Your vehicle, our navigation
Do you need autonomous navigation for your vehicle?
BlueBotics proposes ANT® – Autonomous Navigation Technology – a state-of-the-art and industry-proven
product line, which simplifies and shortens the installation of your AGVs and mobile robots.
Simple and robust Quick to install
ANT® uses natural structures in the environment as reference ANT® driven vehicles are quickly installed with the ANT®
for localization thus requiring no infrastructure (no need for lab tool suite, modifications are even simpler. This makes all
inductive wires, magnets, or reflectors for triangulation). setups simple and economical to install and to maintain, no
ANT® can also use simple reflectors either in combination matter if it is a single vehicle or a large fleet.
with natural structures, or even alone, providing the best
solution for your setup.
Industrial Handles obstacles
ANT® combines information from industrial encoders and ANT® autonomously handles obstacles by either moving
laser scanners to reach an accuracy of ±1 cm and ±1°. ANT® around them (obstacle avoidance), or adapting the speed to
even uses the data from the safety laser scanners available avoid emergency situations (path following).
on your vehicle.
® ® ®
ANT lite+ ANT localization+ ANT localization
Localization √ √ √
Control √ X X
Embedded missioning management √ X X
Emulation of line following X √ X
Fleet management √ X X
OUR FEATURES YOUR BENEFITS
No inductive wires, magnets, triangulation reflectors Proven in different markets all around the world
Simple and robust localization Quick installation and modification
Optimal control of the vehicle Easy and flexible industrial integration
Embedded management of missions Compatible with hybrid manual/automatic use
Use of safety laser scanners Economical from single vehicle to large fleet
Fleet management with ANT® server Integrated mission management
Comparison with traditional guidance systems
ANT® Laser-guided Magnets & Gyro Wire-guided
Installation/modification + = - -
Precision + + = =
Speed + + = -
Manual/automatic + + - -
Cost of infrastructure + = = -
Cost of maintenance + + = =
+ Positive = Neutral - Negative
ANT® lite+
Localization, control & mission management for your vehicle
Complete navigation solution
Simple and robust localization
Optimal control of the vehicle
No inductive wires, magnets, triangulation reflectors
Use of safety laser scanners
Embedded management of missions
Compatible with hybrid manual/automatic use
Compatible with ANT® server
Ideal use: AGVs and automated forklifts
ANT® server
Fleet management
Intelligent scheduling of missions
Deadlock-free traffic control
Battery charge management
Interface to the environment and external devices
Simulation of vehicles and missions
Handling configuration of different vehicle types
ANT® monitor
Monitoring of the complete system on PC, tablet, phone
ANT® localization+
Localization & emulation of line following for your vehicle
Emulation of line following and tags
Simple and robust localization
No inductive wires, magnets, triangulation reflectors
Use of safety laser scanners
Ideal use: retrofitting or substitution of line following
ANT® localization
Localization for your vehicle
Simple and robust localization
No inductive wires, magnets, triangulation reflectors
Use of safety laser scanners
Compatible with hybrid manual/automatic use
Supports omni-directional kinematics
Can be used to track manual vehicles
Ideal use: AGV suppliers having their own control
ANT® lab
Integrated tool for configuration and installation
Vehicle configuration and calibration
Mapping of the environment for localization
Drawing of the routes
Definition of environment-related actions
Configuration of devices (chargers, doors, lifts, …)
Simple monitoring for testing and validation
Handling configuration of different vehicle types
ANT® lite+ : Vehicle components ANT® localization : Vehicle components
ANT® server
Ethernet
RS232/Ethernet
Ethernet
PLC
control
CAN/Ethernet
CAN/Ethernet
PLC Motor Motor
Safety Safety
(optional) drives drives
M M
Specifications
Functionality ANT® lite+ ANT® localization+ ANT® localization
localization, control, localization, localization only
missioning lite emulation of line following
Vehicle compatibility
Kinematics differential drive, tricycle, differential drive, tricycle, differential drive, tricycle,
car-like car-like car-like, omni-directional
Maximal speed >2.0 m/s >5.0 m/s >5.0 m/s
Localization
Accuracy ±1 cm and ±1° ±1 cm and ±1° ±1 cm and ±1°
Localization rate 5 Hz up to 20 Hz up to 20 Hz
Control
Obstacle avoidance rate 10 Hz - -
Path following rate 10 Hz 10 Hz (emulation) -
Interfaces
Safety laser scanners HOKUYO UAM-05LP HOKUYO UAM-05LP HOKUYO UAM-05LP
LEUZE RSL4XX LEUZE RSL4XX LEUZE RSL4XX
OMRON OS32C-DM OMRON OS32C-DM OMRON OS32C-DM
SICK microScan3 SICK microScan3 SICK microScan3
SICK S300 / S3000 Expert SICK S300 / S3000 Expert SICK S300 / S3000 Expert
Non-safety laser scanners P+F OMD30M-R2000 P+F OMD30M-R2000 P+F OMD30M-R2000
P+F OMD30M-R2000 HD P+F OMD30M-R2000 HD P+F OMD30M-R2000 HD
SICK LMS10x/LMS141/LMS151 SICK LMS10x/LMS141/LMS151 SICK LMS10x/LMS141/LMS151
SICK LMS5xx SICK LMS5xx SICK LMS5xx
SICK TiM571 SICK TiM571 SICK TiM571
Motor drives CANopen, EtherNet/IP - -
User configurable I/Os 8 dig. in / 6 dig. out - -
Hardware
Embedded computer industrial PowerPC industrial PowerPC industrial PowerPC
Operating voltage 24 VDC (20 VDC...30 VDC) 24 VDC (20 VDC...30 VDC) 24 VDC (20 VDC...30 VDC)
Power consumption <20 W <20 W <20 W
Operating temperature 0°C to 60°C 0°C to 60°C 0°C to 60°C
Storage temperature -25°C to 85°C -25°C to 85°C -25°C to 85°C
Relative humidity 5% to 95% 5% to 95% 5% to 95%
(non-condensing) (non-condensing) (non-condensing)
IP rating IP20 IP30 IP30
Dimensions 182 x 60 x 190 mm 134 x 26 x 160 mm 134 x 26 x 160 mm
(WxHxL) (WxHxL) (WxHxL)
Weight 1.1 kg 0.6 kg 0.6 kg
BlueBotics SA
Jordils 41B - CH-1025 St-Sulpice
Switzerland
Tel: +41 21 694 02 90
Fax: +41 21 694 02 91
[email protected] www.bluebotics.com
