There are many reasons why you should invest in robotic handling for your intralogistics set up. Here are just a few main ones:

• Similar Principle – Autonomous Lift trucks can look and operate in a very similar way to traditional mechanical handling equipment, they even come in similar sizes and configurations. Even the smaller Autonomous Mobile Robots perform similar functions. This means there isn’t the need to totally replace things like racking, aisle width etc. They collaborate with an existing warehouse, they don’t require a full replacement of it.
• Increased Goods Handling Ability and Safety - One major benchmark that warehouse management look at is secure handling of loads and the safety of operators. By investing in AGV’s, with their precision handling and robust performance, your goods transfer and handling ability will be safer and faster.
• Greater Efficiency – With more reliable and faster operations plus operational software integration into the warehouse management system, companies investing in AGV’s will have greater control over inventory and thus increase their operational efficiency.
• Return on Investment - Over a period of time, using AGV’s will save you money in operating costs and manpower and give major employee benefits. They reduce damage to goods and give better day to day control of inventory. Break-even will come relatively quickly and a return will be made on investment over the lifetime of the vehicle.
• Scalability - An AGV system also wins out when there is a need to scale up the operations after a few years. All that is required are additions to the fleet of trucks or robots, traffic management software looks after the increase in movements.