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  • The Broadest Range of AMRs in the Industry

    Fetch’s broad portfolio of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) provides companies with end-to-end picking solutions in fulfillment and distribution centers, just-in-time material delivery solutions in manufacturing facilities, and automation of manual material movement in any facility.

Product Portfolio
  • Manufacturing

      • THE CHALLENGE

          • The manufacturing industry is entering a time of sea change

          • Chronic labor shortages have plagued the Manufacturing Industry for years with no real end in sight. COVID-19 not only exacerbated this problem in the short term by reducing the availability of the existing workforce, but also in the long term as Manufacturers need more resilience and flexibility into their operations by reshoring their manufacturing operations and their corresponding supply chain.
          • Embracing Lean Manufacturing

          • Preparing to operate with fewer people has forced manufacturers to embrace many of the values of lean manufacturing including removing non-value added activities, establishing pull within the manufacturing process, and creating flow between steps of the manufacturing process. This enables manufacturers to remove some of the wastes of lean manufacturing including wastes in transportation, motion, waiting, and skills.
          • Minimize Waste, Maximize Productivity

          • LEAN MANUFACTURING

            Preparing to operate with fewer people has forced manufacturers to embrace many of the values of lean manufacturing including removing non-value added activities, establishing pull within the manufacturing process, and creating flow between steps of the manufacturing process. This enables manufacturers to remove some of the wastes of lean manufacturing including wastes in transportation, motion, waiting, and skills.

        • THE SOLUTION

            • AMRs can make manufacturing operations flexible, adaptable, and scalable

            • Automation, and specifically autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), can assist in the implementation of lean manufacturing, especially by helping remove the wastes from manufacturing processes. While the introduction of AMRs in isolation can assist with lean manufacturing, the true value comes from introducing AMRs as part of Smart Factory and Industry 4.0 initiatives where sensors, machines, AMRs, and manufacturing systems will be connected and can interact with one another using standard Internet-based protocols.
            • Optimized Production Processes

            • This enables production processes to be optimized and leverage fully integrated AMRs helping to create flow between processes, remove non-value added activities, and do this through pull-based integration with manufacturing systems. As a result, today’s insular manufacturing cells will be replaced by fully automated, integrated production lines enabling manufacturers to produce higher quality products at reduced costs.
            • WIP Transport Using AMRs

            • SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT

              AMRs can automate transport of work-in-progress materials between production lines or work cells, including sub-assemblies produced in various production stages. As products progress in the assembly process they can be transported to testing and quality control areas, with any defects being sent to repair or back to the line by AMRs as well. Finished goods can be transported to packout, and then on to storage or directly to shipping. AMRs can also support the on-demand replenishment of floorstock materials and transport waste materials out of the production areas to ensure staging areas are free and clear of trash and recyclables.

          • CartConnect100

              • The Industry’s First Rolling Cart AMR Solution

              • Automated material handling has never been so simple. With the CartConnect100 you can use any web-enabled or integrated device (like Zebra scanners) to execute a workflow or request a pick-up and select a drop-off location. The nearest CartConnect robot will then automatically move to the pick-up area, dock with the loaded FetchCart with no human intervention, and autonomously transport it to the selected drop-off area. Upon arrival, CartConnect automatically detaches from the FetchCart and is ready for the next task, keeping your employees productive in their zones.
              • Key benefits

                • Truly collaborative AMR solution to automate existing manual cart operations
                • Maximize robot utilization by decoupling robots from carts
                • 2X - 4X KPI improvements and 6 - 12 month ROI
                • Deploy in a day with no additional infrastructure and reconfigure in hours using cloud-based app accessible from anywhere
                • Supports a wide range of workflows including picking, replenishment, kitting, lineside delivery, and more
              • Product features

                • Standard FetchCart supports payloads up to 57 kg (125 lbs)
                • Native support for barcode scanners, including Zebra devices, which enable carts to be picked up or dropped off by simply scanning a barcode
                • Works out-of-the-box with FetchCore for WorkFlow Builder drag-and-drop robot task creation or can be fully integrated with your WMS, WES, or MES
                • Industry-leading on-board robot safety software and sensors enable the entire CartConnect
                • AMR system to be ANSI/RIA R15.08 conforming and carry the CE mark
              • FETCHCART100

              • Accommodate a Variety of Payloads

                FetchCart are simple, flexible, rolling warehouse carts that can be used with or without CartConnect robots.

