Mobile logistics robots

COLLABORATIVE MOBILE LOGISTICS ROBOTS

KELO mobile logistics robots: KELO PM 1500 -Pallet Mover Payload 1500kg

KELO PM 1500

Transportation of pallets

  • KELO PM 1500 is a mobile logistics robot that moves pallets in a warehouse or distribution center autonomously.
  • It picks up and drops off pallets at transfer stations (pallet racks).
  • It does so by driving into the transfer station under the pallet and then lifting it.

Technical specifications

  • Drives: 4 x omnidirectional, KELO drives 165s (safe)
  • Foot print: 899 X 1440 mm
  • Height: 1947 mm
  • Empty weight: 350 kg
  • Payload: 1500 kg
  • Stroke: 60 mm

KELO LC 200

Transportation of totes

  • The KELO LC 200 (Lift & Carry) is a mobile logistics robot that transports totes in an order fulfillment center for small items autonomously.
  • It handles standard container sizes of 60 cm × 40 cm and 60 cm × 80 cm.
  • The system automatically picks up containers from transfer stations near the order processing area and delivers them to transfer stations close to the shipping dock.

Technical specifications

  • Drives: 4 x omnidirectional, KELO drives 165s (safe)
  • Power supply: LiFePO4 60Ah battery
  • Footprint: 650 X 1120 mm
  • Height: 1950 mm
  • Empty weight: 90 kg
  • Payload: 200 kg
  • Stroke: 100 mm
KELO mobile logistics robots: KELO LC 200 load and carry totes

Our products

We have implemented the platform concept in a number of off-the-shelve robots. We use similar or identical component across different models of mobile robots each serving a specific task. The robots themselves can be easily scaled and adapted to the needs of customers in terms of payload,
vehicle geometry, or design.

Our robots can operate in two modes: They can either operate fully autonomously or interactively support human workers in accomplishing their tasks.

  • They operate autonomously and transport loads as long as there is no interaction with a human worker.
  • When they approach a human or an obstacle they reduce their speed AND their kinetic energy and then keep moving at a kinetic energy level, which cannot cause any harm or damage.
  • When a contact is established by a human worker for example by grasping a haptic interface the robots go in an interactive operation mode. In this mode they can be arbitrarily pushed back or moved around with a minimal amount of force.
  • On the press of a button they go back into autonomous mode and continue executing their task.
KELO products

...safer,

Our robots are inherently safe. Inherent safety means that our robots can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human's way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space. This property will be indispensable for future generations of mobile service robots, which shall operate in close proximity to humans. The robots inherit this property from our KELO drives. Our drives do not have gearboxes and can be stopped and pushed back, even when they are actuated. The drives have a Caster-wheel suspension like the wheels of a shopping cart. These two properties together make our robots inherently safe. Their use will increase the safety in your facility and decrease the number of accidents.

...greener,

Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 5:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 2:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload. Furthermore, our robots are omni-directional. They can move almost instantly in any direction and in any orientation. They can navigate more efficiently, which increase throughput and reduces time and energy consumption.

...customizable,

Our robots can be customized to a customer’s need very quickly. We have adopted a design concept, which was initially developed in the automotive industry: the platform concept. Our robots are built of a construction kit of modular, quasi standardized components. The modularity of our components together with the high configurability of our KELO drives enables us to (re-)design our robots according to a customer’s needs with limited effort and in a short period of time. Furthermore, using the same components in different robot models facilitates economy of scale and reduces cost both in development and in series production.

...more efficient!

Our robots are collaborative. They can interact with human workers and support them in the execution of their task. It is a meanwhile widely adopted insight that full automation in many industrial contexts is a dead end and that teams consisting of humans and robots can reduce idle times and increase efficiency to a significant extent. (see white paper World Economic Forum 2020). A prerequisite is that humans and robots can interact smoothly and intuitively. Our robots have this ability. As a matter of fact our robots can improve the efficiency of your operations by 40% or more.

...safer,

Our robots are inherently safe. They can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human's way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space. This property will be indispensable for future generations of mobile service robots, which shall operate in close proximity to humans. The robots inherit this property from our KELO drives. Our drives do not have gearboxes and can be stopped and pushed back, even when they are actuated. The drives have a Caster-wheel suspension like the wheels of a shopping cart. These two properties together make our robots inherently safe. Their use will increase the safety in your facility and decrease the number of accidents.

