Cyngn Expands Tugger Deployment at Manufacturer
Cyngn autonomous tugger deployment expands at a Fortune 100 manufacturer, moving assembly-line components with a 12,000-pound tugger.
Cyngn has received a follow-on order for its DriveMod Tugger from an unnamed Fortune 100 heavy equipment manufacturer. The order adds an autonomous material-handling application at the customer’s manufacturing facility, where Cyngn’s technology is already in use. The new deployment will move components to a heavy-equipment assembly line. The DriveMod Tugger can tow up to 12,000 pounds and is designed to operate without fixed guidance infrastructure such as magnetic tape or guide wires.
Adding Another Production Workflow
The manufacturer is extending autonomous material movement into another part of its operations rather than starting with a first deployment. Cyngn is withholding the customer’s name because disclosure could reveal commercially sensitive information about its operational efficiency and automation strategy.
For manufacturers, repeat material movements can affect both staffing requirements and the timing of parts arriving at production areas. The company positions the equipment for industrial routes where materials need to be transported repeatedly.
Lior Tal, CEO at Cyngn, said:
“For large manufacturers, repetitive material movement can create costs that extend beyond the labor required to move materials. Parts must arrive wherever they are needed, whenever they are needed, without disrupting production. Automating these movements can help facilities reduce logistics costs, improve material flow, and free employees to focus on other responsibilities.”
A Route Based Starting Point
The follow-on order reflects Cyngn’s approach of beginning with a defined workflow, then assessing further routes using the experience and infrastructure developed through an earlier deployment. Its EasyLaunch program is intended to help companies automate a workflow, measure its value, and consider expansion when the application makes economic sense.
Businesses considering autonomous material handling can begin by identifying a repetitive route suitable for automation. Cyngn offers a route assessment for manufacturers evaluating a potential deployment.
Equipment and Payback Claims
DriveMod is available on Motrec MT-160 Tuggers and is intended for indoor and outdoor operation. Cyngn states that the vehicle targets a typical payback period of less than two years.
The order shows how Cyngn is seeking to extend an initial autonomous vehicle deployment into additional material-handling workflows at the same manufacturing facility.
