Material Handler Robot!

Filed in archive Products on April 25, 2008

I read in SC Digest that a new company called Seegrid, has introduced a new material handling robot which can be a real hit in the market:

A new company called Seegrid announced a new line of what it calls "Industrial Mobile Robots," which are really a new form of AGV that may find a real place in distribution. What makes the technology different is a new approach to movement control. The machines use vision technology to learn their routes, so no wires on the floor or laser guided system is needed. This makes them very flexible to changing requirements, and we are told the Seegrid robots can learn their routes in just hours or even faster. The machines sell for well less than standard AGVs, and implementation and/or piloting can be done on the cheap due to the ease of "training" on the routes. Definitely worth a look.