E-commerce powerhouse Amazon this week unveiled its new warehouse robot, saying its “Titan” style is a cellular unit designed to carry out very heavy responsibilities in fulfillment centers.
Shaped like an oversized square “Roomba” vacuum cleaner, Titan can lift up to 2,500 pounds, about twice as much weight as Hercules, the most widely used robot within Amazon’s operations. With all that strength, Titan’s first task will be to transport larger objects. , bulkier pieces like small appliances or puppy food pallets and gardening equipment, the company said.
The Seattle-based company will first implement the new design at its SAT1 distribution center in San Antonio, Texas. This facility opened in 2013 to handle larger, bulkier parts and the use of this new generation will help modernize the site, editing both protection and office efficiency, Amazon said.
The company’s engineers created Titan by adopting various technologies from past generations of its cellular robots, adding Hercules’ speed and battery control solution, as well as computer vision, impediment detection, and Xanthus cellular robot user formulas. Titan also uses pieces of Proteus hardware to manage its operational formula by planning, executing, and interacting with other technologies within the facility.
“We see many opportunities to use Titan in the future, in addition to containerized garage solutions like Sequoia, where you can simply send material to our garage and bring it to employees,” the company said in a statement.
Sequoia, which now operates out of an Amazon fulfillment center in Houston, Texas, integrates several robotic systems to contain stock in containers, combining cellular robots, gantry systems, robotic arms, and an ergonomic workstation for employees.