Advanced warehouse automation company Invar Group has used this year’s Robotics and Automation exhibition to discuss details of a new partnership with global robotic systems manufacturer Hai Robotics.
The agreement includes Hai’s autonomous case-handling robotic (ACR) systems as part of Invar’s suite of solutions for customers in the UK, Europe and the USA.
As visitors to the exhibition discovered, Hai’s ACRs are used in order picking, put-away and dispatch operations, while Invar Group has a global network of customers in sectors such as, e-commerce, retail, pharmaceuticals, FMCG and manufacturing.
Craig Whitehouse, managing director of Invar Integration, said: “These are exciting times, robotics has transformed automation in the warehouse. Their flexibility, scalability and low-capex appeal offers huge advantages over fixed solutions.
“Hai Robotics has a fantastic range of intelligent ACRs, well suited to the varied demands of fulfilment applications, and so we are delighted to include Hai Robotics’ advanced ACRs in our fast-expanding solutions suite.”
Hai Robotics launched its first ACR system, the HAIPICK, in 2015 and has since developed a family of mobile robots with the ability to carry cartons as well as individual totes, offering the capability to bring multiple cases to pickers or conveyors in one movement.
The autonomous order-picking robots can pick and place totes or cartons on shelves up to 7m high and are able to carry up to eight loads at a time, offering a continuous feed for goods-to-person picking stations.
The HAIPICK solution has been developed to quickly transform the performance of a warehouse, increasing storage density by 80–130% and improving operational efficiency by over 300% compared with a manual process, according to the partnership.
Invar Systems (Stand 802) is at Robotics and Automation 2021 on 02-03 November at the Coventry Building Society Arena. For more details, go to www.roboticsandautomation.co.uk
