Case study 01High-dynamic logistics
Making a fleet move as one integrated robotic system.
The platform
LoadRunner is a multidisciplinary Fraunhofer IML platform for high-performance transport and sorting. Omnidirectional vehicles travel without fixed routes, coordinate their motion, and can couple to other vehicles or passive trailers.
Attribution
LoadRunner joins mechanics, electronics, high-speed localization, control, communication, fleet coordination, logistics design, simulation, and experimental validation. The platform and its industrial progress are the result of a broad Fraunhofer IML team and its partners.
I made central contributions across feedback control, state estimation, trajectory generation, and fleet orchestration. I also helped define implementation work, coordinate technical contributions, and integrate and validate the resulting system.
Architecture
Observe vehicle motion and environment.
Maintain a reliable dynamic state.
Create feasible high-speed trajectories.
Track motion under dynamic constraints.
Coordinate vehicles as a fleet.
Field evidence
A published system study modeled more than 10,000 parcels per hour with 60 vehicles. In 2023, LoadRunner was tested under realistic conditions at DPD's Cologne-Porz depot; in 2024, it received the euRobotics Technology Transfer Award.