(BlueBotics: Torrance, CA) -- Autonomous navigation and fleet management leader BlueBotics has launched SmartPass, a new efficiency-driving innovation within its ANT software suite.

Available immediately for “ANT-driven” AGVs and AMRs, SmartPass is a safe and highly configurable technology that meets the core efficiency goal of obstacle avoidance without the drawbacks of traditional AMRs. SmartPass suits all types of automated vehicles and industrial sites.

“No matter how clean a site and how well trained its staff, the paths of mobile robots sometimes become blocked,” says BlueBotics’ CEO Nicola Tomatis. “AGVs typically manage this situation by sending an alarm to an operator, while AMRs take any route possible, without limitation. The first can lead to transport delays, the second to traffic deadlocks. SmartPass effectively bridges the gap between the two.”

Bridging the gap between AGVs and AMRs

SmartPass enables automated vehicles to follow virtual paths most of the time—for efficient and repeatable operation—while performing pragmatic obstacle avoidance maneuvers when blockages are detected.

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