Material Transport
Move parts, tools, bins and supplies between storage, production, staging and packing areas.
Automate repetitive transport, commercial cleaning and indoor delivery with robots configured around your building, workflow and team. Unmanned Canada helps organizations evaluate, deploy, integrate and support practical ground-robotics programs across Canada.
Ground robots are strongest when the task is frequent, measurable and route-based. They take on repeatable movement and cleaning so staff can focus on work that requires decisions, service and skilled attention.
Move parts, tools, bins and supplies between storage, production, staging and packing areas.
Schedule sweeping, scrubbing, vacuuming and dust-mopping across commercial and industrial floors.
Transport meals, parcels, linens, documents or supplies through repeatable building routes.
Connect compatible robots with elevators, access gates, charging stations and digital task systems.
Assign work, monitor status and scale from one proof-of-concept unit to a coordinated operational fleet.
Review task history, cleaning reports, coverage and operational status instead of relying on assumptions.
A successful robot program starts with the job, building and people. The model comes after the route and operating conditions are understood.
Document the current workflow and identify where autonomy can produce a practical, measurable result without creating a new bottleneck.
Request a Workflow ReviewDefine the material, load, floor type, cleaning standard or delivery item.
Measure aisles, doors, thresholds, slopes, crossings, elevators and destination points.
Capture daily volume, peak periods, idle time, travel distance and shift requirements.
Review pedestrian traffic, vehicles, visitors, staff interaction and accessibility needs.
Set targets for coverage, throughput, labour reallocation, consistency or response time.
Identify elevators, gates, APIs, call buttons, networks and fleet-management requirements.
The page is organized around four practical automation paths: industrial transport, multi-function floor cleaning, large-area sweeping and indoor delivery.
Configurable industrial transport for manufacturing, warehouses and high-load commercial delivery. Available pathways include standard, lifting, towing, tray and conveyor configurations.
A multi-function commercial cleaning platform designed to sweep, scrub, vacuum and dust-mop. AI-based performance monitoring supports spot re-cleaning and clearer reporting.
AI-powered autonomous sweeping and vacuuming options for warehouses, transportation facilities, retail spaces and other large indoor or supported semi-outdoor environments.
Autonomous indoor delivery for hospitality, food service, retail and public-facing environments, with multi-tray capacity, obstacle sensing and interactive customer guidance.
Select the operating model before comparing individual products. The task, payload, floor, traffic and facility integration determine the suitable architecture.
Best for parts, bins, carts, work-in-progress and materials moving through production or warehouse routes.
Evaluate: Load, Interface, Takt Time and Aisle WidthBest for repeatable floor-care coverage where consistency, reporting and scheduled operation matter.
Evaluate: Floor Type, Debris, Area and Cleaning StandardBest for meals, parcels, linens, documents and supplies in hospitality, healthcare and commercial buildings.
Evaluate: Item Security, Trays, Doors and ElevatorsBest when several routes, floors or robot types require shared dispatch, monitoring and integration.
Evaluate: Traffic Rules, Charging, APIs and OwnershipMove from a documented baseline to a measured pilot, then scale only after the robot, building and team operate together reliably.
Document routes, volumes, labour touchpoints, delays, floor conditions and desired outcomes.
Check clearances, thresholds, slopes, traffic, surfaces, elevators, gates and connectivity.
Select the robot, accessories, charging, maps, calls, integrations and fleet settings.
Run defined routes, train staff, log exceptions and compare results with the original baseline.
Refine SOPs, service plans, reporting, ownership and fleet rules before adding more routes or robots.
Navigation performance depends on the environment. Evaluate the entire route—including the places where the robot stops, charges, waits and interacts with staff.
Small physical or workflow details can determine whether a deployment is smooth, limited or unsuitable.
Ground robots can support organizations where material movement, cleaning or indoor delivery repeats throughout the day.
Move components, fixtures, bins and work-in-progress between production stages.
Support material movement, replenishment and large-area floor cleaning.
Transport supplies or linens and automate suitable cleaning routes in managed facilities.
Support food service, room delivery, guest-facing transport and floor care.
Automate cleaning, internal delivery and selected customer-service workflows.
Cover large public floors and support repeatable internal delivery routes.
A complete quotation can include the robot, accessories, charging, facility integration, mapping, training, support and a defined path from pilot to ongoing operation.
Match the platform to the workflow and prepare the physical and digital environment required for reliable operation.
Prepare supervisors and front-line teams to assign work, respond to exceptions and maintain the robot effectively.
Clear answers to the questions that usually arise before a facility assessment or pilot.
An autonomous mobile robot typically uses onboard perception and mapping to navigate within defined environments and respond to obstacles. Traditional automated guided vehicles often follow fixed infrastructure such as magnetic tape, reflectors or predefined tracks. The exact navigation method varies by platform.
Compatible commercial robots use perception, obstacle detection, speed control and operating rules to share managed spaces. A safe deployment still requires route assessment, traffic planning, staff training, signage where appropriate and compliance with the organization’s safety procedures.
Selected platforms can integrate with elevators, gates and access-control systems. Feasibility depends on the building equipment, available interfaces, network, security requirements and the selected robot configuration.
Timing depends on the workflow, building complexity, integrations, accessories, availability and pilot requirements. A simple single-floor route can be easier to validate than a multi-floor deployment involving elevators, secure doors and enterprise software.
The strongest use case is usually task reallocation. Robots handle frequent transport or cleaning routes while employees focus on exceptions, customer service, quality, maintenance and work that requires judgement or dexterity.
Yes, supported platforms can use fleet-management tools to schedule tasks, monitor status and coordinate routes. Charging capacity, traffic rules, network coverage and operating ownership should be planned before scaling.
Provide the task, item or cleaning requirement, load, route distance, aisle and door widths, floor type, thresholds, slopes, daily frequency, operating hours, elevators, access gates, existing systems and desired pilot timeline.
Start with the route, load, floor and operating goal. We will help determine whether the workflow fits industrial transport, autonomous cleaning, indoor delivery or a coordinated fleet.