AMR / AGV Fleet Procurement Guide

What to compare

• Mission definition, payload, route distance, pickup/drop-off and throughput targets.
• Navigation method, localization robustness and behavior around dynamic obstacles.
• Fleet manager, traffic control, mission prioritization and interoperability requirements.
• Charging strategy, battery runtime, availability and degraded-operation planning.
• Elevator, door, conveyor, WMS/MES/ERP and industrial-network integration.
• Pedestrian and vehicle interaction, speed management and risk controls.
• Fleet sizing, support, maintenance, software fees and expansion cost.

Questions to answer before requesting quotes

• What fleet size meets peak throughput with charging and congestion included?
• How does the system behave after blocked routes or localization loss?
• Which interfaces are standard and which require custom integration?
• What availability and support metrics are contractually committed?
• Can additional robots or sites be added without redesigning the fleet architecture?

Safety and engineering responsibility

Robot procurement must be evaluated as a complete application. Risk assessment, safeguarding, functional safety, operating procedures, maintenance conditions and site-specific legal requirements need competent engineering review.

Commercial independence

This guide is vendor-neutral. PROFENG may display an approved commercial partner after the analytical content with a clear disclosure. Partner status never changes the comparison criteria.

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