Anyware Robotics has emerged from stealth mode to unveil its AI-powered robotic resolution, Pixmo, for container and truck unloading. Yearly an estimated 28 million containers enter the US with contents, normally bins, that must be unloaded.

Anyware Robotics Pixmo robots allow firms to ease the heavy burden on human employees who at the moment unload these. The versatile cell robots autonomously unload bins in containers and vehicles extra safely, cost-effectively, reliably, and shortly than people can – with out the associated accidents.

The autonomous cell Pixmo robots are perfect for unloading at transload services, cross docks, third-party logistics suppliers (3PLs), distribution facilities, and e-commerce achievement warehouses. The robots will be put in inside days and supply enhanced operational efficiencies and predictability. 

Anyware Robotics was based in January 2023, raised $5 million in seed capital in March 2023, and is actively negotiating one other spherical of funding to speed up bringing Pixmo to market.

The robotic resolution was developed primarily based on years of intensive robotics analysis by the founders, in addition to the private expertise of the corporate’s CTO unloading containers for his dad and mom’ warehousing enterprise.

Three of Anyware Robotics founders earned robotics PhDs at College of California, Berkeley, and collectively have 25 robotics patents. Two labored at main robotics provider FANUC, one as a founding member of the FANUC Superior Analysis Lab, and one on the commercialization of AI-powered robotic options there. A fourth founder held varied senior roles at one other logistics robotic supplier.

“Truck unloading is a wonderful instance of the place robots can vastly contribute to creating the world a greater place,” stated Thomas Tang, CEO and co-founder of Anyware Robotics. “People have been doing an admirable job in that heavy and demanding work, however there are too many accidents. Pixmo may help to considerably cut back these accidents whereas enhancing the throughput of the logistics operations.”

Pilot applications are resulting in Pixmo gross sales

Anyware Robotics is at the moment working pilot applications of Pixmo with varied firms within the US. They just lately accomplished their first pilot with an import deconsolidation enterprise that manages 21 warehouses within the US.

The corporate met the consumer’s throughput requirement and transformed it right into a sale of a number of Pixmo robots. Wanting ahead, Anyware Robotics has a number of upcoming pilots, together with one with a number one world third-party logistics supplier.

Loading docks are normally probably the most hazardous space for people within the warehouse. Firms, in flip, are confronted with expensive labor, excessive turnover, reliability points, and labor capability that
shouldn’t be all the time aligned with the ever-changing throughput wants of the ability. The Anyware Robotics resolution can cut back labor prices on the receiving dock as much as 60 p.c.

Pixmo makes use of AI and machine studying

The Anyware Robotics resolution combines an autonomous cell robotic (AMR) base, a cobot arm with six levels of freedom, vacuum-powered finish effector designed for case dealing with, and AI-powered notion and movement planning techniques.

It doesn’t require expensive software program integrations or infrastructure modifications to be deployed into the warehouse atmosphere. With its cell base that has the footprint of a warehouse pallet, the Pixmo robotic can transfer in any path to create the perfect dealing with pose for the robotic arm, each in and outdoors the container.

Pixmo is constructed on a sophisticated AI software program stack that mixes the most recent notion algorithms, learning-based movement planning, and a state-of-the-art information technology pipeline for AI coaching.

The adaptive method permits Pixmo to be deployed shortly on-site, adjusting and studying on the fly and repeatedly enhancing reliability. It additionally permits it to simply handle the complexity of shifting bins throughout transit, field orientation, field measurement, variety of SKUs, carton sizing, and packaging high quality.

Security is a key ingredient of the Anyware Robotics resolution. Pixmo is the primary and solely robotic within the class that makes use of a pressure sensing cobot arm for unloading. This essential functionality offers warehouse managers peace of thoughts that the robotic can safely work in environments the place people might immediately transfer into its path.

Thomas Tang, CEO of Anyware Robotics, says: “Automated truck and container unloading is a nascent market.

“Our robotic resolution strikes a steadiness between functionality and price effectiveness, plus it provides a powerful security element. The security options assist allow the good versatility of Pixmo sooner or later.”

Whereas Anyware Robotics is concentrated on the huge want in truck unloading now, the versatile kind issue of the Pixmo robotic implies that sooner or later (with further functions software program by way of over-the-air updates) the robotic can be used for quite a lot of different duties throughout the warehouse.

These capabilities might embody palletizing, depalletizing, case choosing, container loading, and different duties, which can additional improve the ROI of the robots.

Availability of Pixmo

The industrial model of Pixmo is scheduled to be accessible in the summertime of 2024. Will probably be accessible through direct buy or RaaS (robots-as-a-service) fashions enabling firms that use Pixmo to simply scale as their enterprise grows.  Firms interested by collaborating in a Pixmo pilot program might contact Anyware Roboticsvia their web site.

Pixmo robots might be demonstrated publicly for the primary time at Sales space A11227 at MODEX, March 11-14, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.