Opinion: The Riskiest Automation Decisions Happen Before Deployment
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Dr. Nicola Tomatis highlights that critical automation decisions are made pre-deployment, impacting robot performance. Simulation is key to avoid costly on-site issues by refining fleet size, routes, and charging points early on.
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Environment: simulation
“mulation allows routes, traffic rules, charging positions, and workstation locations to be tested before those decisions become physical constraints and before changes carry the risk of costly downtime. Accuracy matters more than appearance The reliability of a simulation depends on how closely it represents the vehicles, fleet-management logic and operating conditions being planned. A vehicle represented simply as a”
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“e vehicles and their behaviour exactly, with our fleet management software operating just as it would in the live installation. The fleet manager responds to the simulated vehicles the same way as it would physical ones, giving the project team a much closer representation of how the complete system will behave, typically with more than 95 percent accuracy against the real installation. No simulation can reproduce ev”
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Dr. Nicola Tomatis, CEO of BlueBotics, explains how simulation is critical in mobile robot projects to avoid costly on-site issues. By testing fleet size, routes, charging points, and mission flows early, teams can refine plans before deployment, improving efficiency and reducing errors that could lead to operational bottlenecks.
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