Cloud deployment, 3D synthetic data
Design for X & mass production readiness
Project abstract
A market leader in warehouse automation required a small robot to transfer individual packages from a human-controlled picking station to a container.
In response, Kickmaker designed a custom robot and integrated it into the customer’s existing fleet management and routing system.
Technical developments
- The first fully featured MVP was completed in three months, including specification and solution benchmarking phases.
- A fully integrated prototype for field testing and scaling was finished in under nine months.
- Achieved a BOM cost of less than $4,500 at a minimum order quantity of 1,000.
- Developed and set up a manufacturing test site at a Kickmaker Assembly Line (KAL) in one of Kickmaker’s facilities.
Key achievements
- Utilized a DFX-centric development approach.
- Assembled a multi-skilled team that included hardware, application and embedded software, procurement, and certification experts.
- Implemented a three-stage project plan over nine months, covering specification, solution benchmarking, rapid prototyping, and testing of a ready-to-use prototype for qualification.
- Guaranteed compatibility with a network of warehouse and AGV robots.
Quality Work
“The project was really interesting as we were working on the robustification of a solution used in production.Our focus was on the development of the framework and tools.”
Baptiste Petit, Software Developer and Lead Tech at Kickmaker