Mobile Robots Reimagined: The MRP Concept for Payloads up to 300 kg

MRP IONTEC & QUANTEC
MOBILE ROBOTICS SOLUTION For HIGH PayLOADs

At a time when production processes are becoming increasingly efficient, flexible, and autonomous, mobile automation is becoming increasingly important. While battery-powered mobile manipulators offer location-independent flexibility (eg. KUKA KMR iisy or KMR Cybertech), conventional mobile robot systems are often costly, bulky, and limited in adaptability—restricting their use in many industrial applications. With the MRP IONTEC and MRP QUANTEC mobile robot platforms, BEC Robotics offers a robust and future-proof solution for the flexible automation of industrial processes.

The decoupling of robots and vehicles creates new opportunities for automation – even with high payloads and maximum efficiency. Powerful KUKA Industrieroboter KUKA industrial robots are flexibly moved by driverless transport systems (AGVs) and can perform tasks with payloads of up to 300 kg without complex calibration!
The fast track to the smart factory with economical mobile robotics solutions.

What is the MRP-System?

Conventional mobile robot systems are often unsuitable for high payloads – both from a technical and an economic point of view. The MRP system represents a new way of thinking in mobile robotics. The focus is on decoupling the robot from the vehicle, whereby the robot is temporarily deployed at a workstation and anchored in position via standardized docking stations, where it is supplied with power and compressed air. Once the task is complete (e.g., pick-and-place with high payloads), the robot is picked up by the AGV and transported to the next station. The vehicle is not permanently tied to a specific robot, but can take on other value-adding tasks after the modular robot has been set down.

This architecture enables the use of proven industrial robots such as the KUKA IONTEC or QUANTEC on mobile platforms – without costly, permanently integrated mobile complete systems.

MRP-System At a glance

• Payload: IONTEC series up to 70 kg, QUANTEC series up to 300 kg
• Plug & Produce: Short start-up times thanks to precise placement on machines, cells, or workstations
• Navigation: Latest vehicle and fleet control
• Flexibility: Robots can be used for various applications, automated gripper change on the platform or stationary.
• Connectivity: Flexible connection to control systems and machines
• Modularity: All robots from the KUKA IONTEC and QUANTEC series can be used
• Power supply: Via docking stations, no costly batteries installed in the platform
• Safety: Robots equipped to industry standards with emergency stop, environment monitoring, and zone control

MOBILE ROBOTICS REIMAGINED!

Mobile manipulators with permanently attached vehicles have established themselves in many applications. They still offer advantages in certain scenarios—for example, where a robot is used flexibly at different points and a fixed coupling is not structurally possible. However, when tasks, stations, and processes are strictly defined and long ranges with payloads > 20 kg are required, classic mobile robots reach their limits.

The MRP system takes an alternative approach and offers additional degrees of freedom:

INTEGRATED SAFETY CONCEPT

MRP platforms are equipped with certified safety scanners as standard. During transport, the AGV monitors the environment – the robot moves to a parking position. After docking, the system checks the work area via integrated safety zones and only activates the robot when clearance is given. The safety architecture is individually adapted according to risk assessment.

Areas of APPLICATION
How to handle heavy parts with mobile robots?

Mobile robot platforms are suitable for a wide variety of industrial scenarios:

• Operation of multiple machines by a single mobile robot (instead of one robot per station)
• Operation of buffer warehouses and redistribution of AGV loads
• Palletizing and depalletizing of products with high unit weights
• Handling tasks such as conveyor belt removal and automated container filling
• Easy retrofitting of existing systems
• Machine interlinking with minimal structural effort and high flexibility

ADDED VALUE FOR YOUR COMPANY

• Cost-effectiveness: optimized utilization of machines, AGVs, and robots
• Future-proof: scalable to meet growing automation needs
• Low barriers to entry: no special vehicles required, flexible interfaces
• Fast implementation: standard AGVs and standardized docking stations

Conclusion

The MRP system is more than just a new platform – it is a technological change of direction. By decoupling the robot and the vehicle, BEC Robotics offers a mobile robotics solution that combines high payloads with maximum efficiency, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Ideal for companies that want to make their automation scalable, open, and future-proof.

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