Autonomous Logistics Robot SOTO for Your Production

Auto­mate your mate­r­ial flow and intral­o­gis­tics processes and close the gap between ware­house and production

Flex­i­ble

Logis­tics robot SOTO can be flex­i­bly inte­grated into your pro­duc­tion envi­ron­ment: it can pick at dif­fer­ent heights, han­dle small load car­ri­ers (KLTs) of dif­fer­ent sizes and inter­act with pas­sive flow racks. SOTO is able to trans­port up to 24 KLTs in one go and ulti­mately replaces your tug­ger train process com­pletely. With just a few clicks, you can adapt your KLT deliv­ery processes your­self and always keep an eye on the entire mate­r­ial flow. As you grow, you can sim­ply and eas­ily inte­grate addi­tional SOTOs into your logis­tics chain.

Autonomous

Take repet­i­tive and phys­i­cally demand­ing trans­porta­tion tasks off your employ­ees’ hands. KLT robot SOTO trans­ports full and empty con­tain­ers pre­cisely to the right place for up to 20 hours a day — autonomously and safely thanks to sophis­ti­cated sen­sor and cam­era tech­nol­ogy. This allows you to shift repet­i­tive, phys­i­cally demand­ing trans­porta­tion tasks to the robot and free up human resources for value-adding tasks. Auto­mated processes also help you to reduce incor­rect deliv­er­ies and make your processes more robust.

Intel­li­gent

SOTO is con­nected to your WMS sys­tem and uses its own intel­li­gence to plan the most effi­cient route for its trans­port orders, ensur­ing fast processes for your mate­r­ial flow. In addi­tion, SOTO reacts inde­pen­dently to changes in its envi­ron­ment, avoids obsta­cles and proac­tively rec­ti­fies disruptions.

Safe

SOTO puts safety first. The logis­tics robot is equipped with sev­eral laser scan­ners for safe nav­i­ga­tion, even in nar­row envi­ron­ments. It uses two 3D cam­eras to reli­ably detect obsta­cles such as machines and peo­ple. It always adapts its speed to its sur­round­ings so that it can always avoid obsta­cles or stop in time. Light cur­tains also pre­vent peo­ple from inter­fer­ing with the run­ning system.

Logis­tics robot SOTO can be flex­i­bly inte­grated into your pro­duc­tion envi­ron­ment: it can pick at dif­fer­ent heights, han­dle small load car­ri­ers (KLTs) of dif­fer­ent sizes and inter­act with pas­sive flow racks. SOTO is able to trans­port up to 24 KLTs in one go and ulti­mately replaces your tug­ger train process com­pletely. With just a few clicks, you can adapt your KLT deliv­ery processes your­self and always keep an eye on the entire mate­r­ial flow. As you grow, you can sim­ply and eas­ily inte­grate addi­tional SOTOs into your logis­tics chain.

Take repet­i­tive and phys­i­cally demand­ing trans­porta­tion tasks off your employ­ees’ hands. KLT robot SOTO trans­ports full and empty con­tain­ers pre­cisely to the right place for up to 20 hours a day — autonomously and safely thanks to sophis­ti­cated sen­sor and cam­era tech­nol­ogy. This allows you to shift repet­i­tive, phys­i­cally demand­ing trans­porta­tion tasks to the robot and free up human resources for value-adding tasks. Auto­mated processes also help you to reduce incor­rect deliv­er­ies and make your processes more robust.

SOTO is con­nected to your WMS sys­tem and uses its own intel­li­gence to plan the most effi­cient route for its trans­port orders, ensur­ing fast processes for your mate­r­ial flow. In addi­tion, SOTO reacts inde­pen­dently to changes in its envi­ron­ment, avoids obsta­cles and proac­tively rec­ti­fies disruptions.

SOTO puts safety first. The logis­tics robot is equipped with sev­eral laser scan­ners for safe nav­i­ga­tion, even in nar­row envi­ron­ments. It uses two 3D cam­eras to reli­ably detect obsta­cles such as machines and peo­ple. It always adapts its speed to its sur­round­ings so that it can always avoid obsta­cles or stop in time. Light cur­tains also pre­vent peo­ple from inter­fer­ing with the run­ning system.

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Auto­mate your mate­r­ial flow and close the gap between ware­house and pro­duc­tion line

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Flexibility

The autonomous logistics robot SOTO closes the gap between warehouse and production. It transports up to 24 KLTs of different sizes simultaneously and interacts with a wide variety of transfer stations at different heights. It can approach sources and sinks from three sides and rotate KLTs as required after picking them up. This allows you to keep the material flow running at all times, supply all stations just in time and relieve your employees of these 'unproductive' tasks.

100%
End-to-end autom­a­ti­za­tion
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Process Stability

By automating your KLT transports, you can now ensure smooth, precise and safe processing of your transport orders - without having to struggle with the challenges of vacation periods, sickness waves or shift work. We base our SOTO on the highest industry standards so that you can optimize your transport processes and raise them to a new level of reliability.

> 98%
Sys­tem availability
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Efficiency

Reduce your ongoing intralogistics costs by an average of 60% through intelligent automation of transport processes. SOTO handles KLTs for you safely and reliably around the clock - regardless of whether you are loading all stations for the day shift during the night shift or whether you want to cushion production peaks.

