Adept Unveils Self-Navigating Lynx Indoor Robot

By Brett Davis



California-based Adept Technology has introduced the Adept Lynx, a self-navigating, autonomous indoor vehicle intended to move material from place to place in challenging environments, including confined passageways and areas where people are walking.



The indoor vehicle is suitable for use in manufacturing, warehousing, hospitals and other facilities. The Lynx AIV can carry payloads of up to 60 kilograms, use a digital map for determining its location and can recharge itself when needed.



The Adept Lynx can be customized by various applications by integrators, distributors or users. The company has shown the robot at the Automate and ProMat exhibitions.



"Unlike traditional autonomously guided vehicles, Lynx requires no facility modifications, such as floor magnets or navigational beacons, saving users up to 15 percent in deployment costs," said Rush LaSelle, the vice president and general manager of mobile robots for Adept Technology.



"Additionally, the vehicle includes Adept's proprietary software and controls allowing it to intelligently navigate around people and unplanned obstacles, that stop AGVs short."