Amazon strengthens robotics portfolio with heavy duty mobile robot

Amazon is the world’s largest user of industrial robots. It has deployed more than 750,000 robots to help fulfill customer orders. According to the Seattle-based e-commerce giant, more than 75% of all customer orders globally are delivered with the help of robots.

That number is only going to increase going forward with the introduction of robots like Titan, Amazon’s new mobile robot. Titan can transport heavy-duty payloads up to 2,500 lb. (1,133.9 kg). That is two times more than Hercules, which is Amazon’s most broadly deployed mobile robot.

Titan integrates several technologies from Amazon’s other mobile robots for battery management, computer vision, obstacle detection, and user control. It can also integrate with other robots Amazon uses throughout its facilities by using familiar hardware components to manage its operating system “as it plans, executes, and interfaces with other technologies.”

Amazon said its SAT1 fulfillment center in San Antonio, Texas, is the first to deploy Titan. It will work with other robots to move heavy objects, including small household appliances or pallets of pet food and gardening equipment, and allow people to focus on new tasks.

While there are other heavy-duty mobile robots on the market, Amazon developing and deploying Titan in its facilities proves these robots are ready for primetime. Titan increases the number of SKUs Amazon can move via robotics, meaning it could be another game-changing robot for Amazon, joining the likes of Hercules, Pegasus, Proteus, Robin, and more. Titan is a continuation of Amazon’s decades of robotics research to better serve its customers and create a better workplace for its employees.

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