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High payload (3,000 lb +) pallet jack AMR. Fully incorporated into Locus solution.
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Problem/opportunity trying to be solved
Mavek requires MHE to place and remove pallets. This is a good approach for certain use cases (e.g. long mission time pick to pallet, long distant point to point pallet transportation, & likely others) where the MHE + Associate time is small compared to the total time the pallet is on the Mavek. Some use cases (full pallet picks, semi frequent pallet transfers) would benefit from the ability of Mavek to be able to lift/release the pallet automatically (like a pallet jack). |
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Quantify the problem/opportunity
To be determined. Evaluating use cases currently. |
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What is the root cause of the problem/opportunity
Mavek cannot lift/release pallets autonomously |
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| Customer need date | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Urgent request | No |
IFM Pallet detection system notes:
Discussion Date: Nov 9,
IFM Contact: Caddell, Alex alex.caddell@ifm.com
Locus: Julian, Xavier, Jesse (introduced discussion)
Overview: IFM has a software plugin to it’s standard camera for Pallet detection. This could be used to enable a Pallet lifting robot.
Cost/ reliability
Best in class ~ 200 M picks they move about 10 k pallets per day at one site alone. Works with different types of pallets
~0.01% reliability (1/10000 fails) – recorded as .05% reliability, but 80% of the time it’s some other failure reason (unpickable pallet)
~$2 k all in with the camera, compute
~2200 List – New platform – 900$ , 299 dollars for the head. +500 for the pallet detection software
*we’re already using the camera as part of the MAX platform sensor suite
Technical
940 wavelength
“Inferred TOF” Camera Also VGA imager
2 versions: Resolution – 352 x 288 imager – 224x172 new version
Outputs: 6 DOF pose for pallet, “pockets” , Troubleshooting data
1 VPU at the moment
Future improvements
Currently Full filtering takes 2.5 seconds, Compute limited
Going towards 1 to 0.2 seconds
Not safety rated: they are thinking about this