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Warehouse Computers for Automation, Robots and the Cold Chain
Where Warehouse Computers Are Deployed
Warehouse computing sits in four places: the forklift and yard vehicle cab, the autonomous mobile robot and its fleet coordinator, the pick, palletising and sortation station, and the cold store and delivery vehicle. Each has its own power, vibration, temperature and wireless demands, so the right platform differs from one to the next.
Vehicle Mount Computers Running the WMS in the Cab
A forklift driver needs the warehouse management system, the scanner and the task list on one screen that survives the truck. Vehicle mount computers with 10.4 to 14-inch sunlight-readable touchscreens, IP65 sealing and a 9 to 36 V isolated input run the WMS client on Windows or Android, take a barcode scanner over USB or serial, and shut down cleanly on ignition so the truck battery is never drained overnight. Our vehicle mount computer upgrade for a towing operator shows the same hardware working across a heavy-duty fleet.
AMR Computers for Perception, Navigation and Fleet Coordination
An autonomous mobile robot processes camera, LiDAR and safety-scanner data on the robot, and a fleet coordinator schedules the whole fleet from the warehouse floor. Rugged NVIDIA Jetson computers with GMSL and PoE camera inputs, CAN bus and a wide-range DC input run perception and path planning on the robot, while an x86 edge computer with Hailo-8 accelerators coordinates the fleet, as our cold-chain AMR project on the SolidRun Bedrock R8000 shows in a refrigerated distribution centre.
Fanless Computers at the Pick Station, Palletiser and Sorter
Pick-to-light stations, palletising cells and parcel sorters each need a computer that runs for years next to a conveyor. Fanless embedded box PCs with PoE ports drive barcode-reading cameras and dimensioning sensors, DIN-rail PCs sit in the conveyor control cabinet beside the PLC, and Jetson computers with GMSL vision keep people and robots safe together at the palletising cell, as our human-robot collaboration project shows.
Wide-Temperature and Cellular Computers for the Cold Chain
The cold chain runs from the blast freezer to the customer’s door. Wide-temperature fanless computers log temperatures and run the WMS inside chilled and frozen stores, where a move to the warm despatch dock condenses moisture on anything that is not sealed, and cellular in-vehicle computers with 4G and 5G modems and ignition control keep reefer monitoring and proof of delivery reporting from the vehicle without draining its battery.
Built Around the Demands Warehouses Place on Hardware
Warehouse hardware is specified against the vehicle it rides on, the temperature of the store and the wireless network it roams across, not just the processor inside. We select products whose power input, sealing, mounting and radio options match the position on the floor, and say clearly where a product is rated for a chiller rather than a blast freezer.
Warehouse-Ready Hardware
Vehicle Mount Computers
Sunlight-readable, IP65-sealed computers with a 9 to 36 V isolated input and ignition control, for the forklift, reach truck and yard tractor cab.
Rugged Jetson Computers
Rugged NVIDIA Jetson computers with GMSL and PoE camera inputs, CAN bus and wide-range DC input, for perception and navigation on autonomous mobile robots and AGVs.
Embedded Box PCs
Fanless embedded computers with PoE, CAN and serial I/O, for fleet coordination, conveyor control, scanning tunnels and pick stations across the warehouse floor.
Wide Temperature Computers
Fanless computers rated for chilled and frozen stores, running the WMS, temperature logging and traceability inside the cold store and on the despatch dock.
Ranges in Vehicle Mount Computers
FM Winmate Android Vehicle Mount Computers
Winmate 10.4 to 14-inch Android vehicle mount computers on Qualcomm processors, for WMS clients and scanning apps that run on Android across the forklift fleet.
FM Winmate Low-Power Windows Vehicle Mount Computers
Winmate 10.4 to 14-inch vehicle mount computers on Intel Elkhart Lake, for Windows WMS clients, terminal emulation and scanner integration in the cab.
