About the MiR Autonomous Mobile Robots
Mobile Industrial Robots, the Danish company known universally as MiR, practically created the collaborative AMR category and remains one of its defining brands. The MiR family spans payloads from 250 kilograms to 1350 kilograms, with models including the compact MiR250, the mid-range MiR600 and the heavy MiR1350, all sharing the same navigation technology and fleet software. These robots autonomously transport materials, carts, pallets and loads through dynamic facilities, navigating among people, forklifts and equipment using laser scanners and 3D cameras without any fixed infrastructure. Top modules from MiR and third parties extend the platform: conveyor tops for automated transfer, cart-pulling hitches, pallet lifts and even collaborative robot arms mounted directly on the mobile base, creating mobile manipulators that work at multiple stations. The MiR Fleet software coordinates multi-robot installations, managing traffic, missions and charging across the operation. Acquired by Teradyne and merged with AutoGuide, MiR serves manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and electronics customers globally. For organisations seeking flexible internal transport automation from a mature platform with a deep ecosystem of applications and integrators, the MiR family offers proven versatility across virtually every industry.
Key Specifications
- Payload range from 250 to 1350 kilograms
- Natural navigation without fixed infrastructure
- Safe operation among people and forklifts
- Extensive top-module ecosystem, conveyors to arms
- MiR Fleet multi-robot coordination software
- Mobile manipulator configurations available
- Global manufacturing and logistics deployments
- Teradyne-owned with deep integrator network
Flexible Manufacturing Logistics
Modern manufacturing changes constantly: lines reconfigure, product mix shifts and volumes swing, and fixed conveyor systems cannot follow. MiR robots transport materials, work-in-progress and finished goods between stations with flexibility that fixed infrastructure cannot match, rerouting through software rather than rebuilding hardware. When layouts change, the robots simply remap; when new stations appear, missions extend to include them. This adaptability makes AMRs the natural transport layer for high-mix, low-volume production where every month brings different flows. Manufacturers also deploy incrementally, starting with one painful route and expanding as value proves out, an adoption path impossible with monolithic conveyor projects. The robots work safely alongside the existing workforce, requiring no segregation or facility redesign.
Pallet And Heavy Load Transport
The upper end of the MiR family addresses the heavy internal transport that consumes forklift capacity and creates safety exposure in busy facilities. The MiR1350 moves loads up to 1350 kilograms autonomously, handling pallet transport between receiving, storage, production and shipping with industrial-rated robustness for real conditions. Automating routine heavy movements frees forklifts and their drivers for the complex handling that genuinely requires human judgement, while removing the most repetitive and accident-prone journeys from manual operation. Consistent, predictable robot traffic also smooths material flow compared with the batching and delay patterns of manual transport. For operations under pressure to reduce forklift interactions in pedestrian areas, heavy AMRs provide the automation pathway that safety strategies increasingly demand.
Mobile Manipulation Applications
Mounting a collaborative robot arm on a MiR base creates a mobile manipulator: a robot that travels between machines or stations and performs handling tasks at each, from machine tending to inspection and kitting. One mobile cobot serves multiple machines whose individual utilisation would never justify dedicated fixed robots, transforming the economics of automation for high-mix production. MiR’s ecosystem supports these combinations with documented integrations and partner experience, reducing the engineering risk of what would otherwise be custom projects. Applications span loading CNC machines, tending test equipment, and performing quality checks at sequential stations. For manufacturers facing skilled-operator shortages across multiple manual stations, mobile manipulation multiplies the reach of each robotic asset across the facility.
Healthcare Material Logistics
Hospitals move enormous volumes of linen, medications, meals, waste and supplies through corridors shared with patients and staff, and this logistics burden consumes labour that healthcare can no longer spare. MiR robots serve hospitals worldwide, transporting materials autonomously through corridors and lifts, navigating safely among vulnerable people with proven obstacle avoidance. Automated transport runs reliably through nights and weekends when staffing is thinnest, ensuring supplies arrive without pulling clinical support staff from patient-facing duties. The robots integrate with building systems to call lifts and open doors, operating as dependable infrastructure rather than novelty. For healthcare systems chasing every possible efficiency to redirect resources toward care, autonomous logistics removes an entire category of non-clinical work from strained teams.
Frequently Asked Questions
What payloads do MiR robots handle?
The family spans from 250 kilograms in compact models to 1350 kilograms in the MiR1350, covering small parts and carts to full pallets. Top modules extend capability with conveyors, hitches, lifts and robot arms.
How do the robots navigate?
MiR robots use laser scanners, 3D cameras and onboard mapping to navigate autonomously through dynamic environments without wires, reflectors or fixed infrastructure, planning routes around obstacles and people in real time.
Are they safe around workers?
Yes, safety is fundamental to the design. The robots meet relevant safety standards with rated sensor systems, speed and separation monitoring, and emergency stop functions for spaces shared with pedestrians and forklifts.
What is MiR Fleet?
MiR Fleet is the coordination software for multi-robot installations, managing mission assignment, traffic control, charging schedules and integration with facility systems so dozens of robots operate as one coherent transport system.
Can MiR robots use lifts and doors?
Yes, the robots integrate with building infrastructure to call lifts, open automatic doors and navigate multi-floor facilities, enabling true facility-wide autonomous transport.
What industries use MiR?
Manufacturing leads deployments, alongside logistics, healthcare, electronics and automotive. The platform’s versatility and top-module ecosystem apply to virtually any internal transport task across industries.
Who owns Mobile Industrial Robots?
MiR is owned by Teradyne, which also owns Universal Robots, and merged with AutoGuide to strengthen its heavy-payload portfolio, operating globally from its Danish base.
How quickly do systems deploy?
Individual robots map facilities and begin missions within days, with larger fleet deployments following structured integration. The absence of fixed infrastructure keeps implementation fast and non-disruptive.
