
Modula & MiR
Modula and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), recently unveiled a joint partial or fully automated solution for materials handling in warehouses, production, and distribution centers.
Supporting various configurations, the solution can fully or partially automate material handling processes. The configurations include:
- Semi-automated picking of single items – With this process, human operators pick single items from Modula’s storage unit and place them onto MiR’s mobile robot for autonomous transportation to designated areas such as consolidation centers
- Semi-automated picking with picking-carts – an operator can pick multiple items and place them onto a picking station where the MiR robot hooks onto the picking station and moves it to the designated area
- Fully automated picking of single items – MiR robots are equipped with a robotic arm that picks single items from Modula’s storage unit and transports them easily and safely to the next picking zone or consolidation area
- Fullly automated case picking – MiR robots are equipped with a customized top module that lifts, picks, and places totes or bins directly from or to a tray on Modula’s vertical lift module (VLM), facilitating picking and replenishment without human intervention
- Fully automated with pallets – MiR robots specially equipped to pick large and heavy items off Modula’s VLM model for pallets
The solution enables savings in time and space, improving productivity and enhancing intralogistics. According to Modula CEO Massimiliano Gigli, workplace safety and employee satisfaction are among the primary benefits of Modula and MiR’s joint solution.
“By taking over repetitive, physically straining and otherwise dangerous tasks, this system significantly improves the working conditions in warehouses, factories and distribution centers,” Gigli said. “Faced with labor shortages, businesses looking to automate storage, picking, and material handling stand to gain more than just greater productivity by offering their employees more valuable responsibilities and a safer work environment.”
Designed for modular and quick implementation, Modula and MiR’s system is adaptable to warehouses and distribution centers of almost any size and layout. As such, it facilitates gradual automation, allowing businesses to transform processes at their own pace.
The system can generate a return on investment (ROI) as early as six to 18 months from installation.
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