IFOY Audit
Finalists undergo the three-stage IFOY Audit as part of the IFOY Audit, which takes place during the TEST CAMP INTRALOGISTICS. This consists of the scientific IFOY Innovation Check, the IFOY Test and the jury test.
AMR IL 1200
Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
The AMR IL 1200 simplifies logistical processes in production plants, warehouses or logistics centers. Thanks to its intelligent software and its state-of-the-art hardware, the AMR can transport pallets up to 1,200 kg independently. The autonomous vehicle is an attractive intralogistics solution for production and logistics.
Product name and company
AMR IL 1200 – Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
Category
Mobile Robot
Description
The AMR IL 1200 automates the flow of materials in production plants, warehouses or logistics centers. The robust vehicle is equipped with proven technologies: Lidar Sensors for the 360-degree coverage of the environment, 3D camera systems, intelligent software, and an optional ultra-wide band transmitter for precise live tracking of the AMR in the fleet network make the robot a valuable employee. It independently executes transport orders, can bypass obstacles and calculate alternative routes. An optional fleet management can coordinate a larger fleet of AMRs.
Innovations
Among the most important innovations of the AMR Il 1200 compared to its predecessor model are an increase in speed up to 2 m/s, which allows even faster transport while maintaining safety. This safety is guaranteed by a new optimized sensor concept which improves round-the-clock protection. Thanks to the optimized drive components and a reduction in the turning circle, the AMR IL 1200 becomes even more agile and more powerful than its predecessor. The Continental typical robustness and durability of the hardware in combination with several new configurations, including the Cart, Load Module and Top Roller, ensure that the AMR IL 1200 finds different uses than its predecessor. Compared to the competition on the market, the AMR IL 1200 can be distinguished by its ultra-compact design with high payload of up to 1.2 tons with its integrated lift system. Equiped with state-of-the-art hardware and software by Continental.
Market relevance
AMR IL 1200 is designed for pallet transport in manufacturing and logistics. The IL 1200 is focused on production logistics with heavy pallets, such as those found in the automotive and metal-working industries. The IL 1200 also transports lighter EUR or industrial pallets safely and efficiently.
Customer benefits
With the AMR IL 1200, the customer receives an innovative intralogistics solution that helps to establish a highly flexible material flow system. Its compact and modern design also improves the internal infrastructure.
The AMR IL 1200’s first-class technical features make it highly functional and safe to mix with other industrial vehicles and people. The choice between the different use cases/setups for the AMR IL 1200 gives rise to a wide range of applications depending on the customer’s needs. The optimally coordinated functionalities help to ensure the future viability of production sites and to set them up in the best possible way.
The broad scope and efficiency of the AMR IL 1200 help to save up to 80% of operational costs. The resulting increase in productivity, which is generated by the AMR IL 1200, leads to an ROI within the first 24 months after the acquisition.
Test report
The AMR IL 1200 automates the flow of materials in production plants, warehouses or logistics centers. The robust industrial truck is equipped with field-proven technologies: Lidar sensors for 360° detection of the environment, 3D camera systems, intelligent software and an optional ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter for precise live tracking of the industrial truck in the fleet make the AMR a valuable device. The vehicle autonomously executes transport orders, can avoid obstacles and calculate alternative routes. An optional fleet management system can coordinate a larger fleet of AMRs.
The most important innovations of the AMR Il 1200 compared to its predecessor include an increase in travel speed to up to 2 m/s, which enables even faster transport while maintaining the same level of safety. The prerequisites for this safety are created by an optimized sensor concept, which leads to an improvement in all-round protection. The optimized drive components and a reduction in the turning circle make the AMR IL 1200 even more agile and powerful than its predecessor. The company’s signature robustness and durability of the hardware combined with several new superstructures, including Cart, Load Module and Top Roller, ensure that unlike its predecessor, the AMR IL 1200 can be used for multiple applications. Other features of the industrial truck include a compact design and integrated lifting system for loads up to 1.2 tons.
On the course set up for the IFOY TEST DAYS, the Continental team deliberately kept the distance between the side walls at one of the transfer stations for the floor rollers (dimensions: 1,200 x 800 millimeters), which serve as transport aids, small. In this way, the manufacturer wanted to show how precisely the autonomous industrial truck can drive into such stations.
IFOY test verdict
The AMR IL 1200 is designed for transporting loading aids in the manufacturing industry and logistics. The focus is on production logistics with heavy pallets, such as those found in the automotive industry. To broaden the application portfolio for the vehicle, various superstructures and load handling attachments are available. The compact and modern design should also be emphasized. The technical equipment allows mixed traffic with other industrial trucks and people. Calculations by the manufacturer show that the efficiency gains achieved by using the AMR IL 1200 result in savings of up to 80 percent of operational costs in terms of in-house transport of loading equipment.
IFOY Innovation Check
Market relevance
The AMR IL 1200 vehicle from Continental, which has been further developed based on a predecessor vehicle, automates the transport of floor rollers in the 1200×800 millimeter format on which euro pallets, large load carriers or comparable load carriers are transported. The market for this type of transport, correctly located by Continental itself in the production logistics of the automotive industry and the metal processing industry, has great relevance there. However, transports with floor rollers of this format are by no means used in all companies, which is why the market relevance is only rated as balanced.
Customer benefit
The maneuverability of the vehicle enables good user benefits. In addition, the user benefits from the vehicle’s extensive sensory equipment, which leads to the expectation of robust and trouble-free operation, as the impressive demonstration on the IFOY TEST DAYS exhibition floor showed. With the vehicle’s steering software, the functionality can be well adapted to different operational environments and tasks.
Novelty / Innovation
In the vehicle class for transporting floor rollers with pallets, a larger number of solutions are available on the market. The particularly flat and compact design combined with the multiple monitoring of the driving area, also above the scan level of the safety sensors, give the vehicle a good level of novelty that makes it stand out in the named market segment.
Functionality / Type of implementation
The AMR IL 1200 performs transport tasks reliably and also offers autonomy functions to avoid obstacles on blocked sections. The load pick-up and load delivery are solidly designed. The approaches to specified sources and sinks of a transport network require more driving surface than an area-moving vehicle with the implemented three-wheel chassis but were reliably demonstrated in the demonstration operation.
Verdict
Vehicles like the IL 1200 have a market but transports with floor rollers in the 1200×800 mm format are by far not used in all companies. The maneuverability of the vehicle provides good benefits for the users. In this flat form combined with the good maneuverability, the vehicle is new and offers good functions for the user.
| Functionality / type of implementation | + |
| Novelty / Innovation | + |
| Customer benefits | + |
| Market relevance | Ø |
| ++ very good / + good / Ø balanced / – less / — not available | |
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