LoadRunner (warehouse robots)

2021: Robots are presented LoadRunner

In mid-March 2021, engineers of the German Institute of Material Flows and Logistics named after Fraunhofer introduced warehouse robots working with "swarms." The flat robotic car LoadRunner is an autonomous device on wheels that can move at a speed of up to 10 meters per second. Robots LoadRunner exchange data with each other through a 5G network, working as a collective swarm, which avoids collisions.

Due to the pandemic, online shopping is experiencing an unprecedented boom, but as a result, the load on warehouses has increased unusually. All goods need to be transported quickly, but carefully, and it is here that robots come to the aid of people. LoadRunner

Presented warehouse robots LoadRunner working "swarms"

Driven by four motors, each device can carry a payload of up to 30 kg. In the warehouse, robots are oriented using on-board optical cameras that determine known control points inside the building. Reaching its destination, the LoadRunner slows down sharply, so that its load slips from the vehicle to the delivery platform.

Several robots LoadRunner can work in the same warehouse at the same time, since they are able to exchange data and act like a swarm. Such roaring also allows two or more vehicles to work together, carrying weights that are too large or heavy for one robot. However, if this option is not available, the robot can LoadRunner tow a load consisting of four interconnected trailers.

In recent tests under real conditions, a group of about 60 robots were LoadRunner able to process 13,000 parcels per hour. The Fraunhofer Institute is already developing a street version of the robomobile, which could be used to move goods between warehouses or tow luggage carts at airports.^[1]

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