Seegrid Vision-Guided, Unmanned Robotic Industrial Trucks

• Work Type: Single-Depth Pallet Truck moves 1 pallet; Double Depth moves 2 pallets; Tow Tractor pulls carts, trains or flatbed carts
• Learning capacity: Number of miles of route information robot can store

Travel time is wasted time; reclaim it with robotic trucks that deliver without human guidance

Consider the time between the loading of a pallet and its arrival at a destination - maybe a minute, maybe several. Those minutes are dead time for a warehouse worker, time spent "in transit" between value-add points where loading, picking or other operations are done. He's essentially stuck in traffic during those minutes. How much time does he spend every day driving from point A to point B?

If a worker is driving pallets around 15 times a day at 3 minutes per, that's 45 minutes a day the worker is basically idle.

Unmanned robotic trucks can free that person from those 45 minutes a day of travel time. They have a robust visual guidance system enhanced with safety sensors for consistently safe operation. They 'learn' multiple routes - up to 25 miles of information. By inputting pre-planned drop stops, selection stations, and return points, Seegrid trucks complete routes entirely without human guidance.

Seegrid robotic trucks deliver continuous parts flow to assembly and kitting stations, reducing idle times and increasing downstream velocity. In warehouse and distribution operations, they slash employee travel times, reduce worker fatigue, and increase productivity.

Because they can perform one series of routes for first shift and then perform entirely different routes during other shifts, Robotic pallet trucks give you flexibility. You can add more shifts without adding employees. Seasonal production spikes are greatly improved as robotic industrial trucks can run non-stop, allowing production to keep pace with scheduling.

Deployment is virtually stress free. Robotic training takes place with "Walk Through Then Work" technology which deploys trucks in hours instead of days. Integrates seamlessly with WMS and inventory control devices.

What can you expect?

• Cost Reductions: Fewer workflow disruptions. No runners are needed. Reduces traditional forklift usage and labor costs
• Improved Inventory Handling: Slashes waiting times for parts or order picking. Inventory deficits are reduced greatly
• Human Travel Reduction: In one case, robotic trucks slashed personnel travel times from 750 to 250 miles per day. Reduces usage of manned travel for putaway and increased pallet storage rates
• Affordability: Less expensive than other automated alternatives, such as AGV's. Maintenance cost and implementation times are both reduced
• Easy Configurability & Flexibility: It's easy to change routes as your inventory and product mix changes. No custom programming involved.
• Safety, Reliability & Ease of Operation: Once routes are given, robotic trucks are extremely safe, and very easy to operate. Less manual handling of larger, heavier loads
• No Facility Adaptation: You won't be laying down tracks, magnetic tape, or drilling holes in your floor. Sets up in less than 1 hour

Testimonials

“We were looking at an AGV but didn’t want the wire guides, magnets and lasers that come with it – we needed flexibility to be able to change the routes easily and frequently and the GT3 does that for us. We use the GT3 to continually supply parts to our assembly stations. We love its versatility—we are able to simply change and perform multiple routes for our first and second shifts and do a completely different route for our third shift – just that flexibility alone provided us real value”
Donnie Dixon, Supervisor of Materials Control
Daimler Trucks North America