Future-Proofing Facilities with Scalable Mobile Automation
In today’s fast-changing industrial landscape, mobile automation has shifted from being an experimental concept to a critical enabler of operational resilience. Yet while many organizations are eager to deploy robots and automated systems, too many projects stall at the proof-of-concept ...
AGV & AMR Navigation Systems: Floor-Based vs Lidar
In the rapidly evolving world of mobile automation, navigation is at the core of functionality. Whether it’s an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) or an automated guided vehicle (AGV), how a machine knows where it is and where it’s going is ...
Getting Started with Mobile Automation
Mobile automation (MA) is exploding and it’s tempting to jump in and give it a try. But first, there are four chief hurdles to implementation that you need to address. Having the desire to add MA is one thing; not ...
Virtual Visualization, Simulation & Analysis: A Critical Component of Automating ...
Digitalization is driven by eco-conscious yet hyper-connected consumers. These new-age consumers want novel experiences and innovative products that meet their needs. Additionally, they want their products delivered safely and as quickly as possible. To satisfy ever-growing consumer demands, enterprises should ...
The Unexpected (Soft) Benefits of Mobile Automation
There are a myriad of valid reasons why organizations consider mobile automation, like automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for their operations. Most of these benefits are fairly obvious and easy to use as justification for the ...
Understanding the Differences Between AGVs and AMRs
The labor shortage isn’t new in the warehousing and manufacturing arena, but the pandemic has made it that much more challenging as facilities try to keep up with increased ecommerce order demands. This, in turn, has led to more interest ...
Understanding the MAG Group
As the labor shortage grows and the adoption of automation grows along with it, so does the need for information about these tools. With that in mind, the MHI has an industry group dedicated to educating and informing users about ...
How Mobile Autonomous Vehicles Address E-Commerce, Automotive And Food/Beverage Handling ...
Operations considering an investment in mobile autonomous vehicles (MAVs) — such as automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) — have lots of questions. Among them: How will the system work in my application? What types of challenges ...
Mobile Autonomous Vehicles: Comparing On-Premise To Cloud-Based Hosting Options
When investing in a mobile autonomous vehicle (MAV) system — such as a fleet of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) or autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) — warehouse operators increasingly have the choice of hosting the fleet management, monitoring, analytics, and control ...
Why Pairing Forked AGVs With AMRs Delivers Better ROI
Companies considering an investment in mobile autonomous vehicles — such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) — sometimes erroneously believe that they have to exclusively choose one solution or the other. Often, as is the case ...