...greener,

Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 5:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 2:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload. Furthermore, our robots are omni-directional. They can move almost instantly in any direction and in any orientation. They can navigate more efficiently, which increase throughput and reduces time and energy consumption.

...customizable,

Our robots can be customized to a customer’s need very quickly. We have adopted a design concept, which was initially developed in the automotive industry: the platform concept. Our robots are built of a construction kit of modular, quasi standardized components. The modularity of our components together with the high configurability of our KELO drives enables us to (re-)design our robots according to a customer’s needs with limited effort and in a short period of time. Furthermore, using the same components in different robot models facilitates economy of scale and reduces cost both in development and in series production.

...more efficient!

Our robots are collaborative. They can interact with human workers and support them in the execution of their task. It is a meanwhile widely adopted insight that full automation in many industrial contexts is a dead end and that teams consisting of humans and robots can reduce idle times and increase efficiency to a significant extent. (see white paper World Economic Forum 2020). A prerequisite is that humans and robots can interact smoothly and intuitively. Our robots have this ability. As a matter of fact our robots can improve the efficiency of your operations by 40% or more.

...safer,

Our robots are inherently safe. They can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human's way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space. This property will be indispensable for future generations of mobile service robots, which shall operate in close proximity to humans. The robots inherit this property from our KELO drives. Our drives do not have gearboxes and can be stopped and pushed back, even when they are actuated. The drives have a Caster-wheel suspension like the wheels of a shopping cart. These two properties together make our robots inherently safe. Their use will increase the safety in your facility and decrease the number of accidents.

...greener,

Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 5:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 2:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload. Furthermore, our robots are omni-directional. They can move almost instantly in any direction and in any orientation. They can navigate more efficiently, which increase throughput and reduces time and energy consumption.

...customizable,

Our robots can be customized to a customer’s need very quickly. We have adopted a design concept, which was initially developed in the automotive industry: the platform concept. Our robots are built of a construction kit of modular, quasi standardized components. The modularity of our components together with the high configurability of our KELO drives enables us to (re-)design our robots according to a customer’s needs with limited effort and in a short period of time. Furthermore, using the same components in different robot models facilitates economy of scale and reduces cost both in development and in series production.

...more efficient!

Our robots are collaborative. They can interact with workers and support them in the execution of their task. It is a meanwhile widely adopted insight that full automation in many industrial contexts is a dead end and that teams consisting of humans and robots can reduce idle times and increase efficiency to a significant extent. (see white paper World Economic Forum 2020). A prerequisite is that humans and robots can interact smoothly and intuitively. Our robots have this ability. As a matter of fact our robots can improve the efficiency of your operations by 40% or more.

...safer,

Our robots are inherently safe. They can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human's way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space. This property will be indispensable for future generations of mobile service robots, which shall operate in close proximity to humans. The robots inherit this property from our KELO drives. Our drives do not have gearboxes and can be stopped and pushed back, even when they are actuated. The drives have a Caster-wheel suspension like the wheels of a shopping cart. These two properties together make our robots inherently safe. Their use will increase the safety in your facility and decrease the number of accidents.

...greener,

Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 5:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 2:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload. Furthermore, our robots are omni-directional. They can move almost instantly in any direction and in any orientation. They can navigate more efficiently, which increase throughput and reduces time and energy consumption.

...customizable,

Our robots can be customized to a customer’s need very quickly. We have adopted a design concept, which was initially developed in the automotive industry: the platform concept. Our robots are built of a construction kit of modular, quasi standardized components. The modularity of our components together with the high configurability of our KELO drives enables us to (re-)design our robots according to a customer’s needs with limited effort and in a short period of time. Furthermore, using the same components in different robot models facilitates economy of scale and reduces cost both in development and in series production.

...more efficient!

Our robots are collaborative. They can interact with workers and support them in the execution of their task. It is a meanwhile widely adopted insight that full automation in many industrial contexts is a dead end and that teams consisting of humans and robots can reduce idle times and increase efficiency to a significant extent. (see white paper World Economic Forum 2020). A prerequisite is that humans and robots can interact smoothly and intuitively. Our robots have this ability. As a matter of fact our robots can improve the efficiency of your operations by 40% or more.

