OTTO Motors Announces Self-Driving Vehicle for Mid-Range Material Handling

OTTO Motors, a division of Clearpath Robotics, today announced the
launch of OTTO 750, the first self-driving vehicle for material handling
with a payload of 750 kg.

OTTO 750 is a powerful mid-range self-driving vehicle designed to move
pallet-scale loads which would otherwise be manually moved by a pump
truck or tugger.

The 750-kg payload is important because of how factories typically
transport materials. The three standard methods each have different
maximum payloads: 100 kg for a cart pushed by a human, 750 kg for a pump
truck, and 1500 kg for a forklift. Plenty of solutions have been
developed for payloads at the high and low ends of the range, but only a
few existed in the middle.

“We realized it was a Goldilocks solution,” says Matt Rendall, Chief
Executive Officer at Clearpath. “Our customers have been asking for
something just right for quite a while, and now we finally have it.”

OTTO 750 is built upon the industry-proven OTTO 1500 chassis, which is
already trusted by industry titans like GE, Katerra and Musashi.

The vehicle uses the existing field-proven self-driving operating
system, OTTO OS, to quickly adapt to changes in the facility. The
vehicle responds intelligently to ensure the right material gets to the
right place at the right time. OTTO 750 communicates with PLCs, SCADA
systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and more.

OTTO Motors is demonstrating OTTO 750 in Chicago this week at ProMat,
the largest conference for manufacturing and supply chain professionals
in North and South America. Visit #S3441 at McCormick Place to see OTTO
750 in action.

About Clearpath

Clearpath Robotics Inc. provides industry-leading self-driving
technology, products, and services to over 500 of the world’s most
innovative brands. Proprietary hardware, software, and services are
delivered through the company’s research and industrial divisions:
Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors. Visit www.clearpath.ai
for more information.

About OTTO Motors

OTTO Motors, a division of Clearpath Robotics Inc., designs,
manufactures and operates flexible self-driving vehicles for material
handling inside busy factories and warehouses. Using industry-leading
self-driving technology, the easy-to-use OTTO vehicles move inventory
safely and efficiently throughout the indoor supply chain. OTTO Motors
is trusted for mission-critical deliveries and is proven in the most
demanding of industrial environments spanning automotive, medical
device, aerospace, logistics, and more. Customers include Fortune 100
brands like GE, John Deere, and Toyota. For more information, visit www.ottomotors.com.

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