Illinois-based Numina and Indian firm Addverb Technologies are working together to expand North American warehouse automation by pairing autonomous mobile robots with real-time distribution software.

The agreement expands the deployment of Addverb’s mobile robots for automation to North American warehouses and provides Numina’s customers access to additional technology for faster and smarter warehouse order fulfilment automation.

Numina will start with Addverb’s Dynamo series of robots, which work collaboratively with human order pickers to increase efficiency. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are for replacing or augmenting conventional conveyor-based systems because they can be cost-effective and more efficient. AMRs can navigate multiple zones and pick points in the warehouse, transport products to a consolidated packing point, and increase safety measures by handling the heavy lifting; the robots can lift and transport up to 385kg in a single trip.

“Addverb Technologies offer a variety to fit any customer’s needs including fixed and flexible automation running on our end-to-end AI-powered software platform,” said Sriram Sridhar, chief revenue pfficer for Addverb Technologies in the USA. “Together, we create a powerful offering that provides the best service to clients in the Americas market that need to improve order fulfilment throughput infrastructure using scalable and modular platforms.”

When AMRs such as the Dynamo series are paired with Numina’s real-time distribution software, which uses voice commands to direct warehouse workers wearing mobile wearable computers and wireless headsets, warehouses can double their productivity, claim the companies.

“The latest generation of autonomous mobile robots is the right technology for many fulfilment operations to reduce labour and achieve a high accuracy pick-and-pack process and provide a quick RoI,” said Dan Hanrahan, Numina’s CEO. “Increasingly, Addverb’s expertise in robot-based hardware and software technologies will enable us to offer more customised solutions and choices for our customers.”

The companies will demonstrate their integration at next week’s Modex show in Atlanta by transporting and collaboratively batch picking orders in an optimised travel path.

Numina is a warehouse automation systems integration firm focused on defining leaner, more productive processes, managed with warehouse automation software and technologies.

Addverb Technologies provides end-to-end automation in warehouse operations to improve performance and accuracy through its fleet of automated robots, material handling technologies, in-house system integration services and AI-powered software. Its headquarters, manufacturing, and R&D facilities are in India, with subsidiaries in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA. The firm’s more than 100 customers include Reliance, Unilever, Flipkart, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson and PAR Pharmaceutical.