Autonomous navigation and AGV fleet administration chief BlueBotics – whose ANT navigation know-how drives over 5,000 AGVs and AMRs world wide – has expanded the scope of its well-liked ANT server mission and fleet administration software program by including compatibility with the German AGV interoperability normal VDA 5050.
Because of this, ANT server can now handle not solely the 100+ ‘ANT pushed’ buyer AGVs and AMRs at present in the marketplace, but additionally VDA 5050-compliant AGVs and AMRs from non-ANT pushed manufacturers.
“With this evolution, the widest alternative of interoperable AGVs and AMRs in the marketplace simply bought even wider,” mentioned BlueBotics’ CEO, Dr. Nicola Tomatis.
This product replace additional enhances the choices of organizations that wish to deploy or develop fleets of cell robots.
- By migrating to ANT server, organizations that already function fleets of VDA 5050-compliant autos can now select from a fair wider alternative of automated autos when rising their fleets.
- Organizations that already function fleets of ANT pushed autos achieve the choice of including VDA 5050 autos in future.
The interoperability of automated guided autos (AGVs) and autonomous cell robots (AMRs) is predicted to play a vital position within the long-term adoption of those applied sciences. BlueBotics and its car maker companions are ideally positioned to facilitate this development, since over 100 ‘ANT pushed’ fashions are already natively interoperable right now when managed by ANT server.
A number of car interoperability requirements are below improvement right now. The German VDA 5050 AGV communication interface is at present essentially the most superior, forward of equivalents similar to MASS within the U.S. and one other in China.
“We’re glad to carry this compatibility to ANT server,” Tomatis added. “Even when the performance that VDA 5050 gives right now stays beneath that of ANT server and its ecosystem of natively interoperable ‘ANT pushed’ autos, this evolution represents a helpful and vital step within the route of industry-wide multi-brand AGV operations.”
Autonomous Navigation Expertise (ANT) by BlueBotics is the market’s main pure navigation know-how for automated autos. Thus far, there are over 5,000 ‘ANT pushed’ AGVs in operation globally, with over 130 completely different fashions already in the marketplace and extra being launched each month.
Be taught extra
To discover ANT server and see a multi-brand fleet of ‘ANT pushed’ autos in motion, go to the BlueBotics/ZAPI GROUP stand at LogiMAT 2024 in Stuttgart from March 19 – 21 (corridor 6, stand 6C61).
About BlueBotics
BlueBotics is the reference in pure function navigation, its mission being to assist corporations meet the problem of car automation. With 23 years of {industry} expertise, BlueBotics offers the autonomous navigation know-how (ANT) and knowledgeable assist prospects must carry their AGV, automated forklift or cell robotic efficiently to market. At present, there are greater than 5,000 ANT pushed autos in operation worldwide. BlueBotics can also be the creator of ANTdriven.com, an academic useful resource that helps professionals discover how cell robotics might help their companies thrive. Go to www.bluebotics.com or www.ANTdriven.com to study extra.
