AMR and Automation

The logistics revolution

The labor shortage will continue to increase as a result of demographic change. At the same time, the demands placed on logistics are increasing due to ever higher requirements in terms of efficiency and service quality. The typical product life cycle is becoming shorter, while seasonal fluctuations are increasing.

Conventional automation systems, such as permanently installed material flow technology, possibly supplemented by automated guided vehicles (AGVs), offer a highly efficient and cost-effective solution for large throughput volumes of standardized goods, materials and lot sizes. However, this comes with a significant investment and trade-offs.

Efficiency meets flexibility

The good news: With the introduction and further development of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and corresponding control systems, the previous contradiction between efficiency and flexibility in automation technology is increasingly disappearing. Modern systems can now also deal with strongly fluctuating throughput volumes and a dynamically changing wide variety of articles. Artificial intelligence and machine learning will continue to significantly improve their performance.

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Securing competitiveness

Logistics is changing rapidly due to automation and AMR systems in particular. The range is becoming larger, more diverse and more sophisticated. At the same time, competition between providers is making prices more affordable. Many technical innovations in the field of AMR are already shaping logistics today.

Not every innovation will last, but one thing is already certain: Warehouse logistics without a significant level of automation will no longer be competitive in less than ten years. Although AMRs will not replace stationary technology for high throughput performance, they are becoming indispensable for modern integrated logistics and warehouse solutions.

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Metroplan Team

The new technology of AMRs has increasingly positioned itself on the market in recent years and is already being used in numerous logistics centers worldwide. This solution impresses with its high flexibility, scalability, short ramp-up times and comparatively low investment costs.
AMRs have already become an integral part of global logistics and will continue to gain in relevance in the future.

Friedrich-Wilhelm Düsing // Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter - Metroplan

Find the right system for your requirements

We support you in making your logistics fit for the future through automation and the use of AMR. We will check for you which system with which degree of autonomation suits your specific requirements. Whether for pure transport tasks, warehouse operation, sorting applications or order picking tasks. In the end, what counts for you is what works reliably and pays off. Contact us and let's find out together how you can benefit from automation and AMR technologies.

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Your benefits with AMR and automation

Simple engineering through standardization

Depending on the required throughput performance, capacity and cubature, pre-configured solutions can be set up within short planning and implementation periods, which can optimally control the material flow and manage varying stock levels. AMR systems can also be added to existing systems relatively easily.

Available at short notice and easy to integrate

AMR systems are designed to be order-neutral and consist of standardized individual modules. Your components do not have to be customized, but are efficiently pre-produced in large quantities. With their preconfigured software, they can be installed at short notice with little effort and little risk to system stability.

Demand-driven use

The modular AMR systems can be quickly and cost-effectively adapted to changing structures and requirements by changing the type and number of robots used. They can be used precisely where it makes the most economic sense to replace manual labour.

Economical

Compared to permanently installed systems, the investment for AMR systems is significantly lower than for permanently installed systems due to their modular design and mass production.

In extremely dynamic logistics environments, AMR systems can also be utilized as Robot-as-a-Service (RAAS) services without a large one-off investment. These rental models include maintenance, repairs and replacement of defective components. Capital commitment can be reduced by utilizing them: CapEx costs shift to the area of OpEx costs.

Sustainable

AMR systems can be scaled up by increasing the number of robots and by using more powerful models, precisely when changing logistics requirements make this necessary. This saves resources that would have to be used for systems with initially unutilized scaling reserves. AMR's operations are also much more resource-efficient thanks to the use of a fleet of vehicles whose capacity and number is precisely adapted to requirements.