AMR system utilizing wireless charging achieves efficiency improvement in manufacturing lines

B&PLUS Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Higashi-gun, Saitama Prefecture, hereinafter B&PLUS), as a manufacturer of wireless power supply systems, provides solutions that promote factory automation. In recent years, we have also focused on the sale of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and the development/provision of AMR peripheral equipment, and have been promoting transport automation and operational improvements utilizing AMRs in our own factory. This release introduces an improvement case of factory automation by combining AMRs and wireless power supply in B&PLUS's own factory. ## Features of Our AMRs and Wireless Power Supply AMR 'Keigan ALI' handled by our company - Payload 30kg (60kg specification also available) - Compact size of 450mm x 450mm, allowing it to enter production lines Furthermore, the AMR is designed for operation without special expertise. In our own factory, after training manufacturing staff with no prior AMR operation experience, basic operation program creation became possible in approximately 3 hours. ### More Convenient with Wireless Power Supply By equipping AMRs with a wireless power supply system, it becomes possible to automatically charge the robots while they are stopped. This enables: - Automation of charging tasks - Improvement of operational efficiency - Reduction of manual charging responses and enhances the convenience of AMR operations. ### Improvement Case using AMR in Our Company Improvement of transport systems is an element with the highest expected cost-effectiveness among improvement activities. At our company, we not only sell AMRs and wireless chargers but also introduce them on our own production lines, and we conduct activities to show customers actual operational examples. ### Case 1: Work Improvement with AMR 'Automated Inter-Process Transport' Automated transport of completed products between lines. The AMR is, of course, equipped with wireless power supply