Industrial manufacturing that scales, plant after plant
Flexible mobile robotics, orchestrated as one fleet, integrated with the systems you already run. Proven across machinery, components, plastics manufacturing, and more.
30
iw.hubs deployed in 6 months
Three-phase plan. Material transport automated across 70 consumption points at one of Europe's largest agricultural machinery manufacturers.
1,700
missions per day across 8 iw.hubs
SAP-integrated. Production supply fully automated at the plastics plant.
10
iw.hubs across two production sites
Three-shift mixed-traffic operation across two existing production facilities in two countries.
Engineered for industrial manufacturing realities
Industrial manufacturing sites combine three-shift production, brownfield aisles, mixed traffic on the floor, and SAP and MES integration in the IT stack. iw.hubs and Idealworks OS were built for exactly that environment.
Scale across sites on one platform
What deploys at Plant #1 runs at Plant #10. The integration is built once, configuration and fleet behaviour carry across every site.
Run in mixed traffic
iw.hubs share aisles with forklifts, manual tuggers, legacy AGVs, and pedestrians. The floor stays as it is, routes are managed in software.
Operate across three shifts
Continuous production environments, not pilot demos. Robots transition between shifts automatically and run 24/7 with minimal maintenance overhead.
Deploy without stopping production
Phased rollouts in live plants. Validate the full configuration in simulation before any robot moves on the floor, then introduce capacity one phase at a time.
Connect to the systems you already run
Direct integration with SAP, MES and WMS through standard interfaces including certified integration partners where a SAP bridge is needed.
Coordinate any vendor's fleet
Idealworks helps maintain VDA 5050, the open standard for fleet management. Existing AGVs and AMRs from any vendor join the same orchestration layer.
From plant assessment to scaled fleet
The five-step sequence Idealworks runs with industrial manufacturers from first site walk to fleet running across multiple plants.
Plant assessment
A walkthrough of the site captures aisle widths, traffic patterns, consumption points, and the existing system landscape including ERP, MES, WMS, and existing fleets. Output: a deployment scope and a draft plan.
Simulation and validation
The plant is modelled in iw.sim digital twins. Routing, fleet size, charging strategy and traffic interactions are tested against real production volumes before capital is committed.
Integration with your systems
Idealworks OS connects to existing systems via standard interfaces directly, or through partners where SAP needs a bridge. VDA 5050 carries the connection to non-Idealworks robots in the fleet.
Phased deployment
Robots are introduced in production phases, each covering a defined zone: assembly areas, consumption points, storage aisles. Capacity grows incrementally while the rest of the facility runs undisturbed.
Scale across plants
Once one site is stable, the same robots, orchestration layer, and deployment playbook transfer to the next plant. Hardware customisations including dolly configurations, aisle geometry, and load-carrier types are engineered once and templated across the network.
The platform behind the deployment
IW.HUB
The autonomous mobile robot built for industrial production
Payload: up to 1,000 kg
Speed: up to 8 km/hour
Navigation: SLAM — no infrastructure changes required
CE-certified to EN ISO 3691-4
VDA 5050 fleet interface
IDEALWORKS OS
The orchestration layer that coordinates your fleet
Coordinates Idealworks AMRs, third-party robots, and legacy AGVs from a single interface
Direct integration with SAP, WMS, and MES
Real-time mission tracking across all active missions
VDA 5050 interface for third-party and legacy vehicle coordination
Customer success stories
Proven in live industrial production
45
Robots currently running
CLAAS demonstrates impressive deployment growth, successfully scaling their initial fleet by 50% to meet production demands.
13
robots replaced 6 tugger trains
Holistic Material Flow Orchestration at Purem by Eberspaecher with Idealworks OS
1,700
Missions every day
MoldTecs maintains a completely automated production supply using eight iw.hubs at its Sonneberg site.
Scale automation across your plants
Let's build a deployment plan around your production environment and schedule
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