Italian kitchen accessories manufacturer Vibo is the first user of MiR’s MiR1200 Pallet Jack in the country. The autonomous mobile robot, added to the Danish vendor’s catalogue last year, has been running for several months at the company’s historic Trissino plant in Veneto, deployed by local integrator Me.ko.
Replacing a Driven Forklift Loop
Vibo’s production site combines woodworking, sheet metal and moulding zones. Pallet transfers between these areas had been handled by operators on electric forklifts, but recharge cycles capped throughput and forced operational gaps. The MiR1200 Pallet Jack now takes care of empty-pallet returns, line-side replenishment and finished-goods moves to storage zones. The unit handles up to four pallet formats and routes itself to a charging station on demand, supporting 24/7 operation.
AI-Driven Pallet Recognition
With a 1.2 metric ton payload, the AMR uses on-board AI to identify which pallet type to pick up. That capability removes the need for fixed slotting rules in mixed-format environments and is one of the practical reasons manufacturers are starting to pull autonomous pallet movers into production logistics, rather than confining AMRs to warehouse receiving and putaway.
MiR, owned by US group Teradyne, is using deployments like Vibo to validate the Pallet Jack format outside its core Danish and German installed base. Italy is a strategic market for autonomous handling, given the density of mid-sized manufacturers with limited automation capex appetite.