60%
Cost sav­ings

Autonomous logis­tics robot SOTO in action

 

 

 

Dynamic sup­ply and dis­posal of small load carriers

 

The logis­tics robot SOTO has already suc­cess­fully taken over the sup­ply of mate­ri­als via KLTs in a wide range of indus­tries and for both large and medium-sized com­pa­nies. With its high level of intel­li­gence, SOTO is able to per­form com­plex trans­porta­tion tasks inde­pen­dently and react smoothly to changes in the envi­ron­ment. It can there­fore com­pletely replace man­ual intral­o­gis­tics processes for you.

Vollautomatische Aufnahme von KLTs am Förderstich des AKL
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SOTO übernimmt die Lieferung zwischen Lager, Pufferlagern und der Produktionslinie
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SOTO liefert KLT direkt in die Durchlaufregale an der Linie
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AS/RS1
SOTO autonomously picks up KLTs from the con­veyor of the AS/RS or deliv­ers empty KLTs.
Super­mar­ket2
SOTO takes care of deliv­ery between the ware­house, buffer stores and the pro­duc­tion line.
Pro­duc­tion Line3
SOTO deliv­ers KLTs auto­mat­i­cally directly to the flow racks at the pro­duc­tion line. The right mate­r­ial, in the right place, at the right time.

Max­i­mum flex­i­bil­ity at han­dover stations

 

 

SOTO uses a con­veyor grip­per to manip­u­late KLTs at vari­able heights between 0.40 — 1.70 m. This ensures the robot can inter­act with a wide range of han­dover sta­tions, such as the following:

Flow racks

SOTO picks-up and places KLTs into the com­part­ments of flow racks. All com­mon rack types can be adapted with lit­tle effort so that SOTO can inter­act with them.

Con­veyor belts

The mobile robot can be eas­ily con­fig­ured via the fleet man­ager to inter­act with sta­tion­ary con­vey­ors con­nected to an AS/RS or a machine.

Tug­ger trains

SOTO trans­fers or removes KLTs at the exact posi­tion on a tug­ger train if this is of advan­tage for your processes.

Tech­nol­ogy & Safety

 

SOTO deliv­ers a con­sis­tent and highly adapt­able mate­r­ial flow between the ware­house and the pro­duc­tion line. Thanks to its pow­er­ful Li-ion bat­ter­ies, it can drive for up to 8 hours with­out recharg­ing. The bat­ter­ies can be recharged at any time to max­i­mize effi­ciency (charg­ing ratio: 1 minute charg­ing = 5 min­utes driving).

The mobile KLT robot inte­grates high-end tech­nol­ogy into every com­po­nent. The sen­sors and intel­li­gent soft­ware enable pin­point-accu­rate han­dling of con­tain­ers, and safe nav­i­ga­tion in mixed envi­ron­ments with human colleagues.

Mag­a­zino Fleet Man­ager — VDA5050-com­pli­ant con­trol soft­ware for your SOTO fleet

 

 

In con­trast to sim­ple robot­ics solu­tions on the mar­ket, SOTO is an autonomous, per­cep­tion-con­trolled robot. ACROS, the “brain” of SOTO, takes con­trol of the com­plex nav­i­ga­tion, safety and logis­tics tasks and brings them together in the Mag­a­zino Fleet Man­ager (MFM). This intel­li­gent soft­ware also enables SOTO to solve chal­lenges inde­pen­dently.

You will quickly find your way around the min­i­mal­ist user inter­face. Here you can record new pro­duc­tion envi­ron­ments and put SOTO into oper­a­tion, with­out hav­ing to wait for exter­nal support.

The MFM is con­nected to your WMS sys­tem via an inter­face. This means that you not only have your SOTO fleet in view at all times, but also every trans­port order and the entire mate­r­ial flow.

The KLT robot SOTO is VDA5050-com­pli­ant and can also be con­nected to a 3rd party mas­ter con­troller if you are oper­at­ing a mixed fleet of robots from sev­eral ven­dors. Our team is happy to advise you on your exact requirements.

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Mapping & Modeling

Using its sensors, SOTO records its surroundings and creates a map for localization. In the fleet manager, this map is supplemented with all relevant information, including sources, sinks, routes, and traffic rules. You can make adjustments at any time to accommodate changes to your production environment.

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Operation & Control

The fleet manager provides a live view of all robots to keep track of their location, transported materials and future tasks. You can view all the relevant KPIs directly on a centralized dashboard.

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Order Management & Route Planning

The fleet manager also provides an overview of all active and pending orders. The master controller ensures an optimal distribution across the fleet to guarantee a fast process.

Expe­ri­ence New Intral­o­gis­tics. Sim­ple. Flex­i­ble. Scalable.

Case Stud­ies — SOTO in use with Customers

VEGA

Growth through auto­mated processes

VEGA was an early devel­op­ment part­ner and uses the lat­est gen­er­a­tion of SOTO for sup­ply and dis­posal at their pro­duc­tion line. » learn more

WAGO

KLT exchange directly at the injec­tion mold­ing machine

WAGO was look­ing for a way to close the gap between stor­age and the injec­tion mold­ing machine. SOTO helped them achieve this and more. » mehr erfahren

Bosch

Auto­matic con­nec­tion of ware­house and pro­duc­tion line

Bosch oper­ates a hybrid fleet of mobile robots. SOTO auto­mates the trans­porta­tion of KLTs between the com­pact ware­house and pro­duc­tion lines for mod­ern heat­ing tech­nol­ogy. » mehr erfahren