Cell-based conveyor technology enables packages to be sorted more efficiently and containers to be unloaded more quickly.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”]
Photos: cellumation, Universit\u00e4t Bremen\/Tim Laue<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Football\u2019s potential is not limited to the confines of the playing area. Indeed, for Hendrik Thamer and Claudio Uriarte, it was watching a set of robots play the beautiful game that sparked their enduring inspiration. \u201cAs we were watching them play,\u201d Thamer tells us, \u201cwe started to ask ourselves what would happen if you just flipped the robots over, you know, turned them upside down.\u201d \u201cWhy can\u2019t we just take the robots,\u201d he continues, \u201cturn them upside down and use their wheels to move packages and products around?\u201d\r\n\r\nThis idea was first born back in 2012, when Thamer, who holds a doctorate in computer science and business administration, and his colleague, Uriarte, a mechanical and patent engineer, were working at the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics (BIBA) research institute at the University of Bremen. \u201cOriginally, we wanted to improve the manner in which shipping containers are unloaded, thereby revolutionising the technology involved in cargo handling,\u201d Thamer explains. \u201cAs a start-up, however, you have to have a clear focus \u2013 for us, that was intralogistics,\u201d he continues, adding that there is a lot of demand in this area right now, especially given that e-commerce is booming.\r\n\r\nThis inspired the pair to begin developing their \u2018Celluveyor\u2019 \u2013 a portmanteau of Cellular Conveyor \u2013 or cell-based conveyor technology. The premise is based on a system of individual hexagonal modules or cells, each equipped with three wheels, controlled and moved by smart software that rotate in all directions. The rotating wheels then make it appear as if the packages are hovering above the conveyor system. Building on this idea, they founded Cellumation, their robotics start-up, in 2017 as an offshoot of the BIBA research institute.\r\n\r\n
Area of business<\/strong>: Material flow optimisation in intralogistics It was football that kicked everything off. The experts from Cellumation quite literally turned football-playing robots on their heads, which was the inspiration for their innovative idea.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”] \u201cSoftware control makes complex conveyor movements possible on a much smaller scale,\u201d explains the founder. One example, he continues, is the Celluveyor-Depal application for separating layers of packages, which can save 95% of floor space compared to conventional systems. The modular design also allows for variable layouts, based on customer requirements and product size, and cells can also be reused and merged into new systems. Since the software can identify the individual products, no long resetting times are required when goods change, Thamer explains. Those who opt to use the system do not have long to wait, in any case \u2013 from the moment of delivery, everything can be installed and fully up and running within just a few days. \u201cThe cells themselves don’t require any maintenance, and the belts can even be replaced quite easily by non-professionals in less than five minutes,\u201d says Thamer, explaining how the founders have also taken maintenance times into account.\r\n\r\nAll this has apparently also won over their new investors, G\u00f6ttingen-based investment company Arkadien Finanz and its CEO Julia Schomburg, with whom the start-up was able to successfully conclude a second round of seven-digit financing in October. \u201cIn the future, our technology will also enable inner-city microhubs belonging to various last-mile service providers to function. Indeed, this is what we and our investor\u2019s co-shareholder, Boldly, are looking to be the first to launch in G\u00f6ttingen,\u201d Thamer tells us.\r\n\r\nWith their product, however, the Bremen-based company has not only turned a team of footballing robots on its head, won start-up awards and successfully completed its second round of financing. Since last August, one of the company\u2019s 2.7 m\u00b2 sorters, with a capacity of 3,500 parcels per hour, has been in operation at logistics service provider DHL in Greven. Indeed, it is safe to conclude that one zany idea has ultimately grown into a successful company that presently employs 60 people and is making plans to leap across the pond to the United States. They play football there, too, you know! Well \u2026 kind of \u2026 (cb)<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.4.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” disabled_on=”off|off|on” _builder_version=”4.4.9″ height=”25px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_sidebar area=”et_pb_widget_area_9″ show_border=”off” admin_label=”Werbung Artikel” _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_sidebar][et_pb_blurb title=”More Information” _builder_version=”4.4.9″ header_font=”|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”16px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”25px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_blurb_title=”display: inline-block!important;||background: #002754!important;||padding: 5px 13px 3px 13px!important;||position: relative!important;” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#002754″ global_colors_info=”{}” header_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” header_text_color__hover=”rgba(255,255,255,0.71)”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Established<\/strong>: 2017
Headquarters<\/strong>: Bremen
Employees<\/strong>: 60 <\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.10.8″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0562_frei_1920.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”300px||300px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”150px||150px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ text_text_color=”#002e5b” global_colors_info=”{}”]Variable layouts<\/h2>\r\n