shrinkwrap, item defects, and empty pallets.

Every detection is logged with the exact location, date, time, and image. This creates a digital audit trail that  teams can review, triage, and act on without ever needing to access the rack physically.

There's no additional hardware, no separate inspection process, and no disruption to operations. The system runs continuously in the background, every time the robot scans.

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Why it matters

The value lies in earlier detection and better risk management.

For operations teams, this means fewer unexpected issues. Problems are flagged early, when they are simpler and less costly to resolve, rather than months later when they escalate. 

For health and safety teams, it provides broader coverage without increasing headcount. Storage Health delivers visibility at every height, in every aisle, on every scan. It does not replace formal inspections, it complements them by filling the gaps between checks. For inventory and quality teams, it enables earlier detection of damaged goods, unstable loads, and empty pallets before they lead to write-offs, rework, delays, or customer complaints.

For the wider business, it creates a digital record of every detection, every location, and every date. This supports compliance, insurance processes, and continuous improvement.

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Why the judges recognised it

The MHI Innovation Awards recognise solutions that demonstrate excellence in innovation within the material handling and supply chain industry. Entries are evaluated based on innovation, impact, and practical value.

Storage Health stood out because it addresses a widely recognised problem that has historically been difficult to solve. You cannot inspect what you cannot see, and visibility at height has always been limited.

By combining autonomous robotics with computer vision AI, Storage Health enables continuous, full-height warehouse condition monitoring. This is not a concept or a pilot. It is a live capability already in use across customer sites.

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What's next

This award marks an important milestone, but it is only the beginning. 

We're continuing to develop Storage Health by improving detection accuracy, expanding the range of detectable issues, and working closely with customers. The goal is to help teams use continuous condition data to make better decisions around maintenance, safety, and warehouse design.

If you are relying on periodic manual checks to identify damage and hazards, we can show you what continuous monitoring looks like in practice.

Book a demo to see Storage Health in action.