Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)
As manufacturing operations become more complex, efficient material movement is more important than ever. Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) help businesses automate repetitive transport tasks throughout their facilities, improving productivity, optimizing labor, and creating more flexible operations.
What Are Autonomous Mobile Robots?
Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are intelligent, self navigating robots that move independently through industrial environments. Unlike Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), which follow fixed paths, AMRs use onboard sensors, cameras, and mapping technology to safely navigate around people, forklifts, and obstacles without requiring guide wires or magnetic tape.
By continuously mapping their surroundings and selecting efficient travel routes, AMRs can adapt to changing production environments while supporting reliable material movement throughout a facility.
Why Businesses Choose AMRs
Improve Material Flow
Keep parts, pallets, carts, totes, and inventory moving efficiently between workstations, production lines, warehouses, and shipping areas to reduce delays and improve operational efficiency.
Increase Productivity
Keep materials moving around the clock with AMRs that automate repetitive transport tasks, reduce manual travel, and allow employees to focus on higher value work.
Flexible, Scalable Automation
As your operation evolves, AMRs adapt to changing layouts, workflows, and manufacturing processes without requiring fixed infrastructure or costly facility modifications.
Intelligent Navigation
Safely transport materials through busy manufacturing and warehouse environments using advanced sensors and intelligent navigation to automatically avoid employees, forklifts, equipment, and unexpected obstacles.
Where AMRs Deliver Value
Manufacturers don't invest in AMRs because moving materials is difficult. They invest because inefficient material transport slows production, creates bottlenecks, and pulls skilled employees away from higher value tasks. Explore the applications and industries where autonomous mobile robots deliver the greatest operational value.
AMR Applications
Material Transport
Automate the transport of parts, pallets, totes, carts, and finished goods throughout manufacturing facilities and warehouses. AMRs improve material flow by moving materials between workstations, production cells, storage areas, and shipping.
Industries Using AMRs
Manufacturing
Keep production moving by automating material transport between CNC machines, production cells, assembly lines, quality inspection stations, warehouses, and shipping areas. Common industries include automotive, electronics, food processing, plastics, medical devices, and metal fabrication.
Warehousing & Distribution
Improve warehouse efficiency by automating material transport between receiving, storage, picking, packing, production staging, and shipping. AMRs reduce unnecessary travel, optimize material flow, and help streamline warehouse operations.
Across Industries
No matter your industry, AMRs adapt to the unique requirements of your operation, making it easy to integrate automation into existing workflows, facility layouts, and material handling processes.
Explore ATI Sherpa Autonomous Mobile Robots
Explore the ATI Sherpa lineup, including models designed for light duty transport, heavy payload movement, pallet transport, and cart towing applications. Compare payload capacities, features, and capabilities to find the right AMR for your operation. Contact Cobot Team with any questions, for help selecting the right model, or to schedule a demo.
Why Choose Cobot Team?
Successful automation requires more than selecting the right robot. Cobot Team provides the expertise, integration, and long term support to help manufacturers deploy automation with confidence.
Phased Integration
Start with one application, prove ROI, and expand over time. Our phased integration approach helps manufacturers reduce risk, maximize investment, and confidently scale automation as production needs evolve.
Automation Solution Experts
We help manufacturers identify automation opportunities and recommend solutions that align with production goals, budget, and future growth.
End to End Automation
From solution selection and system integration to programming, commissioning, and ongoing support, we deliver automation solutions tailored to your operation.
Nationwide Service & Support
Headquartered in Oregon, we support manufacturers across North America through on-site service, remote support, training, repairs, programming and technical expertise.
Long Term Partnership
Automation doesn't stop after installation. We provide ongoing optimization, programming updates, technical support, repairs, and maintenance to help maximize the long term value of your investment.