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Open Shuttle Fork

About

About Open Shuttle Fork

Open Shuttle Fork is an autonomous mobile robot for moving pallets and other load carriers between warehouse, production and goods-handling areas. It carries up to 1,300 kilograms, accepts loads up to 1,200 × 1,200 × 2,300 millimetres and uses an integrated electric lifter across loading heights from floor level to 1,200 millimetres.

The robot rotates around its own axis and can travel sideways, supporting compact layouts and narrow manoeuvring spaces. Natural-contour localisation, automatic pallet detection, 3D obstacle detection and active obstacle avoidance support operation around people and manually driven equipment. Continuous battery operation reaches eight hours with a stated 60-minute charge, while fleet software coordinates routes and transport orders. Supported work includes line feeding, mobile picking, rack supply and links between manual or automated pallet stores.

02 MAY 2025

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Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Workflows: Warehouse material handling, Pallet transport AMR
  • Operating environments: Warehouse environment
  • Pallet transport and handling

    Claimed - 2022-05-31 - Open Shuttle Fork added autonomous pallet transport to KNAPP's AMR portfolio.

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  • Autonomous pallet transport

    Claimed - 2022-05-31 - Open Shuttle Fork added autonomous pallet transport to KNAPP's AMR portfolio.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Open Shuttle Fork

    Bg95 Lift And Bg66 Steering Drives - Actuation - Dunkermotoren - KNAPP Open Shuttle Fork uses Dunkermotoren BG95 lift and BG66 steering drives with an E600 lift brake - source: dunkermotoren.com

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Timeline

  • KNAPP Open Shuttle Fork AMRs automate Cummins plant logistics

    2026-09-15 - Deployment - The installation combines automated pallet and small-parts storage with KiSoft fleet and warehouse software. The AMRs handle up to 2,000 transport orders per day. The logistics system supplies 190 picking stations in the plant.

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  • KNAPP introduces Open Shuttle Fork and Store systems

    2022-05-31 - Product Launch - Open Shuttle Fork added autonomous pallet transport to KNAPP's AMR portfolio. Open Shuttle Store combined scalable storage with autonomous mobile robots controlled by KiSoft FCS. KNAPP presented the systems alongside AutoPocket and AI-enabled Pick-it-Easy Robot workflows at LogiMAT.

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