Hall: 8 / Stand number: 8G05
As the uptake in automated systems by the logistics industry rapidly continues, ensuring your warehouse floor is prepared to support robotic operations has never been more critical. At the upcoming LogiMAT 2025 exhibition, we invite you to visit us at Hall 8, Stand 8G05 to discuss how the CoGri Group’s specialist expertise can enhance your facility's flooring and meet the demands of modern robotics.
Why are Robot-Ready Floors so Important?
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), Collaborative robots (Cabots), Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are transforming warehouse operations by increasing efficiency and repurposing manual labour. However, the success of these technologies depends on the quality of the floor they operate on. Floors that aren’t flat or level can lead to disruptions, increase maintenance costs, and reduce the lifespan of automated systems.
Common Flooring Challenges
- Surface Irregularities: Uneven surfaces, cracks, and spalling can interfere with robot navigation, leading to errors and potential damage.
- Inappropriate Coefficient of Friction: Floors that are too slippery or too rough can affect robot traction. This can hinder acceleration, the robot's ability to stop, and directional changes.
- Reflectivity Issues: Floors that are too reflective or too dull can interfere with robots' navigational sensors, leading to operational inaccuracies.
- Flatness and Levelness: All robotic systems, including ASRS systems that operate within a grid, require a level and flat floor. High positional accuracy is required, and uneven floors can cause misalignments. This may lead to incorrect item retrieval, placement errors, or even collisions within the system.
- Abrasion Resistance: Most robotic systems use repetitive movements on defined paths. Floors with high-frequency traffic and poor abrasion resistance wear out faster, causing surface degradation. This increases the risk of navigation problems and vibrations, often leading to unnecessary wear on robotics components, such as sensors and wheels.
The CoGri Group of companies specialise in designing, testing, constructing, and upgrading warehouse and fulfilment floors to be 'robot ready'. Our solutions include:
Designing Floors Ready for Robotic Systems: Face Consultants have worked alongside many robotic manufacturers, helping to develop flooring specifications to enhance and improve automated systems.
Floor Flatness Testing and Compliance: Face Consultants Ltd provides sophisticated floor flatness testing, ensuring warehouse floors meet the strictest requirements necessary for robotic systems.
Upgrading Floors for Optimal Efficiency: When introducing automated systems to warehouses, many floors require grinding, repairing, and upgrading to make them ‘fit for purpose’. Concrete Grinding Ltd and CG Flooring Systems specialise in the adaptation of your warehouse space for new equipment or to improve the efficiency of existing robotics.
Why Choose the CoGri Group?
With years of experience in the industry, we understand the unique challenges of preparing floors for robotic systems. From initial assessment and testing to remediation and upgrades, we offer end-to-end solutions tailored to your facility's needs.
We have successfully enabled warehouse floors for robotics across various industries and countries around the world.
Visit Us at LogiMAT
Come and visit our team of flooring professionals at Stand 8G05 to discuss how we can make your warehouse floors 'robot ready'. Our team will be available to provide insights, answer questions, and schedule on-site assessments.
Visit https://cogrigroup.com/ for further information about the CoGri Group
https://cogrigroup.com/
https://face-consultants.com/
https://concrete-grinding.com/
https://cg-flooring.com/
