…safer,
Our robots are inherently safe. They can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human’s way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space …more
A new generation of mobile logistics robots...
…greener,
Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 5:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 2:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload …more
…customizable,
Our robots can be customized to a customer’s need very quickly. We have adopted a design concept, which was initially developed in the automotive industry: the platform concept. Our robots are built of a construction kit of modular, quasi standardized components …more
…and more efficient.
Our robots are collaborative. They can interact with human workers and support them in the execution of their task. It is a meanwhile widely adopted insight that full automation in many industrial contexts is a dead end and that teams consisting of humans and robots …more
Technologies
We have transferred the platform concept, which was initially developed in the 90ties in the past century in the automotive industry, into the design of mobile service robots. Our robots are built out of a set of re-usable, easily configurable and customizable components that enable us to address the special needs of customers quickly and at decent cost.
Our products
We have implemented the platform concept in a number of off- the- shelve robots. We use similar or identical component across different models of mobile robots each serving a specific task. The robots themselves can be easily scaled and adapted to the needs of customers in terms of payload, vehicle geometry, or design.
Our robots can operate in two modes: They can either operate fully autonomously or interactively support human workers in accomplishing their tasks.
- They operate autonomously and transport loads as long as there is no interaction with a human worker.
- When they approach a human or an obstacle they reduce their speed AND their kinetic energy and then keep moving at a kinetic energy level, which cannot cause any harm or damage.
- When a contact is established by a human worker for example by grasping a haptic interface the robots go in an interactive operation mode. In this mode they can be arbitrarily pushed back or moved around with a minimal amount of force.
- On the press of a button they go back into autonomous mode and continue executing their task.
Customized designs
Our platform concept enables us also to address very specific customer requirements and design entirely new mobile service robots. The design ranges from mobile manipulators for research purposes to collaborative robots in manufacturing and logistics, which can semi-autonomously lift and transport heavy loads.
Our services
We have two business models for a collaborative development of new robots or applications jointly with our customers: Lot size 1 and Lot size 100. In the Lot size 1 model, we share development cost and ownership with a customer, if the developed technology fits to our portfolio. In the Lot size 100 model we carry the development cost by ourselves but expect a minimum order quantity of 100 customized robots. Customers who are not ready to purchase our robots can rent our off-the-shelve robots (Robot as a Service).
About us
We are a fast-growing team of 14 robotic engineers (right now) with a background in mechanical, electronic, mechatronic, software engineering. Our engineers are supported by a very agile team assistants who is an allrounder and takes care of virtually everything which is not related to product development and engineering. All our graphics and visual design work is created by a very talented graphic designer.