The dilemma of human resources: it’s not that we can’t hire people, but rather that we can’t afford them.

In a motor factory in the Pearl River Delta region, HR conducted interviews for 47 positions of warehouse workers over the course of one month. In the end, only two individuals were retAined, and none of them completed their three-month probation period. This is not an isolated case. The high turnover rate of warehouse workers, combined with the risks of workplace injuries and the costs of social security, have resulted in a more than 40% increase in the “ton-based warehouse labor cost” for many factories over the past three years.

The transformation brought about by Reeman AMRis straightforward: a robot that performs more than 300 targeted movements per day, replacing the positions of 2-3 teams. It does not require social security contributions, leave requests, or emotional displays. It operates continuously 24/7. More importantly, its payback period has been compressed to less than 4 months – a rare “short, quick, and profitable” project in the current field of industrial Automation. According to factory owners, “buying a robot is more cost-effective and convenient than hiring people.”

Accuracy Black Hole: Human fatigue is equivalent to factory losses.

Another significant hidden cost of manual handling is “error.” Mistaking one material box for another can cause an entire SMT production line to halt for 20 minutes. Missing to deliver an accessory once can force the assembly workshop to shut down and wait for materials. The PMC departments of many factories spend a considerable amount of time each day not planning, but rather tracking materials, reconciling accounts, and handling anomalies.

Reeman AMR employs laser SLAM navigation combined with 3D visual obstacle avoidance to achieve an accuracy rate of 99.99% for point-to-point delivery. Workers can call the robot using a tablet or handheld terminal, and the robot autonomously retrieves and delivers goods and returns automatically. In the case of a car parts supplier in Jiangsu, the deployment of Reeman AMR resulted in a 85% reduction in downtime caused by material shortages, and an increase in delivery efficiency by 3.2 times. The factory manager stated plainly, “Previously, it was people waiting for materials; now, it’s materials waiting for people.”

Floor-level challenges: elevators should not serve as logistical bottlenecks.

Multi-story warehouses are a natural hindrance to efficient material handling. Using manual carts to move up and down the floors requires waiting for elevators and preventing collisions, taking around 5 to 6 minutes per trip. Traditional AGVs, however, are limited by magnetic strips or QR codes and are unable to autonomously use elevators. As a result, the warehouse is located on the first floor, and the production lines are on the third floor, with manual transfers in between, resulting in a significant loss of efficiency.

Reeman AMR achieves true autonomous cross-floor transportation through its elevator linkage module. It can wirelessly summon elevators, identify floors, and safely move in and out, all without any human intervention. In a four-story workshop of a textile company, 6Reeman AMRs complete over 200 cross-floor transfers per day, effectively bridging the “air gap” between the warehouse and production lines. The management console can also real-time monitor the location, battery status, and task status of each robot – one person managing an entire fleet.

Flexible deployment: no need to alter the ground or halt production.

One of the most appealing aspects for factory managers is this: Reeman AMR does not require modifications to the facility. No grooves need to be cut, magnetic strips need not be embedded, and QR codes do not need to be affixed. The laser-guided navigation map can be created in just 30 minutes, and it can be tested on the same day. The production line has been adjusted? Simply redraw a path in the software, and the robot will automatically adapt.

In an era where even orders change on a weekly basis, only highly flexible automation is worthy of the term “smart manufacturing.”

If using AGVs in factories was considered a luxury just a few years ago, then today, warehouse robots have become a necessity. Reeman AMR uses a single device to address three core pain points: high labor costs, low efficiency, and difficulties in moving materials across buildings. This solution is increasingly becoming a standard feature for many manufacturing enterprises.

It’s not that the laborers aren’t working hard enough; it’s just that we need to adopt a different method of transportation.

📮Email: jason.jiao@Reeman.net

☎️X：+86-18157427859

📖Facebook：13586696132

Follow Us：https://www.reemanrobotics.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reemanrobotics
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@reemanrobotics/videos