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RB-ARES

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About RB-ARES

RB-ARES is Robotnik’s autonomous pallet-truck research platform developed for the HR-RECYCLER electronics-recycling project. The design moves loaded Euro pallets from receiving areas to processing stations, with a stated carrying capacity of up to 1, 500 kg. Its project role is internal material transport in a factory shared with people.

The platform combines ROS navigation and localisation with Robotnik’s human-machine interface and fleet-management tools. Its released software includes a steered-base controller, elevator control, AMCL localisation and perception components. The development packages also provide the robot description and configurations for simulation. This was a project-specific system built around the handling and routing requirements of an electronics-recycling plant.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: HR-RECYCLER electronics-recycling factory
  • Control modes: Autonomous
  • Pallet transport and handling

    Claimed - 2021-03-15 - Pick up loaded Euro pallets at floor level and move them between electronics-recycling processing areas. - environment: HR-RECYCLER electronics-recycling factory

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Resources

Curated durable documents and official technical references.

Timeline

  • Robotnik introduces RB-ARES pallet-truck platform for HR-RECYCLER

    2021-03-15 - Product Launch - The project-specific design targeted Euro-pallet pickup at floor level and carrying loads up to 1,500 kg. ROS navigation and localisation were combined with Robotnik’s HMI and fleet-management tools for shared human-robot factory space. The proposed workflow routed incoming equipment and disassembled material between recycling stations.

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