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Game-changer – Applied Integration ’ s Garry Lofthouse says the BreadCrumb will solve web connectivity-related issues in the automated vehicle sector .

KEEPING YOU CONNECTED

How ‘ BreadCrumb ’ solution will revolutionise the automated vehicle sector

WORDS : PHILIP TALLENTIRE PICTURE : TOM BANKS

Time is money and in today ’ s ever more competitive marketplace , companies can ’ t afford valuable equipment standing idle due to technical glitches .

A particular key area that suffers from frustrating web connectivity-related problems is the automated vehicle ( AMR ) sector .
Fortunately , cutting-edge Stokesley tech expert Applied Integration has a radical solution to such issues , thanks to an exciting new partnership with Rajant Corporation and a small but perfectly-formed piece of game-changing equipment called a BreadCrumb .
More and more businesses rely on driverless transport within a manufacturing or storage environment .
Whether it ’ s container ports or car plants , the oil industry or logistics , automated vehicles play an ever-increasing role – and reliability is paramount to their success .
Unfortunately , many indoor and outdoor locations prove problematic when it comes to achieving the kind of blanket web coverage required to run an efficient and fault-free fleet of automated vehicles .
Applied Integration chief executive officer Garry Lofthouse is rightly proud that his company has come up with a radical and cost-effective answer to such a major issue , thanks to the new link with US-based Rajant Corporation .
He said : “ Automated mobile robots must have connectivity to work , to receive orders and to move around a designated space . In a lot of areas , you get blackspots .
“ When you put AMRs into a logistics environment , for example , there ’ s lots of shelving , metalwork and framework . A vehicle that has been given a set of commands to complete can end up in certain positions where it can encounter black spots . It can then lose connectivity because of that surrounding environment . “ When that happens , the equipment
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