Rethink Robotics has introduced two Rethink Ryder AMRs for light and heavy-duty applications with integrated lift functions, 360-degree sensing and SLAM, and that can be combined with a cobot arm for further applications.
The Rethink Ryder line includes the light-duty MRE 550 model that handles payloads of up to 550 kg (1,212 lb.) and the heavy-duty MRE 1400 model that handles payloads of up to 1,400 kg (3086 lb.). Both robots come with an integrated lift function.
Rethink Ryder AMRs have multi-detection technologies with 360-degree sensing for analyzing and responding to real-time changes in the environment. They also navigate independently without any additional components.
Low-level controllers and sensor data are accessible through open architecture software compatible with third-party applications. A simultaneous location and mapping system (SLAM) provides environmental visualization for pallet identification, dynamic obstacle bypassing, and trajectory planning.
Rethink Ryder AMRs can perform mobile manipulation at new levels of efficiency when combined with a collaborative robot arm and an independent, detachable battery box.