There are analogues, but why, if it can be 33 times cheaper: ChMZ designed and operates a robot trolley that adheres to red lines

The automatic trolley delivers tooling weighing up to 35 kilograms to employees

An automatic trolley of its own design has begun to be operated in the assembly shop of the Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (ChMZ, part of the Rosatom Fuel Division). It is used to deliver goods weighing up to 35 kg. This was reported by the company's press service.

Robot trolley at ChMZ
Robot trolley at ChMZ
It is important for us that qualified workers are not distracted by unnecessary movements, such as the delivery of tooling, tools, and documentation around the site.
Sergey Chukhlovin, coordinator for production development of workshop 90

The robot trolley delivers technical equipment, documents and other goods. The device was designed by a team from ChMZ, the Glazov Technical College (GTC) and Grinatom.

Robot trolley developers
Robot trolley developers

The developers drew a red line on the floor of the workshop. Using a camera, the robot reads the identification line and follows it from point A to point B.

ChMZ stated that their robot trolley is dozens of times cheaper than analogues. For example, the cost of foreign devices starts from 1.5 million rubles. The plant team spent only 45 thousand rubles on their robot, while 70% of its components are Russian.

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Sources
Rosatom

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