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Aug 03, 2023

Big Joe, Thoro.ai Release Autonomous Pallet Mover

Big Joe Forklifts has revealed its Pallet Mover, a new user-directed autonomous

Big Joe Forklifts has revealed its Pallet Mover, a new user-directed autonomous mobile robot (AMR) at ProMat 2023.

Big Joe Forklifts has revealed its Pallet Mover, a new user-directed autonomous mobile robot (AMR) at ProMat 2023. This AMR was developed with Thoro.ai, the Big Joe Pallet Mover is an autonomous solution for floor-to-floor pallet transportation and drop-off that companies can set up and put into operation. Big Joe Forklifts partnership with Thoro.ai seeks to change how on-demand material handling works across the supply chain industry.

"We couldn't be more excited to unveil the Big Joe Pallet Mover for the first time at ProMat this year," said Big Joe's Chief Marketing Officer, Bill Pedriana. "This new AMR is something that so many companies have been waiting and frankly hoping for given the many challenges they face. The Pallet Mover is super simple to deploy and start seeing a return-on-investment on day one. The magic to that is our user-directed approach to automation, which, by nature, is focused on empowering workers and eliminating the need for complicated systems integration."

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