AMR ACTIVE Shuttle

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Bosch Rexroth and K.Hartwall are collaborating on integrated, automated solutions for material transport in production facilities. The partnership combines two autonomous vehicles: the AMR ACTIVE Shuttle by Bosch Rexroth, designed for lighter loads (up to 260 kg), and the AGV A-MATE® FreeLift by K.Hartwall, suitable for transporting Euro pallets and heavier materials. Both systems operate through the AMS fleet management system, compliant with the VDA 5050 standard, allowing for route planning, integration with ERP or WMS systems, and user-friendly operation without advanced technical knowledge. These solutions are already in use in industrial facilities, significantly improving intralogistics.

Technical key data

ACTIVE Shuttle

Transport goods: floor rollers (600 x 400 mm)

Weight ACTIVE Shuttle: 88 kg

Dimension ACTIVE Shuttle (L x W x H): 1013 x 405 x 913 mm

Payload: 260 kg

Lifting height (min/max): 118/135 mm

Speed: 1.0 m/s

Control system: ACTIVE Shuttle Management (AMS); VDA 5050

Technology: Laser navigation based on natural landmarks

WIFI: IEEE 802.11.ac/a/b/g/n

Battery: Lithium-ion battery (51.8 V, 1502 Wh)

Laser navigation: Front safety laser scanner

Personal protection: PLd safety laser scanner (1 x front, 1 x rear)

3D obstacle detection: 2 stereo cameras

ESD: Electrostatic discharge is fulfilled

Rexroth Store

Display of the ACTIVE Shuttle Management System, which shows the live status of your fleet.

ACTIVE Fleet Manager (AFM)

Order management: Prioritize and allocate pending transport orders to available ACTIVE Shuttles

Traffic management: Traffic control center for smooth coordination of transport operations

AFM Live MAP: Changes in the environment are automatically detected by the vehicles in productive operation and communicated to the entire fleet

Obstacle management: Safe avoidance of obstacles

Energy management: Fully automatic charging processes

Web-based GUI: Intuitive and user-friendly user interface

Job templates: Implementation of a wide variety of transport concepts with the help of easy-to-configure templates

Connection to third-party systems: Data format: JSON; Supported protocols: Rest API, Web Socket

Rexroth Store

An autonomous transport system with a manual control unit.

Simple

The AMR ACTIVE Shuttle can be quickly and easily integrated into intralogistics via Plug and Go. Infrastructure adjustments are not required thanks to the reliable laser navigation.

Flexible

Jobs can be fed in manually or automatically thanks to the standard interfaces provided (sensor, PLC, MES/ ERP etc.). Transport requirements are assigned to available ACTIVE Shuttles via the AFM.

The AMR's equipment with camera-based 3D obstacle detection.

Robust

The integrated obstacle management enables braking in time and a safe passing of occurring obstacles on the road. In addition to the safety laser scanner, stereo cameras scan the room in 3D. As a result, even objects protruding into the ACTIVE Shuttle’s path are recognized.

The safety laser scanner of the ACTIVE Shuttle detects an employee and the driverless transport system stops automatically.

Secure

The safety concept designed in cooperation with the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) ensures a secure continuous 24/7 mixed operation with people and machines. The safety laser scanners used provide the highest reliability in continuous 24/7 operation.

Display of the ACTIVE Shuttle Management System AMS on a laptop screen.

Adaptive

The ACTIVE Shuttle fleet immediately detects changes in the production environment and automatically updates the reference map. The ACTIVE Shuttles communicate wirelessly with each other via the AFM and inform each other about possible changes in the environment in order to be able to react to bottlenecks at an early stage.

The ACTIVE Shuttle vehicle lifts a dolly with four small load carriers.

Efficient

The integrated lifting platform loads and unloads the dollies fully automatically without any manual interventions! The prioritization and optimum distribution of pending transport orders to the ACTIVE Shuttle fleet is done via the order management. Reduce surfaces and materials and therefore throughput times significantly by using the ACTIVE Shuttle.

Fleet management of the AMR ACTIVE Shuttle

Combination of an ACTIVE Shuttle and the ACTIVE Fleet Manager (AFM).

ACTIVE Shuttle + ACTIVE Fleet Manager (AFM)

The combination of ACTIVE Shuttle and the ACTIVE Fleet Manager (AFM) enables highly flexible order management. Fleet control and mobile robot are optimally coordinated. The AFM control software displays the live status of your fleet, assigns pending transport orders to the available vehicles, and allows users to control and flexibly configure logistics scenarios during production.

Combination of an ACTIVE Shuttle, a control station software of a third-party supplier and a mixed fleet of vehicles with other transport vehicles.

ACTIVE Shuttle with VDA 5050 interface

VDA 5050 is a standardized interface for AGV communication. The standard enables the operation of mixed transport vehicles under one control station software. The ACTIVE Shuttle includes the VDA 5050 interface and can thus be operated together with other transport vehicles in a mixed fleet under the control station software (master control) of a third-party supplier.