AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot)

An autonomous mobile robot navigates through its environment without fixed tracks or human guidance, using onboard sensors (LiDAR, cameras, IMU) combined with SLAM, path-planning, and obstacle-avoidance algorithms. Unlike AGVs (automated guided vehicles) that follow magnetic strips, AMRs build and update a map in real time and re-route dynamically around people and objects. Modern warehouse AMRs from companies like Boston Dynamics, Locus Robotics, and 6 River Systems have driven broad adoption in logistics. AMRs are often combined with manipulator arms to create mobile manipulators capable of pick-and-place at scale.