                FetchCarts feature adjustable middle shelves to support various bins, totes, and boxes in each picking and batch picking applications, as well as replenishment and manufacturing work-in-progress material movement.

              • Create Your Own Cart with FetchCart Base

              • Want to customize your FetchCart even further? Create your own cart design on top of our new FetchCart Base to best fit your payload dimensions and material transport needs. Some common automated applications include detrash and dunnage removal, parts and tools delivery, gravity feed racks for Kanban replenishment, and many more. With CartConnect100 and FetchCart Base, the possibilities are endless.
              • Software features

              • FetchCore™ Makes It Simple to Deploy and Manage

                Get up and running in just hours and modify workflows on-demand with FetchCore, our enterprise cloud-based software. Track, analyze, and optimize robot performance with detailed metrics as well as annotate, update, and share your facility maps all from the same portal.

                Included with the FetchCore software suite is the WorkFlow Builder app, which allows you to program complex robot tasks by dragging and dropping graphical blocks. These block represent a variety of robot actions, such as moving to multiple locations, picking up or dropping off carts, or initiating a workflow when a trigger is activated by the user. WorkFlow Builder allow you to create and change workflows from anywhere with just a few clicks, with no programming required.

            • PalletTransport1500

                • Autonomous Pallet Conveyance

                • Automating pallet transport reduces traffic and incidents and creates a less congested warehouse or manufacturing environment. With the PalletTransport1500 and Pallet Transfer Station, you can reduce dependency on forklifts and lift trucks, increasing safety while minimizing training time and cost. Ideal for workflows like kitting, zone picking, and pallet building, using the PT1500 you can move multi-sized pallets with payloads of up to 2500lbs around your dynamic facility with ease.
                • Key benefits

                  • Eliminate manual travel with a pallet jack or forklift and increase safety by automating putaway, replenishment, crossdocking, returns, and more
                  • Case pick-to-robot with Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) pickup, delivery, and drop off using Pallet Transfer Station
                  • Reduce injuries from moving heavy pallets
                • Product features

                  • Safely transport full pallets up to 48"x48" with 2500 lbs capacity in dynamic warehouse environments
                  • Each robot has eight 3D cameras and two LiDAR sensors for superior navigation and fast, safe stops when an obstacle is detected
                  • Customize distribution & manufacturing workflows from anywhere with FetchCore™ cloud software
                • Satety features: Uncompromising Safety

                • Collaborative, autonomous mobile robots were designed to work around people, and safety should not be compromised at the expense of efficiency.

                  All Fetch Robotics AMRs comes equipped with some of the most advanced safety features in the industry. 2D LiDAR scanners with 25m range enable mapping, localization, obstacle avoidance, as well as object detection. Multiple 3D depth cameras allow for superior robot vision to avoid both ground-based and overhanging dynamic obstacles, including forklifts, pallet jacks, and people.

                  When these sensors are combined with our onboard safety software, the result is the first industrial AMR systems, (inclusive of both the robot base and top module) that conform to both the newly released ANSI / RIA R15.08 safety standard for mobile robots as well as as CE mark requirements.

                • Pallet transfer station features

                  • Pallet Transfer Stations are used for pick up and drop off of empty or loaded pallets by a PalletTransport1500 robot.
                  • Pallet Transfer Stations are anchored at strategic and fixed locations to enable smooth workflows in the facility
                  • Pallet Transfer Stations can be loaded by the forklift operator from any side, however it is easiest to load from the front
                • Width and depth adjustability

                  • The Pallet Transfer Station size is adjustable to accommodate five different pallet widths and depths
                  • Pallet Transfer Stations support the following pallet widths: 40 in, 42 in, 44 in, 46 in, and 48 in
                  • Pallet Transfer Stations support the following pallet depths: 40 in, 42 in, 44 in, 46 in, and 48 in
                • Software features: FetchCore™ Makes It Simple to Deploy and Manage

                • Get up and running in just hours and modify workflows on-demand with FetchCore, our enterprise cloud-based software. Track, analyze, and optimize robot performance with detailed metrics as well as annotate, update, and share your facility maps all from the same portal.

