为了应对包裹处理的挑战，法孚与BIBA（Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH）、 SICK 和 LMS（制造系统实验室）合作建立了MARS（用于安全分拣的移动自主机器人）项目，这是一个创新的分拣系统和自动化）以及由欧盟共同资助的 EIT Manufacturing 的财政支持。

MARS 项目的诞生是为了在市场上推出一种新的分拣解决方案，专门用于小型灵活的自动化分拣中心，允许在两种不同的原则之间切换。

随着电子商务的发展，包裹的处理和分拣对主要的邮政和电子商务参与者来说是一个真正的挑战。为了应对在创纪录的时间内处理的包裹数量呈指数增长，自动导引车 (AGV) 和自主移动机器人 (AMR) 被广泛使用，因为它们提高了物流分拣中心的灵活性和可扩展性。

协作分拣机器人与人类一起工作。但是，出于安全原因，它们以较低的速度运行，因此性能较低。另一方面，非协作系统在安全笼内与人类分开运行，具有高速和高性能，但因此限制了潜在的使用场景。

法孚与 BIBA 和 SICK 合作开发了一种新系统，该系统配备了独特且安全的定位方法。基于定位区域，车辆根据具体情况独立调整其分拣行为。在协作区域，他们可以智能地避开人、车辆和其他障碍物，这要归功于安全功能，例如使用 LIDAR（光检测和测距）技术的碰撞检测。如果车辆检测到它们在限制区域内，它们会提高运行速度，从而最大限度地提高系统性能。创新在于能够非常轻松快速地从一种原理转换到另一种原理。结果是操作的高度灵活性。

该原型目前正在意大利法孚的工厂进行测试，以证明所有功能，包括安全方面。

“MARS 项目旨在为我们的客户提供两全其美的好处。一种使用车辆的分拣系统，能够在密闭区域内以最高效率高速运行，但当需要在操作员移动的同一区域内交付或拾取物体时，也能够离开笼子并安全行事” ， Fives Intralogistics SpA（意大利）的首席技术官 Lorenzo CHIEREGO 说。

MARS 项目完全符合法孚的承诺，即采用创新方法应对客户面临的挑战，从而开发推动未来行业发展的解决方案。

MARS (Mobile Autonomous Robot for Safe Sorting) project, an innovative sorting system, in collaboration with BIBA (Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH), SICK, and LMS (Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation) and the financial support of EIT Manufacturing, co-funded by the European Union.

The MARS project was born to introduce a new sorting solution on the market, dedicated to small and flexible automated sorting centers, allowing to switch between two distinct principles.

With the growth of e-commerce, the processing and sorting of parcels represent a real challenge for the major postal and e-commerce players. To cope with the exponential volume of parcels to be processed in record time, Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are widely used as they increase the flexibility and scalability of logistics sorting centers.

Collaborative sorting robots operates besides and with humans. However, for safety reasons, they run at reduced speed and thus lower performance. On the other hand, non-collaborative systems operate separately from humans inside safety cages, with high speed and performance, but thus limiting potential usage scenarios.

In partnership with BIBA and SICK, Fives developed a new system equipped with a unique and safe localization method. Based on the localization zone, the vehicles independently adapt their sorting behavior to the specific situation. In collaborative areas, they intelligently avoid people, vehicles, and other obstacles thanks to safety functions, such as collision detection with LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) technology. If vehicles detect that they are in a restricted area, they increase their operating speed, maximizing system performance. The innovation lies in the ability to switch from one principle to another very easily and quickly. The result is a high degree of flexibility in operations.

The prototype is currently being tested at Fives’ facilities in Italy to prove all functionalities, including safety aspects.

“The MARS project aims to give our customers the benefit of both worlds. A sorting system using vehicles capable of operating at high speed and with maximum efficiency while in a confined zone, but also capable of exiting the cage and behaving safely when it is necessary to deliver or pick an object in the same area where operators are moving”, says Lorenzo CHIEREGO, Chief Technology Officer at Fives Intralogistics SpA (Italy).

The MARS project is fully in line with Fives’ commitment to pursue innovative approaches to the challenges faced by its customers and thus develop solutions that advance the industry of the future.