For maintenance of storage areas all over the world used daily by tens of thousands of workers. They mark, assort product, move it and do a lot of manipulation. The replacement of employees at the warehouses on robots will save both a lot of money, but also a place for a new product. It is gratifying that the Russian inventors did not lag behind their Western colleagues and presented ready for work “robot Sklodowska”.
Responsible for the development of domestic company Ronavi Robotics, created in 2014. Even then she demonstrated the first model of the robot. On completion took several years, and now the creation of Ronavi ready to step up service. “Robotics” is indeed a very promising direction of introduction of robotic assistants. For example: in the warehouse 13 centers Amazon already has 45 000 robots. Robotic warehouse systems, cutting costs by approximately 20% and save up to 50% space in the warehouse. According to the head of project Andrei Evdokimov,
“The transfer of large warehouses, robotic service system — a global trend, and in Russia this process is just beginning, so our robot vast potential market. Our formulation, unlike their Western counterparts, has more capacity, and a competitive ratio of time of “work-power”. In addition, we expect to deliver not only robots, but also whole specialized software to operate a robotic warehouse”.
The robot consists of two platforms of 1 meter by 50 centimeters, weighs 180 pounds and is able to move cargo weighing up to 1.5 tons. Wheel robot is designed so that it does not need space to turn: it can go sideways. Receiving a request, the robot finds the right product and transports to the destination. Such a robot can work on any stock — you just have to stick on the shelves of a label with a QR code. A special software developed by the Russian company Ronavi Robotics, able to control several warehouse robots, adjusting their movement and giving the order to the one who is closest to the desired box. The robot will arrive in November 2018.
Based on materials of RIA “news”
Ronavi: Russia’s first robot to work in the warehouse
Vladimir Kuznetsov