Vecna AFL Autonomous Forklift

Give your productivity a serious lift

It lifts, it dashes, it loads a conveyor! Vecna AFL is the industry’s most versatile self-driving counterbalanced automated forklift.

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About Vecna AFL

A forklift for all seasons

Vecna AFL is a versatile driverless automated forklift that can move a wide range of payloads and pallet types. From ground-to-ground workflows to conveyer belt and riser lifts, Vecna AFL is our the all-around workhorse for your warehouse.

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Aim high

60 inch lift height

Blazing fast

6.7 mph top speed

Clean hand off

15’6 ft right angle stack

Squeezes thru

9 ft aisles at max speed

Features and Functionality

Up, up and away

Lift Higher, Transport More

Reaches up to 60″ height, with a payload of up to 3000 lbs

Versatile Pallet Handling

Handles a wide range of pallet payloads, from empty to full

Integrated Handoffs

Lifts to and from conveyors, wrappers, and more

Operate in Narrow Aisles

Navigates at top speed within 9′ aisles

Intuitive Interfaces

Assigns tasks using remote user interfaces

LPN Scanning

Scans pallet barcodes and send updates to your WMS

ANSI B56.5 Compliant

Keeps your employees, equipment and goods safe.

Opportunistic Charging

Runs 24/7 using manual opportunistic charging

Optimize your warehouse workflows

Picking and Putaway

Harmonize horizontal transport

Automate pick, putaway, or both. Vecna interleaves to and from dock movements to maximize your efficiency – clearing and filling staging lines up to 10 pallets deep and reducing labor by up to 33%.

Vecna’s system is given a pickup mission to clear pallets from the receiving doc and dispatches an AMR.
The AMR autonomously picks the first pallet and plots the most efficient route to its P&D location.
The AMR drops the pallet at end-of-aisle staging and a manual operator completes final putaway into the rack location.
A manual operator picks an outbound pallet and drops at endcap staging for Vecna.
The system dispatches an AMR to transport the outbound pallet from end-of-aisle staging to the shipping dock.

Conveyors and Risers

What goes up, comes down too

With a 3,000 lb. capacity and lift heights up to 60 inches, Vecna AFL automates your critical low-level workflows from ground-to-riser or conveyor-to-conveyor, such as inbound staging to AS/RS induction; delivering WIP materials to ergonomic workcell lift stands, and extracting finished goods from robotic palletizers and stretch wrappers for outbound staging.

The Vecna system receives a mission to deliver materials from one machine to another and dispatches an AMR.
Upon arrival, the AMR autonomously picks the payload from the outfeed conveyor and plots the best route to the next machine.
The AMR autonomously lifts and drops the materials onto the next machine’s induction conveyor and proceeds to its next mission.

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Illustration of a conveyor belt workflow

Packaging

Packaging and replenishment

Run your “last mile” in record time

Fully automate the last steps of your operation. Vecna’s intelligent automation and integrations make managing and packaging mixed-case pallets a snap.

Operators finish building a mixed-case pallet and request a pickup from a designated staging area.
Vecna’s system dispatches an AMR to pick the rainbow pallet and deliver to an available stretch wrapper.
Once wrapping is complete, an ARM will pick the pallet from the wrapper and deliver to outbound staging for shipping.

Cross docking and sortation

Flow freely

Tap into the power of route-free navigation, and keep your dock-to-dock transportation running like clockwork. Vecna’s flexible navigation allows many robots to move many goods, to many locations safely and quickly.

Vecna’s system is given a pickup mission to clear pallets from the receiving doc and dispatches an AMR.
The AMR autonomously picks the first pallet and plots the most efficient route to its P&D location, avoiding obstacles along the way.
The AMR drops the pallet to the appropriate outbound staging lane for final shipping.

Work in progress

Move materials quickly and safely

Autonomously move components from station to station while reducing materials handlers by over 50%. Vecna cuts traffic while improving safety and productivity with dynamic routing that optimizes routes and drop off locations based on real-time availability.

The Vecna system receives a pickup mission from an operator and dispatches an AMR.
The AMR picks up and scans the pallet, then travels the best route to drop off the pallet to the end-of-aisle or outbound staging.
The system updates, and the AMR process to the next mission.

Vecna Robotics offers a versatile platform that complements our deployments. The flexibility and simplicity of operation allows us to continuously tackle new use cases.

Mahesh Nikam

Shape Excellence Systems Manager, Shape Corp.

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Vecna Robotics takes a flexible approach and has superior technology. Our work together represents a true partnership.

Ted Dengel

Managing Director, Operations Technology and Innovation

Working with Vecna Robotics has helped us increase productivity in our distribution centers and allowed us to move goods in and out with greater efficiency.

Eric Douglas

Executive Vice President of Engineering and Technology, Geodis

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