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Expert Tooling & Automation – Project ARTICO

Developing a new type of Automated Mobile Robot (AMR) that can operate both inside and outdoors and can carry loads of up to 20 tonnes in any bounded environment, from a factory to an airport or port.

The project will adapt the latest Siemens autonomous vehicle software, which will enable “free path planning”, in which the vehicle is given a destination, and it chooses its own route. The AMR will be unique in its combination of payload, the breadth of its operational design domain and its degree of autonomy.

APC tech petal lightweight vehicle & powertrain structure

Project highlights:

  • Energy Storage: A new battery pack solution that features hot-swappable modules, to maximise battery life, reduce Mean Time to Repair by enabling replacement of single modules, and improve recyclability due to simpler removal of modules from packs.
  • Lightweighting: The vehicle will integrate a number of lightweight solutions.
  • Circular Economy: The vehicle will use processes to maximise the use of recycled material, and ARTICO’s chassis and battery enclosure will be designed for ease of disassembly, further improving circularity.
  • Situational awareness: ARTICO vehicles will operate within a mesh network where each mobile device will signal its position. The ARTICO vehicles will be fully aware of the position and direction of other vehicles to maximise safety.

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