How REEMAN Titan Mini Handles a Non-Standard Tank Trolley with Custom Forks

Project at a Glance

The Challenge: Standard Forks Did Not Match the Existing Trolley

The customer already used wheeled mobile material tank trolleys in its production process.

These trolleys were not standard pallets. Each trolley had its own steel base structure and wheels and was already part of the factory’s existing material-handling workflow.

When the customer wanted to automate transport, replacing all of those existing carriers would have added unnecessary changes to the production process.

The real question was therefore not:

It was:

REEMAN chose to adapt the forklift to the trolley.

Custom Fork Arms Designed Around the Existing Steel Base

The mobile material tank trolley uses a steel bottom frame that is structurally different from a conventional wooden or plastic pallet.

Standard autonomous forklift forks were therefore not the best fit for the existing carrier.

Instead of asking the customer to redesign the trolley or add another pallet underneath it, REEMAN designed a set of custom fork arms for the Titan Mini.

The forks were adapted around the trolley’s existing steel base so they could enter the available pickup position, lift the complete carrier and provide stable support during transport.

Direct Pickup Without an Additional Pallet

When a transport task begins, the REEMAN Titan Mini autonomously travels to the pickup point.

As it approaches the trolley, the forklift adjusts its position and aligns the customized fork arms with the steel frame underneath the carrier.

Once the correct pickup position is reached, the forks enter beneath the trolley and lift the complete load.

No additional wooden or plastic pallet is required.

In this application, the trolley and its material weigh approximately 275 kg.

The REEMAN Titan Mini has a rated payload of up to 2,000 kg, placing this task well within the forklift’s rated load capacity.

A 260 m Real Factory Transport Route

After pickup, the Titan Mini begins an approximately 260-meter one-way point-to-point transport route through the customer’s actual production area.

This is not a short demonstration route.

The autonomous forklift is performing a real internal logistics task between working areas inside the factory.

The route therefore tests more than whether the robot can simply move with a load. It requires the forklift to operate as part of an active production environment.

LiDAR Navigation, Adjustable Speed and Safety

During transport, the Titan Mini uses LiDAR-based Laser SLAM navigation to continuously perceive the surrounding environment.

Travel speed can be adjusted according to route conditions, factory traffic and safety requirements.

This is important because a real factory is not a static environment.

Workers, equipment, other trolleys and temporary obstacles may appear near the transport route.

If a person or obstacle enters the configured safety zone, the Titan Mini can stop automatically.

The objective is not simply to make the forklift travel faster.

The objective is to make the transport process work reliably in the customer’s actual production environment.

Precise Placement at the Destination

When the Titan Mini reaches the delivery point, it adjusts its position again.

The mobile material tank trolley is lowered smoothly into the designated location.

The customized fork arms then withdraw from underneath the steel base, and the forklift leaves the working area.

Under the current site configuration, one complete operating cycle takes approximately 4.5 minutes.

The published case video is shown at approximately 4× speed, allowing viewers to see the complete real workflow in about one minute.

Actual operating time may vary depending on travel-speed settings, factory traffic, temporary obstacles and safety configuration.

Automatic Return to Charging

The workflow does not stop after the trolley has been delivered.

Once the transport task is complete, the REEMAN Titan Mini autonomously returns to its designated charging point.

This step is important in a continuous automation workflow.

If an operator still had to drive the forklift back for charging after every task, the process would still contain an unnecessary manual step.

In this application, pickup, transport, placement and return to charging form one connected operating cycle.

Complete Workflow

The most important result is not simply that the forklift can drive autonomously.

The customer did not have to rebuild its material-handling process around the robot.

The original trolley remains in use.

The existing steel base remains unchanged.

The approximately 275 kg load remains.

The approximately 260 m transport requirement remains.

What This Case Means for Other Factories

Many factories already use non-standard load carriers, including:

• Mobile material trolleys
• Tank trolleys
• Custom carts
• Metal racks
• Wire mesh cages
• Production-line carriers

Introducing autonomous material handling does not always mean replacing all of them.

Depending on the carrier structure and operating environment, a more practical solution may be to customize the robot around the existing workflow.

For this project, that meant adapting the fork arms to the customer’s trolley.

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