The GoPal AMR solution at Kärcher

Eight GoPal E24W AMRs perform several tasks at Kärcher: Moving goods from wrapping machines to the warehouse. From injection molding to the warehouse. Opening doors automatically. Delivering goods to conveyor pallet stations with buffer.

Kärcher selected the GoPal solution not only because of its inherent safety and flexibility, but also because the GoPal solution provides a huge advantage: a complete CE-approved and fully integrated solution for transporting pallets, which can be deployed in just a few days, with no changes to existing infrastructure, no production downtime and without involving any third parties.

Kärcher decided to deploy the following GoPal solution:

Five GoPal E24W AMRs (subsequently scaled to currently eight robots)
Pallet Stations with Call Buttons and Pallet Sensors
Conveyor Pallet Stations integrated with wrapping machines and injection molding machines as well as Conveyor Pallet Stations with extensions acting as a pallet buffer in the warehouse
IO Boxes to enable the AMRs to automatically open doors
Elevation Pallet Stations
The eight GoPal E24W AMRs perform the following tasks:

From wrapping machines (one per assembly line) to warehouse: once the pallet is full and wrapped, the operator pushes the Call Button. A robot arrives, picks up to the pallet and transports it to the warehouse – without any human intervention at all.
From injection molding to warehouse: once the pallet is full, the operator pushes the Call Button. A robot arrives, picks up the pallet and transports it to the warehouse.
On their way to the warehouse, the robots have to pass through multiple doors. The IO Boxes in the GoPal solution enable the robots to automatically open these doors when required.

Arriving at the warehouse, the robots deliver the pallets to a conveyor pallet station with several extensions, which then act as a buffer - in case the forklift driver is unavailable to pick up the pallet at that time.