Engineers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have created Russia’s first robot for transporting goods inside a warehouse, Izvestia writes.
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In the future, the robot created by MIPT specialists will be able to completely replace the driver of a forklift, with the help of which objects are moved on pallets – standard rectangular stands. Experts have also developed specialized software for warehouse management. According to them, automation of logistics hubs using their invention will be cheaper than personnel costs.
“It is expected that the solution being developed will replace the driver of the loading and unloading equipment – the pallet transporter at the first stage, and later the high-altitude loader or even the operator of production processes. Taking into account the required parameters, the method of navigation using ceiling optical marks in the visible range was determined as the most optimal solution. Using this method in a warehouse allows you to create a scalable system for automatically moving pallets in a warehouse with minimal investment,” said Andrei Leus, an employee of the MIPT Laboratory of Special Purpose Digital Systems.
To test the warehouse robot and software (software), a test site on a scale of 1:10 was assembled at MIPT, which simulated a warehouse with an area of 600 square meters. m with a ceiling height of about 12 m. Scientists successfully tested the ability to control a miniature warehouse robot on a smaller copy.
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