arculus provides a modular autonomous mobile robot (AMR) platform with interchangeable payload modules and marker‑free ROS 2‑based SLAM for intra‑facility material transport. Its cloud‑enabled Fleet Manager, built in Rust and VDA5050‑compliant, offers real‑time task scheduling, fleet monitoring, and OTA updates through a web UI. The solution enables warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturers to deploy and scale flexible robot fleets without proprietary hardware or floor markers.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Problem
In modern warehouses and manufacturing plants, manual material transport is labor‑intensive, prone to errors, and difficult to scale as order volumes fluctuate. Existing automation solutions often rely on proprietary hardware and fixed navigation markers, limiting flexibility and increasing integration effort.
Solution
arculus delivers a tightly integrated stack of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and a cloud‑enabled Fleet Manager platform that together automate intra‑facility material flow. The robots—branded as arculees—are built on a modular chassis with a self‑designed Robot Control Unit (RCU) PCB, enabling rapid hardware variants and custom payload attachments. Navigation is marker‑free, using ROS 2‑based sensor fusion for precise, tagless localisation across dynamic environments. The Fleet Manager runs on a Rust codebase, implements the VDA5050 communication standard, and provides real‑time task scheduling, fleet monitoring, and over‑the‑air software updates through a web UI built with Angular and BabylonJS. By combining in‑house mechanics, electronics, and software, arculus offers a scalable, vendor‑agnostic solution that can be deployed quickly and adapted to evolving workflow requirements.
Target Audience
Primary customers are warehouse operators, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities that require flexible, high‑throughput intra‑logistics automation, as well as system integrators deploying multi‑robot fleets.
Features
- Modular AMR platform (arculee) with interchangeable “backpack” payload modules and integrated light‑barrier sensors for pallet handling
- Proprietary RCU® board consolidating motor control, power management, and edge computing on a single PCB
- Tagless, ROS 2‑driven SLAM and sensor‑fusion localisation eliminating the need for floor markers
- Fleet Manager written in Rust, offering low‑latency control, memory safety, and native VDA5050 compliance for multi‑vendor interoperability
- Web‑based operator console (Angular) with 3D visualisation (BabylonJS) for real‑time fleet status, KPI dashboards, and manual overrides
- OTA firmware and software updates with built‑in diagnostics and remote health monitoring
- Support for managing 100+ AGVs per deployment, including dynamic task allocation and conflict resolution
- Open API for integration with ERP, WMS, and third‑party robotics systems