Omron drives flexible manufacturing with mobile robots

Omron has added a Selectable Autonomy functionality to the Fleet Operations Workspace (FLOW) Core software for its line of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

The latest software tools from Omron can help build a flexible manufacturing system whilst improving the fleet performance. Omron’s autonomous mobile robots can now simulate the behaviour of AGVs but without any magnetic tape nor physical guides.

Miguel Garcés, European mobile robots product marketing manager at Omron Europe, comments: “Thanks to Selectable Autonomy, users can choose the level of autonomy for each robot to further improve fleet performance. For example, companies can decide when they want the robot to move along the same path repeatedly and bring a more flexible and new level of motion control to complex material transport applications.”

In addition to autonomy, fleet analytics is crucial in intralogistics applications. Omron’s Fleet Operations Workspace iQ (FLOW iQ) fleet analytics engine enhances the core user experience with powerful data collection and analytics through an intuitive user interface. The FLOW iQ provides the visualisation tools to generate graphics on the fly, and the intelligence to maximise application uptime and lifetime.