Automated guided vehicle (AGV) development is a complicated business. While a robust, easy-to-use mobile robot could drive your vehicle business for years to come, producing such a cash cow is a process packed full of potential pitfalls.
GECOM’S Steven Lockhart had a challenge: increase efficiency while optimizing human resources. As the head of the Corporation’s Continuous Improvement team, Lockhart had seen automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in action at other GECOM sites. In 2018 he embarked on an AGV adoption program at his own production site in Greensburg, Indiana.
2020 has been an exceptional year in many ways.
When it comes to delighting customers and ensuring the profitability of your AGV sale, quick and efficient commissioning is the goal.
BlueBotics’ team of expert engineers has installed, and helped customers to install, hundreds of AGVs and mobile robots at sites around the world. Below are our seven top tips for AGV commissioning success.
The better you understand your customer’s site, and how their automated guided vehicles will operate within it, the smoother the AGV commissioning process will run.
Many of today’s leading lift truck manufacturers offer automated forklifts. However, there are several companies who do not, and whose product portfolios are therefore not ready to capitalize on the growth of the AGV market. Is your business one of these?
The COVID-19 pandemic has put unprecedented strain on hospitals and care facilities. But a recent push towards automating hospital logistics has freed up both healthcare workers and support staff to continue the urgent work of fighting the pandemic.
We know that in the coming years, automation will influence every part of our lives: from work and school, to leisure and family. But what will this automated future look like?
BlueBotics is proud to be represented by CeMAT ASIA, the leading international trade fair in Asia, by our local distributor and partner TONGPU Electronics.
In a new video, the CEO of BlueBotics, Dr. Nicola Tomatis, sits down to share his vehicle automation expertise.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the issue of healthcare acquired infections (HAIs). HAIs have never before been so visible, as the public focuses on COVID-19’s spreads through aged care facilities and hospitals around the world.