Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)
An autonomous mobile robot (AMR) is any robot that can understand and move through its environment without being overseen directly by an operator. Typically, this is achieved through an array of sophisticated on-board sensors, computers, and maps, which allow AMRs to understand and interpret their environment in order to function as a form of asynchronous transportation.
In a warehouse setting, these sophisticated technologies partner with the warehouse execution software (WES) in order to grant AMRs increased flexibility to create their own routes between locations within a warehouse or facility, identifying and avoiding obstacles and rerouting themselves when necessary. The end result is a robot that is much better able to deal with the dynamic environment offered by most order fulfillment operations.
Though a young technology, AMRs come in a number of different varieties, which can be put to use in a variety of ways within an order fulfillment operation, including:
- Transporting product and freight within a facility
- Assisting in the picking process
- Facilitating sortation
- Increasing inventory visibility
By aiding an operation in these processes, AMRs have the potential to contribute a number of benefits which can improve your bottom line and help your operation become more profitable:
- Increased Flexibility: Instead of following hard-set paths, AMRs are able to dynamically create their own efficient pathways from Point A to Point B within a facility, helping them to avoid obstacles and allowing for agile, modular automation.
- Increased Safety: Packed to the gills with many sensors and cameras, AMRs can interpret and understand their environment in order to travel within a facility without colliding with obstacles such as product, infrastructure, or people.
- Quick Implementation: AMRs can often be deployed within an operation in four to six weeks.
- Modular Deployment: Because AMRs are relatively easy to implement within a facility, it is possible to follow a modular deployment system—starting with a few units and adding more as necessary as your operation grows and your needs change.
All Environments (frozen, chilled, and ambient)
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) designed to operate in all environments simultaneously. This line of AMRs provides order fulfillment, replenishment, transportation, and storage and retrieval for environmentally controlled warehouses, saving organizations labor, forklifts, and floor space.
The Conveyco AMRs integrate seamlessly with existing ERP, WMS, and WES software systems to provide real-time levels of visibility, optimum performance, and easy management.
Robotics Resources
If you’d like to learn more about the topic of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and the role that the can play in making your operation more efficient and productive, we encourage you to read some of the resources that we have written on the subject: Download our AMR eBook.
