Who Can Benefit From PlatformPilot?

With PlatformPilot, both end users and integrators of automation applications in the field of intralogistics can leverage the full capabilities of their hardware, as well as researchers can integrate and test individual approaches. Together with (Neobotix) robot platforms, for example, material can be picked up and automatically transported or integrated robot arms can be brought into position. The PlatformPilot-GUI is optimized for commissioning engineers and machine setters and allows the steps required for setup to be carried out in a structured manner and in a short time.

 

What Is So Special About PlatformPilot?

The special feature is the modular design. PlatformPilot can control and evaluate many different kinematics, drive systems and sensors. All modules together result in a holistic system for control and navigation. It is easy to replace or improve individual modules without endangering or fundamentally changing the overall system.

 

The Neobotix Roadmap Concept

The well-proven concept of Neobotix Roadmaps makes it easier to switch from previous systems. Classic lane-guided automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are often inflexible in route management. Lane restructuring can only be managed with cost-intensive changes in the environment.

In Neobotix PlatformPilot, this process is virtualized, which means that the lanes can be dynamically created and edited in a graphical interface as paths based on an environment map. In addition, properties can be set for each path segment to customize the driving behavior in detail. In this way, speed limits, avoidance boundaries, angles or additional actions can be defined. The driving behavior is thus always predictable and reproducible - essential for reliable operation times.

 

 


PlatformPilot Components

PlatformPilot-Core

This is PlatformPilot's control kernel, which runs directly on the mobile robot's on-board computer.

 


PlatformPilot-GUI

The graphical user interface allows interaction with the robot. A cross-platform desktop application with a wide range of functions is available for setup, and the built-in web interface is suitable for a quick overview.

 


PlatformPilot-Editor

The PlatformPilot Editor is an intuitive yet powerful programming tool that provides access to all PlatformPilot functions and is integrated into the graphical user interface.

 


PlatformPilot-Help

As you would expect, PlatformPilot also comes with an integrated help function, extensive online documentation, many video tutorials and, if desired, personal training sessions.

 



Optional Add-on Components For PlatformPilot

PlatformPilot-Tower

PlatformPilot-Tower manages traffic when several autonomous mobile robots are moving in the same area. The Tower comes in several flavours which intervene, to varying degrees, in the route planning of the robots, preventing traffic jams and clearing blockades.