LOGISTICS - INTRA
INTRALOGTICS
Intralogistics is the management, control and optimization of the flow of goods and portables within a warehouse, distribution center or manufacturing facility. At the same time, it provides visibility and traceability. This helps companies increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer service and safety.
Logistics, in general, is one of the most common application areas for mobile robots. Nowadays, the most advanced AGVs/AMRs are full-blooded service robots and they come in many forms and sizes and the goods are not only towed but often carried onboard the robot. All of them share the same requirements, as all the other autonomous mobile robots: they need to know their positions, they need to have situational awareness, they need to be able to fulfill their mission objectives and they need to be able to work as a piece of a larger system, including not only the robots, but the human operators, other mobile machines, and the warehouse/factory as a whole.
OUR SOLUTION
Localisation of the machines used in intralogistics use cases can be based on many different solutions. Most common one includes rotating laser+reflectors, but in many applications some sort of tags on the floor are widely used as well. The system will not work without those and any major modifications in the warehouse usually requires some level of extra work regarding the infrastructure updates. Another widely used, infra-structure free, solution is based on industry-grade 2D LiDARs onboard the machine. The LiDARs will create a 2D map of the environment and then localize themselves on that map.
To avoid the problems related to the above solutions (i.e., the need to have extra infrastructure, the rigidness of the system, the need to have additional onboard sensors for situational awarensss and the limitations for the operation areas), GIM Robotics is offering an alternative solution. Our solutions are basically all built on the use of 3D LiDARs. LiDARs are used to create and update a 3D model of the environment, to localize the robot in that environment and to provide a precise 3D situational awareness 360 degrees around the machine.
We believe that our full-scale solution, KAIKKI, which enables continuous operation both indoor and outdoor, even in adverse weather conditions, is the Gamechanger. In the field of intralogistics, we have a joint offer with our partner Navitec Systems. Read more about our partnership.