Warehouse automation: foreign experience
Robotization of warehouses in the world has been practiced for many years. Working in a warehouse requires a lot of effort from the staff. For lifting and moving bulky and heavy cargo. It takes a lot of time and effort.
The use of warehouse equipment significantly speeds up the work process, reduces costs and eliminates the possibility of errors. Therefore, global manufacturers of warehouse equipment are constantly improving their products. To optimize the operation of warehouses and increase their productivity.
In the German city of Nuremberg, one of the warehouses fully automated the movement of pallets. That's itsolutions for warehouse automation made it possible to increase labor productivity by thirty percent. Why is the systemThe AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) had only two autonomous transporters.
Amazon even held a global robot competition. It was necessary to solve two tasks: to collect the goods from the shelves to the containers as quickly as possible and to do everything in the same way, only in the reverse order. That is, disassemble the goods from the containers back onto the shelves. Limited time was given to complete the task. Having overtaken Japan, the Netherlands then won.
Solutions for warehouse automationfrom SBRobotics
Ukrainian manufacturers are also not standing still in the matter of robotization and automation of warehouses. For example, the SBRobotics company makes robots for cargo movement and sorting.
Robot loaders, a namely: self-propelled stacker and universal platform, moving along the cameras, orienting themselves on visual marks, can move the cargo to the given point. They also have the ability to move onmagnetic tape.Tasks can be assigned to the robot using a barcode scanner or a keyboard on the robot's body.
A stacker can transport cargo independently, or can remove goods from rack shelves and load them onto a platform that will transport them. But here you need to take into account the carrying capacity of each robot.
The stacker is capable of lifting or transporting one and a half thousand kilograms of cargo. While the platform is five hundred on itself or a thousand kilograms on tow.
Both robots are equipped with infrared sensors, with which they react to obstacles and stop traffic. No one would like to be in the way of a carrier carrying half a ton of cargo. And if the operator may not always notice the person who is in his way in time. Then the robot will react to the distance and stop. But it must be remembered that the introduction of such innovations does not cancel the observance of safety techniques by employees if they work in the warehouse.
The sorting system, which is capable of distributing cargo according to its destination in ports, can also become a link in the automatic chain of cargo movement in warehouses.
Warehouses of the future
It is safe to say thatsolving warehouse automation problems -it's only a matter of time. And one day the hard work of people will be reduced to a minimum, and maybe even disappear altogether. You can approach this in different ways. Some may fear that automation may lead to unemployment. But it is difficult to work in warehouses for a small fee, and there are not many willing ones. But in due time this will not be necessary.
