Autonomous mobile robot (AMR) developer Geek+ has announced the global launch of its multi-level storage and retrieval system, Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick, which uses Geek+’s X-series four-way shuttle robots to boost storage density while ground floor picking operations leverage its P800 robots.
According to the IntraLogisteX 2022 exhibitor, the four-way shuttles utilises every inch of vertical space of a warehouses upper level for pallet storage and quick and flexible replenishment of the lower level. Below them, picking robots move shelves, pallets, and racks containing the most in-demand goods.
Businesses can easily add or remove robots from the system according to business fluctuations, expanding storage to fit demand. Existing infrastructure such as conveyor belts, robotic arms, or automatic lifts can also be integrated into the system for receiving and/or distributing goods.
Kai Liu, Geek+ co-founder and VP of picking and smart warehouse, said: “When it comes to getting the most out of the warehouse space available, traditional warehousing systems are no longer up to the task.
“With Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick, businesses have the solution to tackle challenges like labour shortages and increasing costs of warehouse space and deliver the level of service their customers expect.”
Geek+’s four-way shuttle solution completes the company’s high density solution offering, following the launch of ultra-fast goods-to-person solution PopPick at the end of 2021 and the eight-meter tall micro-fulfilment solution RoboShuttle launched in first half of that year.
Kai Liu continued: “Our R&D team is dedicated to providing the most effective solutions to retailers’ warehouse pain points. Our approach has been to study our goods-to-person installations worldwide and conduct in-depth discussions with customers to further innovate in the space and develop the products that can fit their more complex needs.
“Goods-to-person is just the tip of the iceberg for what AMRs can provide to warehouse logistics. Geek+ intends to continue to set the innovation pace in the industry.”
Compared with manual warehouses that use beam racks for storage and shipment, the four-way shuttle racks provides higher and denser storage spaces without compromising worker safety. On the ground level, the P800 is designed to provides high-speed picking, and intelligent algorithms combined with quick full-pallet put-away improve the rationality of operations. Efficiency of both tote and piece picking is increased by two to three times.
The width of the four-way shuttle running main-aisle is only 1,250mm for standard pallets (L1,200mm*W1,000mm), which is just 40% of the traditional forklift aisle. Extending racks to the tops of the available space under the warehouse roof, Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick takes storage capacity to more than five times that of traditional warehouses.
Geek+ added given that the solution is built upon the interaction of two flexible robots, it provides the ability to seamlessly connect different warehouse areas. While AI automatically manages and carries out replenishment and storage relocation.
Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick is designed to be an ideal solution to automate operations in retail, third-party logistics, manufacturing, cold chain, and pharmaceutical distribution, among many other industries.
Geek+ (Stand 730) will be at IntraLogisteX 2022 on 29 & 30 March, at the Coventry Building Society Arena. For more information, please visit www.intralogistex.co.uk!
