Dec. 25, 2023

Movella & Advantech & Macnica Galaxy Collaborate to Deliver Advanced Solutions for AMR and AGV Applications

Macnica Galaxy is dedicated to utilizing technology for the better of human society, offering support in overcoming challenges such as declining human resources and enhancing work efficiency. As a distributor of Movella, we are pleased to announce the partnership between Movella and Advantech, offering valuable and demand-oriented solutions for mobile robotics applications. We have observed that many developers in the mobile robot industry ignore the importance of sensors, thereby wasting time and resources. This integrated solution helps meet society's demand for autonomous mobile robots, allowing robotics companies to focus on their applications and create greater value.

 

Kiphone Lin, Advantech Vice President of Taiwan Sales Group commented, “Through collaboration on three company, Advantech's integrated solutions can provide customers with a more comprehensive, rapid, and stable platform. This allows for improved service value in the field of AGV/AMR applications.”

 

Movella's Asia-Pacific Sales Manager, Terence Liu, stated: “The collaboration between Movella, Advantech, and Macnica Galaxy can accelerate the advancement of Taiwan's Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) industries. Through the specialized Advantech AFE-R770 platform, it will significantly reduce the development time for customers, enabling more efficient allocation and application of limited research and development resources.”

 

Macnica Galaxy's Vice President, Jeffrey Chang, added: “We are delighted that Macnica Galaxy has joined this professional collaboration. Faced with global challenges such as manpower shortages and the demand for high efficiency, Macnica, together with the expertise of Movella and industrial leader Advantech, has provided a comprehensive solution in the AGV/AMR application field to assist customers in accelerating product launches and enhancing product value.”

Written by Movella | Nov 7, 2023 2:00:00 PM

HENDERSON, NV, USA and TAIPEI, TAIWAN / November 7, 2023 / Leading industrial sensor technology provider Movella and Advantech, a global leader in Industrial IoT, have joined forces to develop advanced solutions enhancing the reliability and safety in Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) applications. This collaboration leverages Movella's expertise in industrial grade Inertial Sensor Modules and Advantech's proficiency in providing cutting-edge embedded solutions & design-in service.

 

Movella’s Inertial Sensor Module, powered by Xsens, is known for its precision and accuracy, making it an ideal choice for applications that demand exceptional performance and reliability. Advantech's AFE-R series, designed for AMR and AGV applications with specialized features such as I/O interfaces, power matching, seamless integration, and anti-interference functions as a dedicated controller ensuring a stable and reliable performance.

 

By integrating Movella's MTI Inertial Sensor Module into Advantech's AFE-R series, customers can benefit from a one-stop solution that simplifies deployment, minimizes compatibility issues, and accelerates time-to-market.

 

Advantech and Movella are sampling this collaborative solution to markets worldwide, starting in Q1 2024, with production shipments to follow in Q2. This global reach ensures that customers in various regions can access the benefits of this solution and experience the enhanced reliability and safety offered by the combined expertise of these two industry leaders.

 

As both companies have a strong track record of delivering high-quality solutions and a commitment to innovation, this collaboration represents a significant step forward in the advancement of technology for AMR and AGV applications.

 

Aaron Su, Vice President of Advantech Embedded-IoT Group commented, “We are excited to partner with Movella to advance technical integration for the AGV and AMR markets, delivering safer and more reliable solutions to our customers.”

 

Movella’s CEO, Ben Lee, added, “This collaboration between two industry leaders will help Advantech’s customers easily and quickly add safety and reliability to their Advantech enabled AMR and AGV solutions.”

 

For more information about the collaborative solution or to inquire about availability, please visit here.

 

About Macnica Galaxy Inc.

Having cultivated a well-developed distribution market, Galaxy believes that clear market segmentation and positioning can help to promote sales with lesser efforts.

Galaxy has made clear market segmentation from other electronics distributors. Due to the uniqueness of its product ranges and its devotion to the design-oriented application market, design and service have become its core competitiveness. In the future, Galaxy will continue this tradition to cultivate the emerging markets in order to assure the sustainable development of the enterprise.

 

About Movella Holdings Inc.

Movella is a leading full-stack provider of sensors, software, and analytics that enable the digitization of movement. Movella serves the entertainment, health & sports, and automation & mobility markets. Our innovations enable customers to capitalize on the value of movement by transforming data into meaningful and actionable insights. Partnering with leading global brands such as Electronic Arts, EPIC Games, 20th Century Studios, Netflix, Toyota, Siemens and over 500 sports organizations, Movella is creating extraordinary outcomes that move humanity forward. To learn more, please visit http://www.movella.com/

 

About Advantech Co., Ltd.

Advantech has the corporate vision to "Enable an Intelligent Planet". The company is a global leader in the fields of IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms. To embrace the trends of IoT, big data, and artificial intelligence, Advantech promotes IoT hardware and software solutions with the industrial IoT platform - WISE-PaaS core to assist business partners and clients in connecting their industrial chains. Advantech is also working with business partners to co-create business ecosystems that accelerate the goal of industrial intelligence. (www.advantech.com)