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Big Joe Forklifts is a robotics company founded 1951, based in United States, developing 1 robot primarily in the Warehouse AMR category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Big Joe Forklifts has no confirmed funding round on file and has 1 cited customer but no deployment on record.
Shipped
1customer cited
named in a public source · no deployment on record
- Big Joe Forklifts· 2023provisioneronline.com ↗
A deployment is recorded when a public source names both the customer and the robot, or the maker confirms it. Nothing here counts against Big Joe Forklifts.
In AMR (Warehouse), Exotec SAS, Innok Robotics and Beijing Geekplus Technology have deployment evidence on file.
Add a deployment →Powering progress with autonomous and electric material-handling solutions
Big Joe Forklifts is a North American material-handling company that builds lithium-ion forklifts, advanced warehouse equipment, and autonomous solutions including the Big Joe Pallet Mover AMR. Its AMR is a user-directed autonomous pallet transporter developed with Thoro.ai and sold through a nationwide dealer network to warehouse and material-handling buyers in North America.
Company facts
- HQ
- Downers Grove, United States
- Founded
- 1951 · 75 yrs
- Website
- bigjoeforklifts.com
RoboScore
56.74 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Strong evidence
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Milestones
Launched the Big Joe Pallet Mover autonomous mobile robot with Thoro.ai.
Showcased the Big Joe Pallet Mover AMR at Automate 2023.
Press coverage
Active products by Big Joe Forklifts
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() | Big Joe Autonomous Mobile Robot | Warehouse AMR | Payload 1995.8 kg·Top speed 1.3 m/s | $65K | 65.2 |
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