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Carolina Handling partners with Kinexon to develop autonomous mobile robots

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Carolina Handling has partnered with Kinexon, a develop real-time tracking and automated operations, to provide AGV and AMR fleet management solutions to its customers.

Kinexon’s fleet management software integrates and communicates with diverse groups of automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots, regardless of the manufacturer or type. Resulting analytics and predictions enable users to improve processes and product movement.

Real-time automation platforms are becoming more important as companies deploy automated equipment using varying signals but working in the same footprint. The platform interprets the differing signals, acting as a traffic manager. [Read more…] about Carolina Handling partners with Kinexon to develop autonomous mobile robots

Continental acquires Kinexon’s robot operating systems division

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Continental has acquired Kinexon’s specialist division for on-board operating systems for the intelligent control of autonomous mobile robots (AMR), thereby strengthening its own position in the strategic growth field of mobile robotics.

The core of the acquisition is the “Brain” on-board operating system developed for the precise and networked control of autonomous mobile transport robots, including the IP rights to this market-leading and proven solution.

In addition, the division’s highly qualified development team is moving from Kinexon to Continental. Through this acquisition, Continental is expanding its own depth of value creation, extending its robotics expertise in software and hardware, and thus strengthening its own range of customer solutions for mobile robots. [Read more…] about Continental acquires Kinexon’s robot operating systems division

Continental to unveil new autonomous mobile robots for first time at LogiMAT

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Automotive technology company Continental will present for the first time in public its autonomous mobile robots for the external market at the LogiMAT 2022, the international intralogistics trade show, from May 31 to June 2 in Stuttgart, Germany (hall 2, booth number EF15).

After an internal test phase in Continental production locations worldwide, the AMRs are now ready for the external market entry with improved and new features as well as the handling of new use cases.

Building on the company’s years of extensive research in the robotics field, Continental is including these solutions now into its product portfolio in the newly established area of Continental Mobile Robots. [Read more…] about Continental to unveil new autonomous mobile robots for first time at LogiMAT