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SHERPA-D

About

About SHERPA-D

SHERPA-D is Sherpa Mobile Robotics’ autonomous mobile robot for collecting and transporting wheeled load carriers. It handles dollies, rolling pedestals, rolling trays and stacks of bins, with a current manufacturer rating of up to 250 kg and a 3.6 km/h maximum speed. Its narrow form supports line feeding and repeated parts transfers within factories.

The robot maps the operating space, follows assigned routes and avoids detected obstacles. Fleet management coordinates missions and traffic, while inductive opportunity charging supports repeated work cycles. A documented application at ZF uses three SHERPA-D robots to replace small logistics trains carrying automotive-parts bins. The manufacturer’s case quotes up to 360 bins transported per hour for the installation; that figure describes the site workflow and is not a per-robot specification.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: ZF automotive-parts intralogistics
  • Control modes: Autonomous
  • Material handling

    Customer-site use - Pick up parts dollies, transport them through ZF’s factory and set them down at the destination. - environment: ZF automotive-parts intralogistics

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Deployments

  • Operating Use

    3 SHERPA-D robots - 2023-03-17 - ZF - By 17 March 2023, three SHERPA-D robots were operating at ZF Bouzonville, replacing small logistics trains carrying automotive-parts bins.

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Timeline

  • Sherpa launches SHERPA-D dolly-handling AMR

    2023-03-17 - Product Launch - The 2023 launch configuration measured 1,050 × 400 × 850 mm and weighed 137 kg. The vehicle carried standard 600 × 400 mm dollies with up to 250 kg of load, supporting kitting and line feeding. Three SHERPA-D robots were already operating at ZF’s Bouzonville site when the launch was reported.

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