Warehouse Automation Controlling System Developed

The Hungarian IT company Csiha Plc., based in Szeged, SE Hungary, is developing a controlling system for the automation of warehouses with the support of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH), the firm informed MTI.

According to the press release, the important aim of the developments in the logistics and warehousing sector is to achieve a higher degree of automation.

The HUF 690 million project – two thirds of the costs of which are covered by the grant – aims to develop a technology that can be integrated into a warehouse management system to monitor manual picking, i.e. the selection and assembly of items according to customer requirements. To this end, the IT company's specialists are adding a new neural network-based camera system with a weighing process. The data collected from the two sources will allow the exact identification of the type and number of products.

The solution enables the digitization of collaborative warehouses and associated logistics processes. In the warehouse, the pallets can be automatically loaded, moved and transported to the picking point using a self-propelled automated forklift truck, or a conventional forklift truck. The warehouse management system is thus capable of optimizing the storage and retrieval sequence of products, and of automatic inventory management.

The new procedure minimizes human intervention and thus the possibility of errors, reduces the number of incorrect picks and thus the amount of unused goods, and thus the overall environmental impact.

According to the company's survey, FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) and commercial companies are the most interested in the development.