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\u2018Loading and unloading trucks is a key bottleneck in the material flow for many of our customers\u2019 \u2014 Dr. Tobias Harzer, Chief Automation Officer of Jungheinrich AG.<\/p><\/div>\n
As part of the collaboration, Jungheinrich combines its expertise in developing industrial trucks and autonomous mobile robots, its broad industry know-how, as well as its systems integration and service capabilities with Navflex\u2019s software and robotics expertise.<\/p>\n
The joint solution is based on an industrialized vehicle platform from Jungheinrich that is being consistently further developed for automated operation at the loading dock. The result is an autonomous mobile solution tailored to the requirements of variable dock environments, which can be integrated into existing logistics processes without additional infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Navflex contributes specialized software for autonomous perception, navigation, safety, and process logic in the truck environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe deliberately chose to tackle a problem that was long considered hardly automatable,\u201d says Chuck Stovall, CEO of Navflex.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo enter the European market, we need a partner that can deliver industrial execution, scaling, and global service. This is exactly where Navflex and Jungheinrich complement each other. In automation and AI, our partnership is truly 1 plus 1 equals 3.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both partners are working closely to integrate hardware and software into a robust end-to-end solution that meets the requirements of day-to-day operations. The joint solution is currently undergoing extensive field tests with major customers under real operating conditions.<\/p>\n
By taking a stake in Navflex, Jungheinrich underscores its ambition to further advance end-to-end automated material flows and to unlock one of the remaining interfaces at the loading dock that has so far been difficult to automate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"