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SHERPA-B

About

About SHERPA-B

SHERPA-B is Sherpa Mobile Robotics’ configurable autonomous mobile robot for moving bins and cases through industrial sites. The chassis accepts a tray, front or side conveyors, a double-sided conveyor, a bin lift or an integrator module. Sherpa quotes a maximum load of 200 kg depending on configuration, a 7 km/h top speed and bidirectional travel.

The robot maps its workspace and moves between production, storage and transfer points under fleet supervision. Swappable batteries have a stated ten-hour operating time; inductive opportunity charging provides a separate approach to maintaining availability. In Sherpa’s FPT case, six SHERPA-B robots work in two groups to deliver operator-prepared parts kits to an engine assembly line. The customer’s engine output is a measure of that production process, rather than robot production or an individual vehicle’s transport rate.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: FPT engine assembly intralogistics
  • Control modes: Autonomous
  • Material handling

    Customer-site use - Transport operator-prepared parts kits from a kitting area to FPT’s assembly line under fleet supervision. - environment: FPT engine assembly intralogistics

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Deployments

  • Operating Use

    6 SHERPA-B robots - FPT - FPT uses six SHERPA-B robots in two fleet-managed groups to deliver prepared parts kits to its engine assembly line.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • SHERPA-B

    Wireless Charging System - Power Systems - Wiferion - Sherpa Mobile Robotics SHERPA-B incorporates Wiferion etaLINK 3000 inductive charging - source: wiferion.com

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Timeline

  • Sherpa adopts Wiferion charging for SHERPA-B and SHERPA-P

    2020-08-05 - Partnership - SHERPA-B was already equipped with Wiferion's inductive charging system for container-transport workflows. Sherpa said SHERPA-P, its pallet-transport robot, would also receive the etaLINK system as the rollout expanded. The 3 kW system supported automatic in-process charging, CAN data exchange and reported energy-transfer efficiency of 93 percent.

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