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.
Automatic Trolley AT100 warehouse fulfillment solution
Youibot Robotics
Youibot’s Automatic Trolley warehouse fulfillment solution utilizes its brand-new assistance picking robot AT100 AMR its robot fleet management system YOUIFleet to integrate with retailers and 3PL’s existing infrastructures and workflow and help them meet their increasing fulfillment demand, while ensuring a low ROI.
Product name and company
Automatic Trolley AT100 warehouse fulfillment solution – Youibot Robotics
Category
Mobile Robot
Description
Youibot’s warehouse fulfillment solution utilizes zone picking. Instead of warehouse workers pushing heavy carts to fulfill orders, AT100 AMRs will be travelling through warehouse aisles to fulfill multiple orders during each run while workers stay in their designated zones to perform picking or put away tasks. AT100’s intelligent display and broadcast system will instruct worker on their assignments and provides verification process to eliminate errors. Its customizable multi-layer shelves provides optimized carrying spacing.
Workers does not have to push a heavy cart for fulfillment the entire day meaning less fatigue and improved efficiency. AT100 AMR’s display system also provides clear instruction upon each picking and adds verification process to minimize fulfillment errors. Youibot’s warehouse fulfillment system is intuitive and fast to learn for workers from around the world and can also assist warehouse management by displaying inventory hotspots and fulfillment statistics.
Innovations
AT100:
- Youibot’s AT100 AMR is a robust and intelligent assistance picking robot that can handle loads up to 100 kg while traveling at a maximum speed of 1.5 m/s.
- AT100 uses its multi-sensor system to provide complete safety detection range while its CE standard build provides robustness in the product and assurance in customers’ personnel and property safety.
- AT100 is equipped with Youibot’s newly upgraded navigation algorithm that enables dynamic obstacle avoidance that increases AT100’s efficiency in a collaborative warehouse environment.
YOUIFleet:
- Youibot’s robot fleet management system YOUIFleet provides fast and remote deployment and decoupled deployment areas that gives warehouse flexible deployment strategy that can fit into existing infrastructure and workflow.
- YOUIFleet standard API in multiple protocols can be integrated with any fulfillment solution system to build an end-to-end IoT warehouse ecosystem.
- YOUIFleet supports a maximum fleet size of 150 robots at single site and manages fleet traffic and work order orchestration to ensure real-time optimization.
Market relevance
Combining AMR and batch pick carts, the AT100 is purposely designed to fulfil sorting and picking tasks. It shall minimize walking and human errors as well as optimize accuracy and efficiency. Widely adopted in warehousing, electronics, 3PL third-party logistics, fashion and footwear, e-commerce fulfillment centers, food and pharmaceutical industries.
Customer benefits
- Workers does not have to push a heavy cart for fulfillment the entire day meaning less fatigue and improved efficiency.
- AT100 AMR’s display system also provides clear instruction upon each picking and adds verification process to minimize fulfillment errors.
- Youibot’s warehouse fulfillment system is intuitive and fast to learn for workers from around the world and can also assist warehouse management by displaying inventory hotspots and fulfillment statistics.
Test report
Youibot’s Automatic Trolley (AT) solutions are an automated alternative to manual picking on trolleys. Depending on the use and height of the order totes, the number of platforms on the trolley can be adjusted. The AT100, nominated for the IFOY AWARD, has a load capacity of 100 kilograms.
While manual picking involves pushing the heavy trolleys through the warehouse by hand which often results in lost time due to the partly long walking distances, the Youibot concept works on the principle of zone picking. Each picker has his own picking zone, which the automated trolley passes when one or more order lines for the respective orders on the trolley need to be picked in that zone.
The orders on the trolley are grouped by Youibot’s Robot Picking System (RPS), which is connected to the customer’s WMS. The RPS also controls the robots in a facility. By using a central fleet management system (YOUIFleet), the risk of congestion and waiting times is minimized. YOUIFleet supports a maximum fleet size of 150 robots at one location.
For safe navigation through the warehouse, the AT100 uses the latest SLAM laser navigation technology. Because the AT100 knows the warehouse better than any employee, the robot always chooses the most efficient route to the next picking zone. One employee looks at the touch display to see how many items are to be picked at which location, scans those items with the trolley-mounted scanner, and then the display shows which order bin the goods are destined for. Once all orders in a zone have been picked, the operator confirms this via the display and the robot continues on its way to the next picking zone.
If the multisensor system detects an obstacle or a person, the robot stops automatically and the green light (ready for operation) changes to yellow. The standard safety distance is 300 millimeters, but if a higher travel speed is desired, this distance can be adjusted. The maximum travel speed of the AT100 is 1.5 m/s.
The system is CE certified and also complies with the latest US standard (ANSI/RIA R1508). This makes it one of the safest systems in its class.
The AT100 is equipped with a Li-ion battery that ̶ when the robot is fully loaded ̶ is good for up to nine hours of use. Incidentally, the battery is fully recharged within one hour. This enables trouble-free 24/7 use.
In addition, the AT100 provides an efficient and error-free picking process. With the same number of pickers, up to three times as many orders can be picked. For the pickers, walking distances are significantly reduced. In addition, working with the robots is more pleasant and less tiring.
IFOY test verdict
With the AT100, Youibot offers a good example of how “You, I and a robot” can work together harmoniously and effectively. Its load capacity of 100 kilograms is one of the highest on the market. The AT100 minimizes walking distances and human errors. It offers higher efficiency and accuracy and guarantees a lower ROI.
IFOY Innovation Check
Market relevance
Picking support vehicles have a large market as they can be applied in many operations. Automated transport of the picked items for one or more orders on a vehicle frees the picker from the heavy-duty pushing of order collection totes. Instead, the pickers remain in defined zones of the picking warehouse, where they take over the item removals from the provided assortment as soon as a vehicle enters the zone with its assigned orders.
Customer benefit
The AT100 has large, individually adjustable shelves and a load capacity that makes it suitable for a wide variety of combinations of larger orders and item weights. All-important functional and safety elements are well integrated into the vehicle and arranged in an easily accessible manner. The vehicle is very robustly built for its task and enables a very high usability value for its users.
Novelty / Innovation
The structure and the compact design are not exceptionally new for a vehicle supporting order picking. However, the very good design with versatile adjustable shelves and the robust design, which seem appropriate for the application, make the unit stand out in this market segment. However, the software for controlling a fleet of AT100s is limited to routing the vehicles through predetermined zones and does not highlight the potential to guide vehicles and order pickers dynamically and thus order-dependently to each other in an order-picking warehouse.
Functionality / Type of implementation
The aforementioned features of the vehicle and fleet management offer good functions for increasing performance and ergonomics in order-picking warehouses. For the sometimes challenging operation in order-picking warehouses, the vehicle offers recognizable reserves in terms of stability and robustness.
Verdict
Picking support vehicles have a large market as they can be used in many businesses. The vehicle is robustly built for this task and promises very good benefits for users. The structure and compact design with adjustable shelves is not exceptionally new but offers good functions and features for the user.
| Functionality / type of implementation | + |
| Novelty / Innovation | Ø |
| Customer benefits | ++ |
| Market relevance | + |
| ++ very good / + good / Ø balanced / – less / — not available | |
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