KELO LC 350 and roxetto

Collaborative lifting and transport of bulky items

The two robots KELO LC 350 and roxetto are both designed to support a worker in lifting and carrying heavy and bulky items.
KELO LC 350 (lift & carry) uses a scissor mechanism to lift bulky and heavy items up to a height of 1 meter above ground. It can operate autonomously but also collaboratively under the control of a worker who can freely move it around by exerting force on the handlebar. It can support workers for example in moving a heavy load into the loading area of a truck of moving or picking an heavy object from a conveyor belt.

Roxetto is a robotized version of a commercial, manually operated, electric lift and transport system xetto® (www.xetto.ch). The original device is a cart with four passive wheels that is used to move bulky objects with a weight of up to 250 kg. With a hydraulic scissor lift mechanism under its loading area the cart can be lifted by about 80 cm up to the cargo bay of a pick-up truck.

While lifting is supported by the scissor lift, moving the cart on ground requires manual labor and puts significant strain on the back of the worker. In roxetto the standard passive wheels of xetto ® were replaced by four KELO drives 100, which serve as force amplifier and made the system omnidirectional. A haptic user interface was added that enables the worker to control the device with two fingers.

Technical specifications:

KELO LC 350

  • Drives: 4 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100
  • Power supply: 40 Ah Li-ion battery Stroke: 80 cm
  • Lift time: ca. 20 s
  • Foot print: 60 cm x 80 cm
  • Height: 190 cm
  • Empty weight: 90 kg
  • Payload: 350 kg

 

Roxetto

  • Drives: 4 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100 Power supply: 14,4 V / 6 Ah Li-ion battery Stroke: 80 cm
  • Lift time: ca. 20 s
  • Loading area: 119 cm x 83 cm
  • Empty weight: 110 kg
  • Payload: 250 kg
KELO LC 350

KELO LC 200

Transportation of totes

KELO LC 200 (lift & carry) is designed to transport totes and other containers in an order fulfillment center for larger objects. The containers, which have standardized sizes (60 cm x 40 cm and 60 cm x 80 cm) and can carry up to 200 kg, are automatically picked up at transfer stations next to the place where the order is commissioned and transported to transfer station near the shipping dock. The fleet management, which coordinates the activities of the robots, also manages the supply of totes and ensures that a sufficient number of totes are available at each commissioning station.

Technical specifications:

  • Drives: 4 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100
  • Power supply: 60 Ah LiFePo battery
  • Foot print: 65 cm x 112 cm
  • Height: 195 cm
  • Empty weight: 90 kg
  • Payload: 200 kg
  • Stroke: 10 cm
KELO LC 200

KELO FL 1000 and KELO PM 1000

Transportation of pallets

KELO FL 1000 (forklift) and KELO PM 1000 (pallet mover) are both designed to move pallets. When in autonomous operation mode both robots can navigate freely in a warehouse.

KELO FL 1000 has an extendable fork that can be moved underneath a pallet and lift it off the ground. When a worker grabs the handlebar the robot is turned into an interactive mode. In this mode it can be operated like any electric pedestrian truck. The human worker can, for example, push it underneath a pallet that needs to be transported away and lift the pallet. Upon the press of a button the FL 1000 can be turned into an autonomous operation mode again and then transport the pallet to a drop off position.

While KELO FL 1000 can lift pallets from the ground PM 1000 picks ups and drops off pallets at transfer stations (pallet racks). It does so by driving into the transfer station under the pallet and then lifting it.

Technical specifications:

KELO FL 1000

  • Drives:
    • 2 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100 heavy
    • 1 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100 ultraflat
  • Footprint: 79 cm x 182,5 cm
  • Height: 195 cm
  • Empty weight: 300 kg
  • Payload: 1.000 kg

 

KELO PM 1000

  • Drives: 4 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100 heavy
  • Foot print: 70 cm x 130 cm
  • Height: 45 cm
  • Empty weight: 110 kg
  • Payload: 1.000 kg
  • Stroke: 10 cm
KELO FL 1000 and KELO PM 1000

KELO DT 500 and KELO LC 750

Transportation of carts and dollies

The two collaborative robots KELO DT 500 and LC 750 can transport about 90% of all mobile load carriers such as parcel trolleys, carts, and dollies with a minimum ground clearance of 135 mm.

KELO DT 500 (dock & tow) has a docking mechanism that allows it to dock to and undock form a large variety of carts. The carts are detected by our AI-based object recognition software. Once the robot has safely hooked up the cart it will tow the cart to its destination in the facility and release it there.

