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According to DC Velocity staff reporters, The Raymond Corp. recently showed a prototype automated lift truck that uses Seegrid's vision-guided technology to move through a warehouse. The vehicle can operate either man-aboard or without a driver, changing from one mode to another in less than a second by the flip of a switch. The automated truck is designed to reduce labor costs by eliminating the need for people to make repetitive "milk-run" type deliveries within a facility, leaving them free to concentrate on more complex tasks.

DC Velocity noted: When a driver operates a truck equipped with the vision-guided technology, the truck learns both the path it must follow and the individual steps of the task it will perform, such as carrying a pallet between locations in a warehouse, sounding a horn at intersections, and waiting at an unloading point. No lasers, tapes, or wires are required. Each vehicle can learn up to 15 miles of routes in any configuration. After a truck learns the route, no driver is required.

Raymond expects to have the automated trucks available for sale this summer.

Many companies can neither afford nor require all the bells and whistles of an enterprise-wide AGV (automated guided vehicle.) The robotic forklift solution is far more affordable and produces a rapid return-on-investment. The reduced labor costs means that full-time employees are reassigned to value-added work activities and reduced maintenance costs allow employees to perform routine maintenance and trouble shooting.

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Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seegrid Corp. (http://www.seegrid.com) brings robotic vision-guided technology to the material handling industry. Seegrid offers solutions that optimize workflow processes by increasing productivity and reducing costs, creating economic and operational advantages.

Seegrid technology can transform industrial vehicles into unmanned, automated pallet trucks and tow tractors that operate without a need for wire, tape, laser or other automated guided vehicle guidance systems.