AMRs Add Automation
Dock-to-Dock

From receiving to shipping, AutoGuide Mobile Robots
speed material handling workflows.

Long hauls, lineside delivery, putaway, picking

What are the high-value automation opportunities in your facility? Where can you save time, maximize storage, or reduce damage?
Want to decrease walk-time, increase productivity, manage around-the-clock operations, and bolster ROI?

AutoGuide AMRs will optimize your operations and your bottom line.

Automate receiving

Move incoming shipments from receiving dock to staging area

Facilities: All types of industrial manufacturing, warehousing, and supply chain sites

AutoGuide solutions: AutoGuide MAX-N Pallet Stacker 

  • Automatically pick pallets from the trailer deck
  • Pallet sensing lasers recognize and locate pallets 
  • Inbound materials can be placed in staging, quality control, or on a conveyor
  • Pallets can be block stacked at floor level or placed on racks up to 5 feet high
  • Allow employees in receiving to stay focused on troubleshooting and efficient operations

Automate material transport and high-density vertical storage

Facilities: Warehouse and distribution centers

AutoGuide solutions: AutoGuide MAX-N Pallet Stacker + MAX-N Tugger + MAX-N High Bay 

  • Use AMRs for repetitive long-haul tows to free employees for dynamic needs and out-of-plan operations
  • Load up to 15,000 lbs. (6,804 kg) on MAX-N Tugger using MAX-N Pallet Stacker
  • Move materials across facility at up to 4 mph 
  • Use MAX-N High Bay to lift materials up to 2,400 lbs. (1,088 kg) as high as 36 feet for racking
  • Maximize storage space 

Free manual operators from long-distance pallet transfer tasks

Facilities: All types of industrial manufacturing, warehousing, and supply chain sites

AutoGuide solutions: AutoGuide MAX-N Pallet Stacker + MAX-N10 Tugger

  • Transfer pallets as needed, across the floor or between buildings, at speeds up to 4 mph with MAX-N Tugger
  • Pallet sensing lasers on the MAX-N Pallet Stacker detect and lift empty pallets from the floor, trailer decks, conveyors, or racks up to 5 feet high
  • Empty pallets can be loaded onto MAX-N Tugger for drop-off at palletizer, docks, or other locations as needed
  • Smart opportunity charging helps ensure maximum availability of autonomous vehicles
  • Employees can stay focused on more complex material handling jobs 

Efficient case and pallet picking for faster stock to dock operations

Facilities: Warehouse, distribution center

AutoGuide solutions: AutoGuide MAX-N Pallet Stacker + 3rd party picking robot

  • MAX-N Pallet Stacker dispatched to zone or aisle with robotic picker
  • Robotic arm retrieves cases or pallets and loads MAX-N Pallet Stacker
  • SurePath fleet control software guides both robots to minimize travel and wait times
  • Autonomous delivery to shipping dock

Minimize walk time and maximize volume for each picking run

Facilities: Ecommerce, third-party logistics 

AutoGuide solutions: AutoGuide MAX-N Tugger +  sorting bins

  • Multiple orders received 
  • SurePath fleet control software creates picking route designed to minimize employee walk time and increase efficient pick-up
  • MAX-N Tugger dispatched to zones and aisles based on order priorities and optimal routes
  • Human picker loads high volume of product in a single, streamlined run 
  • Automated delivery to packing station or shrink wrapper

Use AMRs to lift and transport heavy parts, reducing human risk and material damage

Facilities: Industrial manufacturing

AutoGuide solutions: MAX-N Tugger + Trailer 

  • Material is ready to move from one station to the next (from offloading to quality assurance or from assembly to testing, for example)
  • Robot hoists heavy parts onto a flat-deck trailer
  • MAX-N Tugger moves full load to the next station at 4 mph

Support lean manufacturing with automatic, just-in-time inventory delivery

Facilities: Industrial Manufacturing

AutoGuide solutions: MAX-N Pallet Stacker + MAX-N Tugger

  • MAX-N Pallet Stacker loads material onto MAX-N Tugger trailers
  • MAX-N Tugger transports material directly from inventory to specific work cells
  • SurePath fleet control software dynamically adjusts routes based on priority, timing, and floor traffic
  • Deliver the right parts to the right place at the right time

Streamline end-of-production workflow with autonomous delivery of goods to final staging

Facilities: Industrial manufacturing and distribution centers

AutoGuide solutions: MAX-N Tugger + MAX-N Pallet Stacker

  • MAX-N Pallet Stacker loads finished goods in assembly area onto MAX-N Tugger with trailer
  • Automatic delivery to final staging at speeds up to 4 mph with MAX-N Tugger

Move inventory from storage to shipping dock faster

Facilities: Warehouse, distribution center

AutoGuide solutions: AutoGuide MAX-N High Bay + MAX-N Tugger + MAX-N Pallet Stacker 

  • Use MAX-N High Bay to retrieve materials on racks as high as 36 feet
  • Load up to 15,000 lbs. (6,804 kg) on MAX-N Tugger with trailer for autonomous delivery to shipping dock
  • Use MAX-N Pallet Stacker with pallet sensing lasers to place pallets on shipping dock
  • Allow employees in shipping to stay focused on troubleshooting and efficient operations

SurePath Fleet Control Software

Facilities: All types of industrial manufacturing, warehousing, and supply chain sites

AutoGuide solutions: SurePath fleet control software + MAX-N System 

  • Easily change AMR duties and travel paths with software and adapters 
  • No need to worry about floor tape, RFID tags, or other supporting infrastructure 
  • Optimize AMR fleet to support facility reconfigurations or current material handling needs

Modular robots that adapt to your needs

MAX-N
tuggers

See the MAX-N Tuggers

MAX-N
Pallet Movers

MAX-N Pallet Movers

Specialty
Robots

Specialty Robots

See how AutoGuide Mobile Robots will bring
autonomous efficiency to your facility.

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