KELO LC 750 (lift & carry) moves underneath the load carrier and then lifts it until the wheels of the cart loose contact to ground. It uses the same AI-based object recognition software to detect and localize the load carrier.

Alternatively, both the docking and driving underneath the load carrier maneuver can be performed collaboratively under the control a human worker. This way the maneuvers may be executed more efficiently even in very narrow, lively or cluttered spaces.

Technical specifications:

KELO DT 500

  • Drives: 4 x omnidirectional, Inherently safe KELO drives 100
  • Power supply: 40 or 60 Ah LiFePo battery
  • Foot print: 60 cm x 80 cm
  • Height: 190 cm
  • Empty weight: 80 kg
  • Payload: 500 kg
  • Towing capacity: 750 kg

 

KELO LC 750

  • Drives:
    • 2 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100 heavy and
    • 1 x omnidirectional, inherently safe KELO drives 100 ultraflat
  • Power supply: 60 Ah LiFePo battery
  • Foot print: 78 cm x 210 cm
  • Height: 185 cm
  • Empty weight: 250 kg
  • Payload: 750 kg
  • Stroke: 500 mm
KELO DT 500 and KELO LC 750

...cheaper,

Our robots come at a fraction of the price of comparable robots. To achieve this cost reduction, we have transferred the platform concept, which was developed in automotive industry and has led to significant cost savings there, into the design of mobile service robots. Our robots are built off a set of re-usable functional modules. Using the same components in different robot models facilitates economy of scale and reduces cost both in development and in series production …

greener,

Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 9:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 3:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload. Furthermore, our robots are omni-directional. They can move almost instantly in any direction and in any orientation. They can navigate more efficiently, which increase throughput and reduces time and energy consumption…

safer!

Our robots are inherently safe. Inherent safety means that our robots can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human's way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space. This property will be indispensable for future generations of mobile service robots, which shall operate in close proximity to humans. The robots inherit this property from our KELO drives. Our drives do not have gearboxes and can be pushed back, even when they are actuated. The drives have a Caster-wheel suspension like the wheels of a shopping cart. These two properties together make our robots inherently safe

...cheaper,

Our robots come at a fraction of the price of comparable robots. To achieve this cost reduction, we have transferred the platform concept, which was developed in automotive industry and has led to significant cost savings there, into the design of mobile service robots. Our robots are built off a set of re-usable functional modules. Using the same components in different robot models facilitates economy of scale and reduces cost both in development and in series production …

greener,

Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 9:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 3:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload. Furthermore, our robots are omni-directional. They can move almost instantly in any direction and in any orientation. They can navigate more efficiently, which increase throughput and reduces time and energy consumption…

safer!

Our robots are inherently safe. Inherent safety means that our robots can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human's way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space. This property will be indispensable for future generations of mobile service robots, which shall operate in close proximity to humans. The robots inherit this property from our KELO drives. Our drives do not have gearboxes and can be pushed back, even when they are actuated. The drives have a Caster-wheel suspension like the wheels of a shopping cart. These two properties together make our robots inherently safe

...cheaper,

Our robots come at a fraction of the price of comparable robots. To achieve this cost reduction, we have transferred the platform concept, which was developed in automotive industry and has led to significant cost savings there, into the design of mobile service robots. Our robots are built off a set of re-usable functional modules. Using the same components in different robot models facilitates economy of scale and reduces cost both in development and in series production.

greener,

Our robots have a payload to weight ratio of 9:1, while comparable robots have typically a ratio of around 3:1 or even less. This means that our robots consume significantly less power since they have to move much less total weight at the same payload. Furthermore, our robots are omni-directional. They can move almost instantly in any direction and in any orientation. They can navigate more efficiently, which increases throughput and reduces time and energy consumption.

safer!

Our robots are inherently safe. Inherent safety means that our robots can be pushed back or aside if they get into a human's way or approach the human in an undesired way. Humans and robot can safely move side-by-side even in narrow space. This property will be indispensable for future generations of mobile service robots, which shall operate in close proximity to humans. The robots inherit this property from our KELO drives. Our drives do not have gearboxes and can be pushed back, even when they are actuated. The drives have a Caster-wheel suspension like the wheels of a shopping cart. These two properties together make our robots inherently safe.