Big Joe Forklifts’ first commercial autonomous mobile robot (AMR), the Pallet Mover, was introduced at ProMat 2023 and has concluded field trials. Initial reviews of this unique AMR suggest that the Big Joe team is onto something special with its user-directed approach to automation. Field trials, which began in October 2022 and concluded in March, incorporated 11 unique locations running alpha and beta builds of the Pallet Mover in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution environments.
“The Big Joe Pallet Mover is a great way to get started in autonomous material handling for simple repetitive tasks,” said Camden Stoppleworth, plastic ingenuity production engineer. “This machine is very easy to program, use and reprogram for different tasks, all from the user interface located on the machine. Big Joe’s Pallet Mover does a great job at reducing the distance walked and time wasted by a person moving pallets from one location to another.”