                  Included with the FetchCore software suite is the WorkFlow Builder app, which allows you to program complex robot tasks by dragging and dropping graphical blocks. These block represent a variety of robot actions, such as moving to multiple locations, picking up or dropping off carts, or initiating a workflow when a trigger is activated by the user. WorkFlow Builder allow you to create and change workflows from anywhere with just a few clicks, with no programming required.

                • Integration features: Flexible Integration with Devices, Sensors, and Systems

                • Coordinating activity between your workforce, facility, and robots has never been easier. Start automating right out of the box and create customized tasks with FetchCore WorkFlow Builder.

                  Quickly setup handheld devices such as scanners, tablets, and even smartphones to initiate robot workflows from anywhere in your facility.

                  Robots can also communicate with motor conveyor lines and ASRSs, as well as proximity, pressure, photo-electric and other various sensors to automatically initiate workflows.

                  For complete human and robot orchestration, FetchCore can be fully integrated with your WMS, WES, or MES to optimize your resources for maximum efficiency.

              • HMIShelf

                  • All-in-One Transport with Operator Touch Interface

                  • HMIShelf provides autonomous transport in virtually any facility. Deploys in just hours and carries a wide range of bins, totes and packages with its fully configurable and customizable shelving system. Manual movement with goods for pickers or parts for manufacturing line technicians is unproductive and unfulfilling work. In many warehouses, pickers can spend over 50% of their time moving items throughout the environment instead of staying in their zones. With the HMIShelf, pickers and line technicians can leave the heavy lifting to the robot while they continue with tasks best suited to humans. This AMR has a fully customizable touchscreen that is easy for associates to learn and carries a wide range of bins, totes and packages with its fully configurable and customizable shelving system.
                  • Key benefits

                    • Simple operation with integrated, glove-friendly touchscreen
                    • Set up and use in hours with minimal training and redeploy easily even in between shifts
                    • Reduce associate travel time, increase productivity in low dwell time and high volume environments
                    • Supports a wide range of workflows including picking, WIP material transport, urgent deliveries, and returns processing
                  • Product features

                    • Max Payload Weight: 78kg (172lbs)
                    • Built in Fetch StartRobot™ app allows easy configuration of touchscreen for custom robot tasks
                    • Configureable shelving for various bin, tote, and package sizes
                    • Industry-leading on-board robot safety software and sensors enable the entire CartConnect AMR system to be ANSI/RIA R15.08 conforming and carry the CE mark
                  • Software features

                  • Get up and running in just hours and modify workflows on-demand with FetchCore, our enterprise cloud-based software. Track, analyze, and optimize robot performance with detailed metrics as well as annotate, update, and share your facility maps all from the same portal.

                    Included with the FetchCore software suite is the WorkFlow Builder app, which allows you to program complex robot tasks by dragging and dropping graphical blocks. These block represent a variety of robot actions, such as moving to multiple locations, picking up or dropping off carts, or initiating a workflow when a trigger is activated by the user. WorkFlow Builder allow you to create and change workflows from anywhere with just a few clicks, with no programming required.

                  • Safety features: Safe around others, even forklifts

                  • Collaborative, autonomous mobile robots were designed to work around people, and safety should not be compromised at the expense of efficiency.

                    All Fetch Robotics AMRs comes equipped with some of the most advanced safety features in the industry. 2D LiDAR scanners with 25m range enable mapping, localization, obstacle avoidance, as well as object detection. Multiple 3D depth cameras allow for superior robot vision to avoid both ground-based and overhanging dynamic obstacles, including forklifts, pallet jacks, and people.

