Docking Station for Mobile Industrial Robots

Real efficiency in logistics automation is achieved when the entire workflow includes precise product delivery between all stations. This is the vision behind ROEQ's new Docking Station Precision that can be mounted to either floors, walls or machinery. The solution works in tandem with ROEQ's cart solution C300 for MiR, enabling secure and precise locking of the cart upon delivery at the docking station.

The new docking station's ± 1 mm repeatability offers precise delivery of products and pallets carried by the autonomous mobile robots from Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) equipped with ROEQ's cart solution. ROEQ's TR1000 Top Roller is a conveyor top module for MiR1000, the largest model from Mobile Industrial Robots with up to 1,000 kilo (1 ton) payloads.

"Docking Station Precision leverages the MiR robot's repeatability, ensuring that when the robot arrives with the cart, the load carried by the cart is delivered and locked with precision," said Peder Grejsen, Technical Sales Manager for ROEQ. "This means no interruption of the workflow due to misaligned products or pallets between stations. In a packaging cell, for example, where we increasingly see robots handling products, it is imperative that the product delivery happens exactly where the robot is instructed to pick up the part."

By using the ROEQ C300 cart solution, the MiR robot can collect loaded carts, deliver them to the designated docking station and leave the carts there to be emptied or prepared for the next mission. This solution ensures that the MiR robot is only stationary for a short amount of time, effectively streamlining the workflow between different divisions of the facility.

MiR founder and CSO, Niels Jul Jacobsen, said, "Using a product such as ROEQ's docking station enables our robots to dock with five times greater precision. Capabilities like these add tremendous value to our customers who are seeking to automate internal logistics tasks that require extreme precision when loading and unloading materials."

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ROEQ

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www.roeq.dk