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AMR

Meaning in robotics & automation, with examples

/ˌeɪ em ˈɑːr/abbreviationCommon term

In robotics & automation, AMR means: Short for autonomous mobile robot: a robot that moves materials using maps and sensors such as LiDAR and cameras, choosing its own route and driving around obstacles.

In Turkish: otonom mobil robot, AMR

How it is used

Increasingly used in intralogistics, hospitals and factories, because it can be deployed without marking the floor. Engineers map the site, define zones and stations and connect the AMR fleet to warehouse or MES software. Some AMRs carry a cobot on top for mobile picking.

Example sentences

  1. The AMR found a way around the forklift and still reached the line on time.

  2. Before deploying the AMRs, we drove one around the plant to build the map.

Common collocations

  • AMR fleet
  • deploy AMRs
  • map the site
  • mobile manipulator
  • charging station
  • AGVShort for automated guided vehicle: a driverless vehicle that carries materials along fixed routes marked by magnetic tape, wires, QR codes or reflectors.
  • SLAMShort for simultaneous localization and mapping: the method a mobile robot uses to build a map of an unknown area while working out its own position on that map.
  • LiDARShort for light detection and ranging: a sensor that measures distances by sending laser pulses and timing their reflections, building a picture of the surroundings.
  • path planningFinding a route from a start point to a goal that avoids obstacles and meets limits such as the shortest distance, the shortest time or a safe clearance.
  • obstacle avoidanceThe ability of a robot to detect objects or people in its way with its sensors and change its path or speed so that it does not hit them.

More terms: Machine Vision and Mobile Robots

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