What Are Autonomous Mobile Robots?
12 entriesAutonomous mobile robots (AMRs) navigate facilities using onboard sensors and maps, planning their own routes around people and obstacles, unlike automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that traditionally follow fixed paths. They carry goods, tow carts or assist pickers in warehouses, factories and hospitals. A working deployment combines the robot, navigation and localization software, a fleet manager, and integration with warehouse or manufacturing systems. This page lists vendors, open-source software, interoperability standards and safety references, with descriptions paraphrased from each source. It is not a ranking.
AMR Vendors
8 entriesCompanies that describe AMR products for logistics and manufacturing.
Open-Source Navigation, Fleet and Simulation Software
7 entriesBuilding blocks for autonomous navigation and multi-robot coordination.
Standards and Industry Bodies
4 entriesInterfaces and organizations that shape AMR interoperability.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an AMR?
An autonomous mobile robot navigates using onboard sensors and maps, choosing its own routes around obstacles. AGVs traditionally follow fixed guides such as magnetic tape, although the terms overlap in practice.
What is the difference between AMRs and AGVs?
AMRs plan routes dynamically and adapt to changes, while classic AGVs follow predefined paths and are often less flexible to re-route. Many modern vehicles blend the two.
Which software do AMRs use for navigation?
Many research and custom systems use ROS 2 with Nav2 for planning and control and SLAM packages such as slam_toolbox for mapping. Commercial vendors typically use their own stacks.
How are mixed fleets coordinated?
Through interoperability interfaces and fleet managers. VDA 5050 defines communication between vehicles and a master control system, and Open-RMF targets interoperability between fleets and building systems.
What safety standards apply?
Driverless industrial trucks are covered by ISO 3691-4, and ANSI/A3 R15.08 covers industrial mobile robots. Check the current editions and your local regulations; this page does not give compliance advice.
How do AMRs relate to robot foundation models?
Research on robot foundation models is mostly about manipulation and humanoids today, while commercial AMRs rely on established navigation software. See the Physical AI and Robot Action Models pages.
How current is this page?
Links and release facts were checked on 1 November 2026 from GitHub. Rockwell's page returns 403 to automated checks, and Open-RMF's latest release is from June 2024. Descriptions follow each source's own pages and are not rankings.