The Munich-based robotics startup Magazino has landed a major contract: The medium-sized logistics service provider Fiege Logistik has ordered 30 additional Toru robots.
The family-owned company already uses three Munich-based robots and, following successful testing, is now building a robot fleet. Fiege CEO Jens Fiege says about the order:
"We see ourselves as pioneers in this field and are continuing to develop this flexible solution together with our partner Magazino. Further automating order picking in our warehouses is an important step toward digitizing the logistics center."
Magazino CEO Frederik Brantner:
“We are very proud to be working with Fiege to advance digitalization in intralogistics so massively.”
Robots share their experiences with colleagues
The robots will be used, among other things, in the company's shoe warehouse. There, the machines will stack shoe boxes on the shelving and transport them to the shipping station.
Magazino's robots receive their orders via Wi-Fi from the inventory management system and can pick individual items with precision from standard shelving units. The robots temporarily store the picked items in their internal storage space, allowing them to process multiple orders in a single run. The Toru robots use laser sensors to perceive their surroundings and orient themselves in space. Orientation aids such as lines on the floor are unnecessary. The robots create their own maps of their surroundings and share them with their fellow robots. All robots in the fleet also learn from previous experiences with objects.
Magazino was founded in Munich in 2014. The startup now employs 70 people.
