Task Management
A task defines where the J1600 delivers a pallet and what it does afterwards. Tasks are created on the touchscreen without code, and every task is initiated and confirmed by a person.
Named task patterns
- Boomerang: deliver to a destination and return to the origin or operator.
- Simple ABC: deliver from A to B, then travel to C.
- Drop and wait: deliver, drop, and remain at the destination.
- Deliver and park: complete the drop and proceed to a defined parking location.
- Come to me: call the robot to a location using a mobile app or web interface. An advanced automation function.
- Multi-point to multi-point: combine saved points freely — useful for cross-docking and changing flows.
The most common task in practice is manual pickup, autonomous delivery, floor-level drop, and return to origin. The route can be a few meters or more than 100 meters; the concept is the same.
Creating a task
- Pick up a supported pallet manually.
- Open task creation on the touchscreen.
- Choose the task type and a saved drop destination from the map or list.
- Choose the post-delivery behavior: return to origin/operator, go to another point or parking, or stop and wait.
- Execute the task, confirm automatic mode with the physical start/resume button, and step away when instructed.
Destinations come from saved locations — see Location Management. Because the robot plans its own routes on its 3D map, you can recombine points without demonstrating every possible A-to-B variation.
Task constraints
- Pallet pickup is always manual.
- Automatic pallet delivery is at floor level. Handling above floor level, up to 1,600 mm, is manual.
- Autonomous mode requires level floors (0% automatic gradeability).
- Loads must meet the open-base envelope in Supported Pallets and Loads.
Task patterns in daily flows
- Inbound receiving: unload the truck manually, then send each pallet to inspection or storage.
- Production supply: pick a pallet of materials and deliver it to the line on demand.
- Cross-docking: shuffle pallets across multiple origins and destinations with multi-point tasks.
- Buffer and staging: move pallets between lines, staging areas, and storage zones while operators stay on value-added work.
Advanced task capabilities
With Advanced software, task execution can scale up to fleet orchestration through VDA 5050, a REST API, Fleet Manager, and advanced mission planning — see the J1600 User Manual.