NAVIGATION

Depending on the customer’s specific needs, Polytec Intralogistics offers expert consulting services to design and implement the most suitable technological solution.

The hardware and software platform DOLOMITI SENSE is Polytec Intralogistics’ proprietary navigation and control system. It consists of sensors and computing boards capable of acquiring data about the environment and the status of the robots it is applied to, in order to offer the following advanced features:

Self-localization in indoor spaces and recognition of the surrounding environment
Autonomous navigation
Advanced fleet management and coordination of multiple robots
Object and human detection
Predictive analysis of human movement
Obstacle detection
Easy programming through software interfaces that allow users to conveniently configure the robot and enable it to perform tasks on demand, without the limitations of rigid planning
Traffic management, real-time route planning and re-planning to reach predefined destinations
Human-robot interaction

In the AGV sector, there is no universally superior navigation technology: reliability always depends on the specific application context. Each industrial environment has its own unique features—layout, workflows, obstacles, and environmental conditions—which require careful analysis to identify the most effective solution. The ability to choose from different technologies and adapt them to the project is a key factor in ensuring efficiency and operational continuity. In this regard, using a proprietary navigation and localization system like that of Polytec Intralogistics represents a strategic advantage, as it allows for maximum customization.

A flexible approach, based on integrating the most suitable technology, ensures truly tailor-made intralogistics management.

Natural navigation

Natural navigation means that the robot identifies its position by continuously comparing the position of obstacles detected in the environment with their position on a previously collected static map. This technology can be effectively combined with techniques that dynamically recompose the map, updating it in real time without requiring any infrastructure in the environment.

Laser triangulation techniques

When the characteristics of the environment do not permit effective mapping, it is possible to employ laser triangulation techniques, which, with a small infrastructure in the environment, offer greater accuracy and repeatability in positioning.

Natural navigation and laser triangulation

Where a redundant localisation system or greater precision at certain points are required, such as when accessing loading and unloading stations, both techniques can be employed, combining natural navigation with laser triangulation.

Reflective elements can be added to the environment at only a few strategic points, minimising the impact on the overall infrastructure.

Coloured line tracking

Where maximum precision and predictability are required, such as assembly lines, techniques such as coloured line tracking or the use of magnetic and electromagnetic systems can be employed.

Vision systems

For precise, absolute, or relative positioning systems, vision systems can be used for the identification of environmental markers such as QR codes or data matrix codes or the identification of elements in the environment via artificial intelligence algorithms.