Seegrid Corp's GP8 pallet truck

Vision-guided equipment specialist Seegrid Corp has delivered GP8 pallet trucks to the Lincoln, Alabama facility of New South Express LLC after a successful demonstration there of the robotic industrial equipment.

New South Express is among nine US-based operations of the Midwest Express Group, a logistics provider that is part of a Honda Motor Car Co Ltd subsidiary.

New South Express utilises the equipment in support of the Lincoln plant of Honda Manufacturing of Alabama. That facility employs more than 4,000 staff and can produce in excess of 300,000 Odyssey minivans, Pilot sport utility vehicles, Ridgeline pick-up trucks and V-6 engines annually.

Seegrid of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania offers free demonstrations of robotic pallet trucks and tow tractors at a potential customer's location under Seegrid's WalkThruThenWork and RideThruThenWork programs. During a demonstration, a user can identify robotic applications, train a robot and put the robot to work.

Seegrid's GP8 vision-guided robotic pallet truck is available in single or double lengths and operates with dual laser safety sensors and E-stops. Once trained, the robotic truck travels without wire, laser, tape or magnet