Overview
The Drive Unit is a mobile robot used by Amazon for automating its warehouses. It carries heavy shelves of inventory on its back, capable of operating autonomously in groups of hundreds with a decentralized software architecture. The robot can lift about 450 kg (1,000 lb) and features downward-facing and upward-facing cameras for reading barcodes, infrared sensors, and collision-detection bumpers.
Key facts
- Payload
- 450 kg
- Reach
- —
- Speed
- 1.3 m/s
- Weight
- 146.5 kg
- IP rating
- —
- Battery
- —
- Power
- —
- Autonomy
- fully autonomous
- Launch year
- 2005
- Price
- —
- Status
- active
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