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Accerion – Start-Up Profile – Triton System Delivers Millimeter Level Localization Accuracy for Mobile Robots

Accerion’s Triton sensing technology for mobile robots and automated guided vehicles delivers sub-millimeter localization accuracy within operating environments, but the system does not require navigation infrastructure such as QR markers, tape, magnets laser reflectors or extra Lidar features.

Accerion – Start-Up Profile – Triton System Delivers Millimeter Level Localization Accuracy for Mobile Robots

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Editor’s Note: Robotics Business Review‘s coverage emphasizes innovation, including start-up companies (or ‘young’ companies). RBR “Start-Up Profiles” highlight individual start-up companies using a consistent, templated format that makes for quick, yet informed reading, that also simplifies comparative analysis.




Accerion – Company Profile








City:
Venlo
State: 


N/A




Country:
Netherlands
# of Employees: 


21




URL:
https://accerion.tech/
Founded:


2015








Management – Willem-Jan Lamers (Founder & Managing Director), Vincent Burg (CEO)


Funding Status – Accerion has started raising a Series B funding round to accelerate current growth, targeting a closing end of 2021.




Accerion’s positioning systems enable AMRs to follow a virtual grid with sub-millimeter accuracy at high speed and operate in highly dynamic environments… without any infrastructure requirements.




Accerion – Offerings Profile




Primary Target Markets – Logistics / Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Healthcare


Technology / Product / Service(s) – Accerion manufactures localization systems for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). In September 2020, Accerion introduced Triton, the world’s first 100% infrastructure-free, sub-millimeter accuracy localization technology for mobile robots operating in dynamic environments. Triton requires no embedded guiding wires, no laser reflectors, no QR codes, and no extra features for LiDAR.


To begin using the Triton system, the warehouse area is first mapped with the Triton sensor by recording images of the floor. After recording, artificial intelligence is applied to convert the recorded images to unique “signatures.”


In operation, Triton maps the “signatures,” then provides coordinates to the navigation system so mobile robots can localize themselves in the environment.


Triton provides absolute localization updates as input for drift corrections of the vehicle’s navigation system. Using Triton, the floor becomes a  map, and there is no additional infrastructure required for precise localization.


Triton’s sub-millimeter-level accuracy enables mobile robots to perform high-performance operations in dynamic environments at a speed of 1.5 to 2 meters per second.


Value Proposition – Now more than ever, E-commerce companies need to automate – and scale quickly – to keep up with demand and stay ahead of the competition. Accerion’s positioning system ticks off many of the boxes for logistics operators – especially Goods to Person – who want to accelerate automation. AMRs play a key role in many Goods to Person order fulfillment operations as they provide a modular, scalable platform on which to build the process.


Accerion’s positioning systems enable AMRs to follow a virtual grid with sub-millimeter accuracy at high speed and operate in highly dynamic environments… without any infrastructure requirements. This means Accerion’s Triton positioning system is the right technology at the right time to further accelerate industrial automation, giving Goods to Person operators a competitive advantage.


To summarize:


    

  • Triton needs no infrastructure. The floor is your map, which eliminates hefty installation costs and maintenance of localization infrastructure such as induction wires, magnetic tape, laser reflectors or QR markers.
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  • Triton’s sub-millimeter repeat accuracy results in faster AMR driving, faster docking and more effective fleet operation.
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  • Triton offers flexibility and scalability. After mapping the warehouse floor, operators can easily scale E-commerce business by adding more AMRs, more SKUs, and more storage and mobile racking. Using the existing floor surface, the virtual grid offers flexibility and scalability so logistics operations can grow quickly.
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  • Triton gives AMRs high-speed driving capability at 1.5 to 2 meters per second.
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  • Last but not least, Triton is economical. Triton’s dynamic and accurate vehicle operation means operators can do more with fewer AMRs, significantly reducing costs.
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Demand Drivers – For the autonomous mobile robot sector, easily and accurately determining the robot’s location – independent from the environment – is essential, specifically in warehouse logistics and production automation. Triton is the solution for logistics operators because the sensor requires no infrastructure and features sub-millimeter accuracy. Triton adds a level of flexibility to high-performance operations because it operates seamlessly in dynamic environments.


The E-commerce market has exploded in the past year, with the Goods to Person market expected to quadruple by 2023. Triton is used effectively in high performance applications such as inbound logistics, replenishment of picking stock, Goods to Person, Person to Goods, load consolidation/marshalling and further in the supply chain, parcel sortation.


Triton offers new logistics applications for pallet and/or roll cage load-marshalling at the warehouse low bay, near the trailer docking doors. With Triton, the AMR can localize and maneuver accurately to place the goods in the correct order and location for efficient trailer loading. This saves square meters and time. This load-marshalling takes place in a hectic and changing environment with opening and closing of dock doors, making localization with Lidar SLAM in this environment nearly impossible.


For all applications, Triton’s sub-millimeter repeat accuracy results in faster AMR driving, faster docking and more effective fleet operation.


Triton is economical, making cost-neutral the move from a laser-based system, improving accuracy tenfold. Triton can be integrated in an AMR fleet for large warehouse and logistics operations, and manufacturers are installing Triton on newly built AMRs to offer the end-user a complete, robust AMR solution.




Using a forward-looking safety scanner with Lidar SLAM in combination with the Triton localization sensor, and then fusing the localization data for navigation, offers OEMs of AMRs a robust and safe localization system.




Accerion – Business Model(s) and Competition




Business Model – Accerion sells directly to robot manufacturers such as KUKA and KUMATECH as well as end-users in logistics and manufacturing operations in 13 countries. Accerion also has a growing list of global distributors.


Partners – Accerion has a partnership with Phoenix Contact Italy, who is our value-added reseller for Triton integration for the Italian AGV and AMR industry.


Customers – Accerion customers include the following:


    

  • Lowpad ( a subsideary of Eurotec) – Accerion sensors fit nicely in Lowpad’s AMRs, which require no navigation infrastructure. Lowpad applications include E-commerce, load-marshalling and Industry 4.0.
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  • Prime Vision – Prime Vision uses Triton with Rover AMRs for parcel sortation applications. Triton offers accurate, free navigation in highly dynamic environments employing many fast driving AMRs without navigation infrastructure.
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  • KUKA Robotics  – KUKA Robotics implements Triton in KUKA’s omniMove AGV, providing positioning applications formerly realized with optical line guidance. Triton’s mature, robust solution and its ease in integration are all key benefits when onboard KUKA’s AGVs, which are used in high-performance applications where floor markers are not favored.
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  • KUMATECH – KUMATECH manufactures affordable AGVs for logistics applications. KUMATECH onboards Triton, Accerion’s latest sensor technology, for tugger, platform and fork AMRs. With Triton onboard, KUMATECH AMRs now feature infrastructure-free, accurate navigation for state-of-the-art metal-industry applications
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Competitive Landscape – Accerion claims that it has no primary competitors as Triton positioning technology is the world’s first 100% infrastructure-free, sub-millimeter accuracy localization technology for mobile robots.


Accerion’s Triton uses the facility floor as the map, so the system needs no infrastructure such as QR markers, tape, magnets laser reflectors or extra Lidar features. Yet, Triton localizes within millimeters of the calibration points. The alternative to Triton is Lidar SLAM, which is far less accurate. Additionally, mobile robots using Lidar SLAM have difficulty navigating in dynamic and changing environments.


Using a forward-looking safety scanner with Lidar SLAM in combination with the Triton localization sensor, and then fusing the localization data for navigation, offers OEMs of AMRs a robust and safe localization system.




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