Quantum Robotics - AGV Forklift | Automated

AGV Forklift | Automated

Features of this product

• Optionally, software controls task allocation and the robotic forklift fleet’s movements. The software typically interacts with a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and may also interact you are your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and with other material handling equipment. Some forklift OEMs have developed their own navigation and control systems, while others partner with specialized tech companies.
• Increasingly robotic lift trucks operate without following fixed paths defined by guide wires, magnetic tape, magnets, or transponders embedded in the floor. Newer guidance technologies include methods such as lasers, image recognition, and location sensors that measure distances, map facilities, store data, and navigate based on the forklift’s position relative to “natural features”—walls, racks, and other objects. Depending on the technology, minimal or no additional infrastructure is required, so it is easy to reprogram travel routes.
• Wider availability and declining costs of sophisticated sensors have reduced costs for the end-user.
• Currently, fully, or semi-automated counterbalanced forklifts, narrow-aisle forklifts, high-reach trucks, and high- and low-platform pallet trucks are available. While automated forklifts can be programmed to do many tasks.
• The simplest tasks to automate are: basic horizontal transports, with or without loads, between specified points, with no other action required. Also pallet picking and putaway. Order picking is possible but generally more challenging at this stage.
• A major focus is the automation of receiving and replenishment, which largely involve routine processes and thus are well suited to automation.
• ROIs of one to three years or even less are achievable, with hours of operation and volume of repetitive movements being key factors.

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Features of this product

• Optionally, software controls task allocation and the robotic forklift fleet’s movements. The software typically interacts with a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and may also interact you are your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and with other material handling equipment. Some forklift OEMs have developed their own navigation and control systems, while others partner with specialized tech companies.
• Increasingly robotic lift trucks operate without following fixed paths defined by guide wires, magnetic tape, magnets, or transponders embedded in the floor. Newer guidance technologies include methods such as lasers, image recognition, and location sensors that measure distances, map facilities, store data, and navigate based on the forklift’s position relative to “natural features”—walls, racks, and other objects. Depending on the technology, minimal or no additional infrastructure is required, so it is easy to reprogram travel routes.
• Wider availability and declining costs of sophisticated sensors have reduced costs for the end-user.
• Currently, fully, or semi-automated counterbalanced forklifts, narrow-aisle forklifts, high-reach trucks, and high- and low-platform pallet trucks are available. While automated forklifts can be programmed to do many tasks.
• The simplest tasks to automate are: basic horizontal transports, with or without loads, between specified points, with no other action required. Also pallet picking and putaway. Order picking is possible but generally more challenging at this stage.
• A major focus is the automation of receiving and replenishment, which largely involve routine processes and thus are well suited to automation.
• ROIs of one to three years or even less are achievable, with hours of operation and volume of repetitive movements being key factors.

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To contact Quantum Robotics about Quantum Robotics AGV Forklift | Automated use Get a quote.