Chapter 3: Setup
Overview
In general, setup is the physical preparation of the platform and cart, and physically marking
parking goal locations on your facility floor. Marking the parking goals on the floor is for
human use. An LD Platform Cart Transporter will not use those markings, although we recom-
mend you mark them in any case to prevent someone from placing something there that
would prevent a cart from being parked.
Setup also includes generating a map of the workspace and configuring the AMR with the
MobilePlanner software to perform useful tasks.
Tasks
This overview covers the LD Platform Cart Transporter starter kit, which includes the LD Plat-
form Cart Transporter with all components needed for use including a cart, a docking station,
and the software needed for navigation.
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Install the battery in the platform. See Installing the Battery on page 47.
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Fully charge the battery, either outside of or inside the platform.
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Set up the wireless Ethernet for the platform. See Configuration on page 63.
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Install the docking station. See Installing the Docking Station on page 51.
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Install the cart’s manual brake-release cable and lever.
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Design, build, and install a payload structure, to suit your application. See Payloads on
page 77.
This is the most involved task in getting your AMR working the way you want.
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Configure the AMR for your environment, so it can perform useful tasks.
This includes generating the map that the platform will use for its navigation. This pro-
cedure and parameter configuration is covered in the
FLOW Core User's Guide
.
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Mark the location and orientation of the goals where the cart can be parked. This allows
a person to place a cart where the transporter can find it.
It will also help keep someone from putting something other than a cart in that area,
which could prevent a cart from being parked in that location.
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Configure the MobilePlanner software, so a transporter can pick up and drop off carts.
This includes modifying the map that the transporter uses for its navigation. The con-
figuration is covered in the
FLOW Core User's Guide
.
3.1 Transport and Storage
Use a forklift, pallet jack, or similar device to move the shipping containers.
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