Logistics & warehouse robots
Autonomous mobile robot (AMR)
A wheeled robot that navigates warehouses, factories and hospitals by its own map, carrying totes, carts or shelves and working around people.
Good at
Moving things repeatedly between known points; scales by adding robots.
Watch out for
Needs reasonably flat floors, Wi-Fi and a process designed around it.
Specs that matter for this type
- Payload
- Top speed
- Runtime / flight time
- Weight
- Ingress protection (IP)
- Sensors
- Safety standards (as stated by the maker)
Jobs it does
Usually the main robot for
- Warehouse picking-as-a-service
- Cart & tote transport AMRs
- Robotic 3PL fulfillment
- Indoor building & hotel delivery
- Hospital logistics delivery
- Airport ground vehicle autonomy
- Robotic parking systems
Also used for
Models we've catalogued
How to read this. Specs come from each maker's own spec page or datasheet, with the link and the date we checked it. Blank means the maker doesn't publish it (or we haven't found it). Scores are a whirrwork assessment, not a lab test: we only score a model when independent trials or tests exist. Methodology.
| Model | Payload | Top speed | Runtime / flight time | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiR1200 Pallet Jack MiR (Mobile Industrial Robots) | 1,200 kg | 1.5 m/s | 480 min | Not enough evidence to rate |
| MiR250 MiR (Mobile Industrial Robots) | 250 kg | – | – | Not enough evidence to rate |
| MiR600 MiR (Mobile Industrial Robots) | 600 kg | 2 m/s | 645 min | Not enough evidence to rate |
Also called: AMR, AGV, autonomous tug, hospital AMR, indoor delivery robot, parking robot.