FM Winmate Intel Core Vehicle Mount Computers
Winmate 10.4 to 14-inch vehicle mount computers on Intel Core Alder Lake, for heavier applications such as voice picking, vision and local analytics on the truck.
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Ranges in Rugged Jetson Computers
EAC Vecow Rugged Jetson Computers
Vecow rugged edge AI computers from Jetson Orin NX to Jetson AGX Thor, with up to 16 GMSL cameras and 10 Gigabit networking, for the perception stack on a full-size AMR.
DSBOX Forecr Jetson Orin Computers
Forecr fanless Jetson Orin NX and AGX Orin computers with industrial I/O, for AGV navigation controllers and vision at the palletising cell.
IBOX-60 Sintrones Compact Jetson Computers
Sintrones compact Jetson Orin Nano and Orin NX computers with PoE options, for a compact AMR or a fixed camera station at the pick face.
JETBOX Diamond Systems Compact Jetson Systems
Diamond Systems compact rugged Jetson systems built on their carrier boards, for robots where space and weight on the chassis are tight.
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Ranges in Embedded Box PCs
Nuvo-9000 Neousys Intel Core Fanless Computers
Neousys fanless computers on Intel 12th to 14th Gen Core with PCIe expansion and wide-temperature operation, for conveyor control and warehouse execution servers on the floor.
POC-700 Neousys Ultra-Compact Computers
Neousys ultra-compact fanless computers, small enough for a pick-to-light station or a label printer cell.
ECX-3000 Vecow Fanless PoE Computers
Vecow fanless computers with PoE ports and wide-range DC input, for scanning tunnels and dimensioning stations where the cameras take power from the computer.
Bedrock R8000 SolidRun Ryzen Edge AI Computers
SolidRun fanless AMD Ryzen Embedded computers with multiple Hailo-8 accelerators and conduction-cooled tile plates, the fleet coordinator in our cold-chain AMR project.
VBOX-3132 Sintrones DIN-Rail PoE PCs
Sintrones Intel Atom fanless DIN-rail PCs with PoE, for the conveyor control cabinet beside the PLC.
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Ranges in Wide Temperature Computers
RCO-6000-ADL C&T Solution Rugged Wide-Temperature Computers
C&T Solution rugged fanless computers on Intel 12th Gen Core with wide-temperature operation and expansion, for cold-store servers and vision at the dock.
BCO-1000-EHL C&T Solution Compact Wide-Temperature Computers
C&T Solution compact fanless computers on Intel Elkhart Lake with wide-temperature operation, for small cold-store panels and dock-door controllers.
ECX-4000 Vecow Wide-Temperature Fanless Computers
Vecow fanless computers on Intel Core with wide-temperature operation and wide-range DC input, for chilled stores and refrigerated docks.
GH551 DFI Rugged Fanless Computers
DFI rugged fanless computers with wide-temperature operation, for temperature logging and traceability terminals inside the cold store.
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Logistics and Warehousing Case Studies and Guides
See how we deploy vehicle mount computers, AMR fleets and cellular computing in logistics, and read our guides to ignition control, robot vision and choosing an industrial HMI.
An Extension of Your Engineering Team
Our engineers work as part of your team, not as a reseller. We check the vehicle power, the mounting position, the temperature of the store and the wireless coverage against the site before you commit to a build.
Built, Imaged and Ready to Deploy
Memory, storage, modems and mounts are fitted and the OS image loaded before shipping, so each unit is tested as a complete build and arrives ready to bolt onto the truck or the robot.
Supported for the Life of the Fleet
Repeatable builds, revision control and last-time-buy planning keep later units matching the first across a fleet's operating life, so a replacement drops in without requalification.
Hardware That Keeps the Goods Moving.
Tell us where the computer will be mounted, the truck or robot it rides on, the temperature of the store and what it needs to connect to, and we will recommend the right platform, then configure, image and test it before it ships.