Supplychainbrain: Out With Conveyors, in With Autonomous Mobile Robots Wes Reid, senior vice president of products and operations | IAM Robotics We recently sat down with Bob for the SupplyChainBrain Podcast, where Wes Reid, IAM Robotics senior vice president of products and operations, talked about conveyor automation and the future of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
ARE CONVEYORS ON THE WAY OUT? You can’t totally count conveyors out, because they’ll always have a place. But the truth is, robots are here, and AMRs are changing warehouse operations. While conveyors are effective, their capabilities are also limited. What’s happening is more and more companies are seeing the utility of AMRs, finding ways to incorporate them with existing technology.