i am new to the forum so i hope i am asking at the right place …
i am currently looking for a robotic platform that supports automatic path finding and navigation inside a warehouse. Ideally the robot should look like the Double 2 Telepresence Robot.
I wanna feed a basic floorplan to the robot and than given a location it should find its target automatically and avoid to bump into humans or obstacles that may appear on the path.
i would be happy if someone can give me any hints about what to look for, which platform may be right.
I found the iRobot AV Series but unfortunately it’s too expensive.
The Double 2 is essentially a telepresence robot meant to be controlled by a human, and the LCD screen used to display the oeprator’s face. If the motion is to be dontautonomously, why would you need a robot to be so tall, two wheels and an LCD? Indoor navigation in a warehouse can be done using lines, magnetic tape or “landmarks”. What is your budget for each robot, and would you need to to automatically find its target? Does the robot need to transport / pick up objects?
Yes, the robot will receive a command to move to position (x,y) and it has to find automatically the way and get there as close as possible. I was thinking about additional in-door navigation hardware to support the task (e.g. infsoft.de) but well i was hoping to get some input here, where to start.
The robot will be equipped with additional instruments and device and therefor needs to be that tall, like this telepresence bot. It will be used for a special application of our customer.
The budget, well, first i wanna know how cheap such a system is today, than we will decide if its feasible for our client or not.
I have seen such robots 15 years ago in the BMW engine plant in Steyr, Austria. They use such robots to transport engines between the manufacturing lines. But i guess those are using lines and landmarks.
So how far did we get since than in in-door navigation and path finding?
At this time RobotShop does not offer robots for industrial applications, so the solutions we can suggest are oriented much more for development: robotshop.com/en/dr-robot-se … tform.html
This uses an indoor localization / navigation system which requires cards with patterns (“landmarks”) to be placed on the ceiling.
The sensors included are intended to help it avoid obstacles.
Given the many possible settings / applications, there is quite a bit of programming needed.
We do not offer any “tall” robots which include all of the features you need.
Fully autonomous navigation without pre-established patterns (lines, landmarks, RFID tags) is still very difficult.
