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Australis Engineering has been appointed Australian mobile robot partner for Passion Mobility, Taiwan. Passion Mobility develops autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and AGVs to meet the ever-changing needs of automation and materials handling.

The Passion Mobility mobile robot partnership adds to the existing robotics portfolio offered by Australis, which includes more traditional industrial multi-axis and delta style robots, the multiple brands of collaborative robots and associated grippers and the industrial floor cleaning robots already offered.

Passion Mobility’s AMRs and AGVs are used for a wide range of purposes and Australis are well positioned to assist end-users and other integrators to pick the right robot to suit particular applications and budgets.

Based in Taiwan, Passion Mobility develops autonomous mobile robot technologies and designs electric-powered products to meet the ever-changing needs of automation and materials handling. The company provides innovative designs and products for autonomous solutions.

Passion Mobility has a range of autonomous mobile robots, AGVs, and order picking carts that suit different applications. The company’s mobile robots are broadly grouped into two categories: autonomous AGV robots that are programmed to perform set-tasks and mobile collaborative robots that are programmed to safely follow a person to work with them to assist in their task.

Ukart series: U150 and U200 models – these models track to front or back of a user and are ideal for applications such as order picking. Passion Mobility is continuing its innovation with a smart vision control system for the Ukart series. This system uses hand signals from operators to control the mobile robot and provides greater operational efficiency for tasks such as order picking.

Tkart AGV series: T150, T200 and T500 models – these AGVs follow a pre-programmed path, have automated obstacle avoidance and can carry loads from 150kg to 500kg. Larger models are ideal for pallet transport

Akart series: The Akart ASRS is an automated bin-carrying robot that can carry up to 5 bins for order picking and warehousing and can carry up to 250kg

Australis Engineering is a member of the Australian Packaging & Processing Machinery Association.

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