ABB Robotics has expanded its autonomous mobile robot portfolio with the Flexley Stack F712, adding an autonomous forklift to its Visual SLAM-based mobile robot lineup. The addition allows forklifts, tugs and movers to operate within the same platform for material handling and intralogistics tasks. The F712 is designed to handle open and closed pallets, containers and racks with loads up to 2,000 kg and lift heights up to 8.5 meters.
The Flexley Stack F712 joins the Flexley Tug and Flexley Mover in ABB Robotics’ Visual SLAM AMR portfolio. Intended applications include warehouse storage and retrieval, line supply, end-of-line handling, body shop and press shop operations, and drive-in and light buffer tasks in automotive and other industrial environments.
The F712 uses Visual SLAM for mapping and navigation, which removes the need for infrastructure such as markers or reflectors. ABB said the system provides positional accuracy of plus or minus 10 mm and uses AI-based Visual SLAM to support operation in changing warehouse environments. Together with AMR Studio, the setup is intended to reduce commissioning time by up to 20% and adjust to layout changes on warehouse floors and production sites. The unit is certified to current ISO and ANSI safety standards and can operate at speeds up to 1.7 meters per second while carrying a load.
The F712 is integrated with AMR Studio and is VDA5050 compatible, allowing it to work with ABB’s other Visual SLAM mobile robots and with existing systems in the same project. The software includes no-code tools for setup, fleet coordination, traffic management and real-time visualization, allowing forklifts, tugs and movers to operate together in shared layouts.
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