AMR Safety in Mixed-Traffic Areas

Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) navigate efficiently through a mixed-traffic area within a warehouse, optimizing logistics and enhancing operational efficiency.

AMRs move through the same spaces as people, carts, and other vehicles. The problem isn’t that AMRs can’t detect obstacles. The problem is safety behavior in real operating conditions: crowded aisles, partial occlusions, unpredictable pedestrian movement, and frequent operational changes.

Mixed-traffic safety demands:

• Reliable human detection in changing environments

• Defined safe behaviors (slow, stop, reroute) that match your risk assessment

• Consistent operation across shifts, lighting, and layout changes

• Clear validation and documentation

SR-1 supports mobile safety by detecting people in 3D and triggering consistent safety outputs based on defined zones and behaviors. It fits environments where you need safety performance without turning your facility into a maze of restricted corridors.

Where teams struggle:

• Over-reliance on basic obstacle avoidance as “safety”

• Confusion between navigation behavior and safety behavior

• Lack of validation artifacts for auditors and EHS review

You can run mobile automation safely, but you need a safety design that treats people as part of the environment, not exceptions.

Request a demo. Tell us your traffic patterns and we’ll show a practical architecture.