                    When these sensors are combined with our onboard safety software, the result is the first industrial AMR systems, (inclusive of both the robot base and top module) that conform to both the newly released ANSI / RIA R15.08 safety standard for mobile robots as well as as CE mark requirements.

                • RollerTop

                    • RollerTop

                    • Add Flexibility to Fixed Conveyors

                      Conveyor systems have dramatically increased industrial efficiency for years; however, these fixed assets are hard to adapt to today’s ever-changing material transport requirements. The Fetch RollerTop solution brings adaptability and increases automation in conveyor driven environments. With adjustable height and autonomous navigation, the RollerTops can pilot their way to conveyor and/or ASRS ends to load and unload totes and bins, so your employees can work on tasks that need human decision making instead of loading and unloading manually.

                    • Key benefits

                      • Automate loading and unloading of totes and bins from conveyors or ASRSs
                      • Flexibly extend existing conveyor workflows without adding additional infrastructure
                      • Automate hand-offs between RollerTop robots and active powered conveyors by connecting a SICK TDC gateway to any conveyor controller
                      • Supports a wide range of workflows including picking, replenishment, kitting, lineside delivery, and more
                    • Product features

                      • Max payload weight by height: 80kg (176.4lbs)
                      • Adjustable surface height from 18" - 36" tall
                      • Built in photoelectric sensor detects loading and unloading, which can be used as a workflow trigger
                      • Industry-leading on-board robot safety software and sensors enable the entire CartConnect AMR system to be ANSI/RIA R15.08 conforming and carry the CE mark
                    • SICK TDC Gateway

                    • Fully Autonomous Conveyor-to-Conveyor Handoffs

                      FetchCore has native support for the SICK TDC Gateway, which enables coordination of conveyor-to-conveyor handoffs.

                      The optional SICK TDC (sold separately) is a networked industrial I/O device that serves as a bridge between the Fetch Cloud Robotics Platform and other industrial equipment such as conveyors, doors, and air showers. Automate hand-offs between RollerTop robots and active powered conveyors by connecting a TDC to any conveyor controller.

                      Autonomous docking

                      Precise, repeatable alignment

                      Precision markers and our Precision Alignment feature in FetchCore guarantee repeatable millimeter-level precision for reliable conveyor-to-conveyor interactions.

                    • Software features

                    • FetchCore™ Makes It Simple to Deploy and Manage

                      Get up and running in just hours and modify workflows on-demand with FetchCore, our enterprise cloud-based software. Track, analyze, and optimize robot performance with detailed metrics as well as annotate, update, and share your facility maps all from the same portal.

                      Included with the FetchCore software suite is the WorkFlow Builder app, which allows you to program complex robot tasks by dragging and dropping graphical blocks. These block represent a variety of robot actions, such as moving to multiple locations, picking up or dropping off carts, or initiating a workflow when a trigger is activated by the user. WorkFlow Builder allow you to create and change workflows from anywhere with just a few clicks, with no programming required.

                    • Sensor Triggers

                    • SICK TDC Smart Gateway

                      The SICK Telematic Data Collector (optional, sold separately) is a networked industrial I/O device that serves as a bridge between the FetchCore and other industrial equipment such as conveyors, doors, and air showers. Automate hand-offs between Fetch RollerTop robots and active powered conveyors by connecting a SICK TDC to any conveyor controller.

                    • Integration features

                    • Flexible Integration with Devices, Sensors, and Systems

                      Coordinating activity between your workforce, facility, and robots has never been easier. Start automating right out of the box and create customized tasks with FetchCore WorkFlow Builder. Quickly setup handheld devices such as scanners, tablets, and even smartphones to initiate robot workflows from anywhere in your facility.

                      Robots can also communicate with motor conveyor lines and ASRSs, as well as proximity, pressure, photo-electric and other various sensors to automatically initiate workflows.

                      For complete human and robot orchestration, FetchCore can be fully integrated with your WMS, WES, or MES to optimize your resources for maximum efficiency.