The Autonomous Warehouse Robot: Designing Smart Guided Vehicles That Can Transport Heavy Loads Across a Factory Floor
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- The Autonomous Warehouse Robot: Designing Smart Guided Vehicles That Can Transport Heavy Loads Across a Factory Floor
- Author
- Sloane, Eleanor
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798191014784
A warehouse robot is not simply a vehicle with wheels and software.
A reliable autonomous transport system must carry heavy loads, move safely through industrial environments, understand its location, plan routes, communicate with factory systems, handle unexpected obstacles, and continue operating predictably throughout long working cycles.
The Autonomous Warehouse Robot is a practical engineering guide to designing smart guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots capable of transporting materials across factory floors. The book develops a complete warehouse robot system from the ground up, beginning with the transport mission and progressing through mechanical design, drivetrain sizing, power engineering, ROS 2 software, simulation, navigation, docking, safety, fleet coordination, and deployment.
Using a simulation-first approach, readers build a reference low-profile differential-drive transport robot with a powered lift deck, encoder-equipped motors, battery system, ROS 2 computer, LiDAR, IMU, load sensors, lift-position sensors, and an independent industrial safety layer.
The book follows the complete engineering workflow:
Mission Definition → Mechanical Design → Power System → Control Architecture → ROS 2 Software → Simulation → Localization → Navigation → Docking → Safety → Deployment
Inside this practical guide, you will learn how to:
- Define a warehouse robot mission using measurable engineering requirements
- Analyze material flow before selecting hardware
- Specify payload capacity, dimensions, stability limits, and transport requirements
- Convert factory needs into testable specifications
- Design a load-bearing mobile platform
- Select chassis layouts for industrial applications
- Understand differential drive, skid steering, tricycle, Ackermann, and omnidirectional platforms
- Calculate stability, centre of gravity, wheel loading, and ground clearance
- Select wheels, casters, and floor-contact systems
- Protect electronics, batteries, sensors, and mechanical components
- Calculate motor torque requirements
- Select motors, gearboxes, wheels, and brakes
- Understand rolling resistance, slope forces, acceleration forces, and turning resistance
- Size drivetrain components for heavy payload operation
- Select motor drivers and encoder feedback systems
- Build a complete battery and power-distribution system
- Calculate energy budgets and battery runtime
The book also emphasizes that successful autonomy requires more than software. Navigation must work alongside protective devices, safety-rated controls, and proper industrial validation.
Whether you are a robotics student, automation engineer, ROS 2 developer, industrial designer, embedded systems engineer, or researcher, The Autonomous Warehouse Robot provides a complete roadmap for designing intelligent machines that move materials safely and efficiently.
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