AutoGuide Mobile Robots has introduced a fully autonomous mobile robot (AMR) designed to automate racking and picking operations at high-bay warehouses.
Reportedly an industry’s first, the Max-N High Bay autonomous counterbalanced forklift can lift 2,400 lb payloads up to 36ft high.
Travelling at up to 4mph, the AMR is designed to travel along a network of approved, predictable paths to decrease workplace risk for employees in shared workspaces.
According to AutoGuide, the autonomous forklift works with existing warehouse infrastructure, removing the need to install new racking systems or pallets. It can also receive data from existing order management and warehouse management systems (WMS) and can be deployed to complete an array of high bay operations.
Rob Sullivan, CEO of AutoGuide, said: ““Traditional high-bay operations can be complex and potentially dangerous. Due to this complexity, operations risk product damage and employee injury. Autonomous solutions like the Max-N High Bay, on the other hand, increase efficiencies and keep both employees and products safe, providing an excellent return on investment in high bay environments.”
As well as announcing the Max-N High Bay, AutoGuide has also launched a new mobile autonomous storage and retrieval system (ASRS). The company said this inventory management software connects with facility WMS and inventory management applications to keep track of facility inventory, manage finished goods or WIP inventories; speed reconciliation; and provide daily cycle counting digitally.
Sullivan said: “As part of the new AutoGuide Mobile ASRS, our autonomous MAX-N High Bay can safely and efficiently transport materials from the receiving dock directly to the storage racks without the need for conveyor systems or other inflexible material handling infrastructure.
“When connected to detailed, facility-wide inventory awareness, the MAX-N High Bay can get material exactly where it belongs.”
