"Our automation and intralogistics solutions are widely recognized and have proven themselves in high volume flows. We therefore wanted to complete our offering and respond to our customers' needs with a flexible operator support solution forwww.verband-lb.de/home, which can be used on site without any modifications," explains Marc-Antoine Fernet, Head of Robotics & New Technology Products at Savoye.

The solution is primarily intended for pick-and-pack picking and is based on the connection of autonomous mobile robots and picking racks on which the parcels to be picked are positioned. After retrieving an available rack that is loaded with parcels, each robot moves from place to place until all orders have been picked. The operators remain in their picking areas: Savoye's WaCS software assigns them appointments with the robots in real time and in the best possible way. "It is important that the picker can concentrate on the value-adding activities. We have thus established a clear principle: The operator and the robot do not follow each other. They meet each other," says Marc-Antoine Fernet.

To achieve this, Savoye relies on its expertise in the areas of operational research and artificial intelligence. "Beyond the robot, the added value of our solution is based on our knowledge of business processes and their intelligent control. These allow us to optimize the grouping of parcels to minimize picking routes and orchestrate the real-time synchronization of encounters between operators and robots," adds the Head of Robotics & New Technology Products at Savoye.

Savoye's mobile robotic solution, which works on the principle of virtual stations, is an alternative to the classic conveyor-based system of picking in stations. It can also be used as a supplement to a non-automated line and is then positioned between the automated zones for forming and closing the cartons and connected by Savoye's Intelis Plug & Play conveyors.