M10 Tug AV | Autonomous Vehicles

The M10 Tug AV is a tugger that transports dollies and carts on casters/wheels along programmed routes to designated stops, pick-ups, and drop off points. Its industry-leading low profile allows it to travel under a wide range of standard and custom load handling frames. With a category 3 safety-rating and bidirectional safety scanning, this driverless vehicle can carefully navigate among pedestrian and forklift traffic without hitting obstacles.  

The M10 Tug AV’s built-in LiDAR scanners identify existing features in the environment and match them to a virtual map, allowing it to determine its location and follow its programmed path. Designed with bidirectional travel and a significantly smaller turn radius than other tug AV options in the market, the M10 can adeptly navigate around existing infrastructure and in tight spaces. 

Hitching to a cart is as easy as driving to the programmed pickup location, driving underneath the cart and raising its retractable tow pin. Automatic pin up and pin down capabilities allow the vehicle to drop a cart at a given location to be consumed, move on to another task and then come back for the empty cart. Equipped with differential traction wheels and a drive suspension system, the M10 maintains traction on slightly uneven floors, ideal for both greenfield and brownfield facilities. 

Bastian Solutions’ integrated AVs (autonomous vehicles) utilize our proprietary middleware solution to seamlessly connect vehicles from various manufacturers to customers’ enterprise systems. With this pre-packaged software stack, users can orchestrate complex, multi-fleet AV systems, improving interoperability, productivity and adaptability to future operational needs. 

Applications

This industrial AV can automate several processes, including:

• Pallet building and transportation 
• Assembly line indexing 
• Pick and place at pickup and delivery stations 
• Shuttling loads between conveyors 
• Lineside deliveries 

• Fast installation without the need for costly navigation infrastructure
• Flexible routes that can be changed on the fly from a computer
• Low vehicle height that is compatible with a multitude of load handling devices
• Reduces damage to product, facility and equipment
• Consistent traction on slightly uneven floors through drive suspension system
• Four-inch turn radius allows for agile navigation in tight spaces
• Improves employee ergonomics and safety
• Round-the-clock dependable performance
• Tows under products allowing 360-degree access

• Weight Capacity: Up to 1,000 kg. / 2,200 lbs.
• Drawbar (Maximum): 42 LBF
• Electrical System: 24-Volt
• Guidance Method: Natural features navigation via 2D LIDAR
• Drive Type: DC brushless motors
• Steering Method: Tricycle with differential traction wheels
• Category 3 safety-rated system
• Travel Instruction Method: Feature map with virtual path planning and devices

Along with all the brands we integrate, we also design, engineer and manufacture best-in-class automated & autonomous vehicles to help our industry leading customers exceed their system’s throughput goals while reducing operational costs.

Designed and engineered with current manufacturing and warehouse applications in mind, the Bastian Solutions’ AV product line introduces a dependable and flexible alternative to conventional material payload transport methods.

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