Why are autonomous transport robots a real game changer in logistics?

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Why are autonomous transport robots a real game changer in logistics?
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To many logistics experts it might seem like old wine in new skins: Everybody is talking about transport robots in logistics nowadays.
Now there is a quite new class of transport vehicles arising, called AMRs or AUTONOMOUS Mobile Robots.
In our definition a robot is autonomous when it can maneuver from point A to point B, bypass obstacles and navigate without any additional installation in the building.
As one example you can see our Smart Transport Robot – or short STR – in the video that I posted last week: STR – Smart Transport Robot
The STR has to localize itself in the factory.
The STR needs its own onboard map of the surrounding.
The STR manages to do its own onboard path-planning.
The STR needs to exercise all safety relevant calculations.
The STR needs to run the neural networks to detect the load carrier.
Localization is one of the major key points when it comes to autonomous transports and is mostly achieved through a new type of algorithm called SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping).
Basically what the algorithm does, is that it uses the safety scanner to detect its surrounding and compares it to the saved map of the building, and therefore calculating backwards the position of the vehicle.
In our own vehicle we were facing an additional task: Because we wanted to start with a base version of the STR (to keep the cost at a minimum) we needed to navigate with only one safety scanner in the front of the robot.
The IPA SLAM also manages to sync the path-planning of the robot to the different safety zones of the scanner (e.g. loaded or empty STR).
So what are the big benefits of such a autonomous transport robot like the STR?
Also very valuable for logistics operations: Because of its object recognition capabilities the STR can autonomously pick-up and drop its load directly at the point of use without any additional handling and without an exact positioning of the roller carrier

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