Specialists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have developed a robot for working in a warehouse. The experimental model successfully performs the functions of a forklift, navigating using marks on the ceiling.
The MIPT press service reported that the solution being developed is designed to replace the driver of loading and unloading equipment in the first stage, and in the future, a high-rise loader or operator of production processes. The most optimal solution for navigation was the method of using ceiling optical marks in the visible range.
The robot is capable of moving goods from one place to another using a computer vision system based on a neural network.
For testing the robot and software, a test site has been created at MIPT, which is a model of a warehouse with an area of 600 sq. m and a ceiling height of about 12 m. A reduced copy of the robot loader operates on this site. In addition to the robots themselves, proprietary software has been implemented in the automated warehouse to control the autonomous mobile loader.
The developers believe that their invention will not lead to unemployment. Anatoly Uskov, General Director of "Unmanned Loader" LLC, noted that current qualified warehouse workers will not be reduced, but will be transferred to higher positions where they will manage robots.
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