Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), which includes Toyota Material Handling Group and Toyota Automated Logistics Group, has signed an investment agreement with autonomous mobile robot (AMR) developer Gideon.
Gideon technologies assess behaviour and application stacks for automating specific processes in warehousing and manufacturing environments.
Trailer unloading and loading, as well as collaborative case picking for retail order fulfilment, are examples of specific applications that Gideon currently offers to its customers.
For TICO, the partnership could simplify automated vehicle systems through standardisation, reduced deployment times and increasing flexibility, adaptability and scalability.
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TICO’s global autonomous vehicle software house, T-Hive, will apply and leverage Gideon’s technology within specific areas of TICO’s global automated vehicle portfolio.
Norio Wakabayashi, senior executive officer of TICO, said: “Gideon has developed impressive vision modules enabling flexible, intelligent autonomous behaviour and user and deployment friendliness that will provide added value for our customers in the coming years.
“TICO already holds a strong position in automated vehicles, but this strategic investment underlines our commitment to delivering market leading mobile automation.”
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