London, UK: Toyota Material Handling Europe is working with Gideon, a Zagreb-based technology company offering software for localisation and control of autonomous mobile robots. The move is aimed at meeting the growing demand for simple autonomous solutions with self-navigating vehicles and an easy user-interface.
“By combining Gideon technology with its own vehicles, Toyota Material Handling will be able to provide automation for a wide range of logistics applications and significantly shorten project implementation times,” Toyota said.
Specific application areas where Gideon already has software are collaborative case picking for retail order fulfilment, as well as truck unloading and loading. Josip Ćesić, chief executive, Gideon, said: ”Toyota’s expertise in material handling equipment and market coverage, combined with Gideon’s software suite, and our focus on specific applications, provides value proposition for end-users that is unparalleled.”
Patric Hed, senior vice president, logistics solutions, Toyota Material Handling Europe said: “Gideon have developed an impressive software stack and vision modules, combining flexible, intelligent autonomous behaviour with specific logistics application focus and user-friendliness that will add value to our customers over the coming years.”
