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.
Specifications
- Launch year
- 2005
- Price (USD)
- —
- Payload
- 450kg
- Reach
- —
- Weight
- 146.5kg
- Speed
- 1.3m/s
- Battery
- —
- Rated power
- —
- IP rating
- —
- Autonomy
- fully autonomous
Robolist Score v1cap 60
13.3/ 100
Deployment footprint0.0× 40%
Company financial health0.0× 25%
Spec completeness66.7× 20%
Media mentions (trailing 12 months)0.0× 15%