The family-run business Movanis develops and sells Automated Guided Vehicles, or more precisely, driverless forklift trucks. For optimum capture of their surroundings, these vehicles are fitted with cameras and scanners. In order to process the data and signals extremely efficiently and quickly, the vehicles are equipped with Siemens Industrial PC (IPC) control and communication technology. These vehicles, which represent state-of-the-art technology, allow Movanis’ customers to make optimum use of the benefits of an automated production and logistics environment. In addition to this, the vehicles compensate for staff shortages if, for example, there are not enough forklift truck drivers available.
The family business Movanis develops and sells Automated Guided Vehicles, or more precisely, driverless forklift trucks.
“We buy standard vehicles from forklift truck manufacturers and from our own production facility and fit them with a great deal of high-end equipment,” explains Bart Clymans, General Manager at Movanis. For example, laser scanners and sensors are installed on the forklift trucks as well as 3D cameras which measure the depth of a room. All this equipment captures the surroundings extremely accurately. GPS (Global Positioning System) devices are installed on equipment which is used outside for positioning purposes. An extremely powerful computer is required to ensure all the captured data is processed quickly and reliably. After extensive testing, Movanis decided on Siemens IPCs with dual-core processors.
