Autonomous Trucks
John Hayes, Sales Director at BALYO discussed how reach robots drive cost savings and quality improvements in the recent issue of The Manufacturing Report. According to Hayes, autonomous reach trucks are most valuable in the manufacturing, distribution, and 3PL environment when embedded with infrastructure-free navigation technology. After a decade of research and development, the best-in-class reach trucks use 3D cameras to pick and drop pallets safely. The autonomous reach trucks interface with machines, conveyors, WMS, and ERP software for full integration within existing operations. Autonomous reach trucks equipped with 3D perception offer 20-30 times more data than their 2D perception counterparts, offering higher pick/drop accuracy (+/-10mm).