～Continuing to evolve, contributing to labor savings in factories and warehouses～

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Industry Alpha Inc. (Headquarters: Itabashi-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takumi Watanabe; hereinafter referred to as “Industry Alpha”), which develops smart factory and warehouse businesses, will release a new 500 kg payload model of its popular AMR (autonomous mobile robot) “Kaghelo” from January 2025.

Development Background

The worsening labor shortage is an urgent issue in the manufacturing and logistics industries. Although automation is progressing in direct manufacturing processes, such as the use of robotic arms, indirect processes such as inter-process transportation remain dependent on individual skills. In particular, it is difficult to secure workers for transporting heavy objects, and there is a growing need for labor-saving through automation.

Kaghelo, which automatically travels through factories and warehouses without a guide and transports objects, has been highly praised as a versatile Japanese AMR since its release, due to its compact design that can handle the narrow aisles and limited spaces unique to Japanese sites, and its thin design that allows it to slip into carts.

In addition, in recent years, the variety of transported objects at manufacturing and logistics sites has increased, and there is a demand for AMRs to handle objects of more diverse shapes and weights. In addition, as the number of sites using automated transport solutions increases, improving the safety of AMRs is becoming increasingly important.

In order to meet the needs of such sites, the fourth generation Kaghelo has been equipped with a newly developed lift-up mechanism and improved safety performance.

Main features

The latest model, the 4th generation Kaghel, has implemented the following improvements based on feedback from existing installation sites.

1. Newly developed lift-up mechanism

• Enhanced resistance to vertical and horizontal shaking
• Stability for transporting a variety of objects

1. Enhanced basic performance

• Redundant stop function using LiDAR sensor
• Upgraded board that controls the stop system

1. LPWA support

• Supports long-distance communication to enable operation with fewer access points
• Various communication options allow the adoption of communication appropriate for the site

Inheriting high basic performance

Future developments

Kaghelo has built up a track record as a domestically manufactured AMR, and with improvements to its fourth generation, it has achieved even greater versatility and safety. We will continue to contribute to the realization of automation and labor-saving in factories and warehouses by continuing to improve our products while listening to the voices of those in the field as we introduce Kaghelo to more manufacturing and logistics sites.