Mobile robots (AGV, AMR)

Cutting-edge semiconductor and sensor solutions for mobile robots, including automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)

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Overview

Mobile robots have become a firmly established part of day-to-day operations, may it be in logistic and warehouse centers, production sites, hospitals, restaurants, schools, or as last-mile delivery vehicles of packages and goods. Mobile robots are available in two broad categories: Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that require fixed paths and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), which are not fixed to a path. Discover our solutions for both types.

Benefits

  • Compact and efficient motor drives
  • Wireless charging capability
  • Safe BMS system
  • Intelligent sensing
  • Convenient connectivity solutions
  • Robust security solutions
  • Highest safety standards
  • Powerful SMPS for fast charging
  • Eval boards and reference designs
  • Broad product portfolio

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About

Reliable mobile robots are part of day-to-day operations

Infineon is committed to decarbonization and digitalization, with mobile robots contributing to both of these important goals. Additionally, mobile robots are a crucial aspect of the trends of industrial automation and industry 4.0, as well as the IoT revolution. As a global leader in semiconductors, we enable mobile robots that are smarter, more efficient, connected, more responsive, safer, and more secure. 

With our comprehensive product portfolio, including many evaluation boards and reference designs, Infineon is the perfect partner for your next mobile robot design. The portfolio includes many solutions, such as our precise, efficient, and compact motor drives, our fast-charging solutions that reduce charging and idle time, our environmental sensing solutions for exceptional navigation and safety, our powerful computation capability, allowing your mobile robot to be autonomous, and connectivity which enables AI, real-time monitoring, and IoT.

Infineon's portfolio for AGV and AMR

Mobile robots are a fast-growing market and require sophisticated system solutions for each functional block. Infineon's integrated circuits and designs support the growing number of applications that utilize brushless DC (BLDC) motors. Our designs take into account considerations such as battery protection and cell monitoring to help with charging and discharging processes in battery management systems. Additionally, Infineon's XENSIV™ family provides a wide range of sensing solutions. Moreover, our AIROC™ wireless connectivity products, which include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, and Bluetooth® Low Energy, have already shipped a billion devices, making us the go-to choice for mobile robots. 

Infineon's portfolio of semiconductor products provides safe and efficient wireless charging solutions for inductive and resonant topologies. Explore the block diagram and this page for more details.

Choose from a complete portfolio of state-of-the-art solutions

One of the most important functional blocks in a mobile robot design, motor control, is comfortably covered by Infineon solutions. We offer many different choices for both brushed and brushless motors, including our discrete and semi-integrated solution, which provides the benefit of flexibility and performance optimization. Or our integrated control and gate driver solution, which brings PCB design complexity and BOM reduction, integrated control firmware, performance optimization, and the flexibility to select the appropriate MOSFETs. How about our integrated gate driver and power stage, which again features PCB design complexity and BOM reduction, while also providing improved power density.

If you are in the market for a complete motor control solution, look no further than our integrated control and gate driver and power stage, which combines the features above. Lastly, you can also choose position, speed and current sensing which deliver more accurate motor control, simpler and faster computation control algorithm, reduced motor noise. When the highest performance and advanced peripheral capability in motor control MCUs are called for, look into our  PSOC™ Control C3M family of MCUs based on Arm® Cortex®-M33. These MCUs feature the ability to control high RPM systems, unique ADCs enable WBG, and a dedicated software ecosystem in ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite.

Find out more about all of these solutions and evaluation boards in our application presentation located in the downloads section of this page. 

Explore our motor control offering
Connectivity and security for mobile robots

Our robust portfolio of Bluetooth®, Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi connectivity enable a host of different functionalities within mobile robots, addressing multiple markets. Our solutions are reliable, are lower power, and feature high-performance SoCs. This means that your mobile robot is more secure, needs to be charged less often, and constantly learning.

Mobile robots must also be extremely secure in order to perform their duties. Our solutions allow you to meet not only the needs of your customers, but also your own needs. For example, our solutions enable simpler customer setup via injected device identity, remote attestation for remote security management, and our hardware security extends to VMs via hypervisor support. However, that is not all. We also help you to increase revenue with hardware security products that support feature licensing, advanced defenses, and protection of company reputation delivered by our hardware security which minimizes vulnerabilities and maximizes sustainability.

Explore wireless connectivity
Discover our security solutions
Sensors - the eyes and ears of the robot

Without sensors, mobile robots would not be possible, as they would not be able to see or hear. Among Infineon's broad portfolio, are many sensors, as well as the software, evaluation boards, and reference designs to go with them. Specifically, we offer:

  • Silicon microphones: Which feature the highest signal to noise ratio (SNR), our sealed dual membrane (SDM) for water and dust proofing (IP57) on the microphone level, are easy to integrate, and are available in small packages.
  • 24 GHz and 60 GHz radar sensors portfolio comprised of compact and cost-efficient radar chips, which provide high sensitivity for reliable motion and distance detection, the ability to operate without a visible lens and through a plastic cover.
  • Time-of-flight (ToF): Featuring up to VGA (640 x 480 points) 3D depth resolution, the highest level of integration with the smallest footprint, industry-leading performance and sunlight robustness, lowest cost 3D cameras with low-cost architecture, and the smallest footprint companion VCSEL driver.
Browse our sensor portfolio
Infineon's power management and BMS for mobile robots

Since mobile robots are, well, mobile, they require powerful BMS and power management so that they can complete their tasks. Infineon proudly offers this with our wide selection of products for the BMS functional block. This includes battery protection, featuring wider safe operating area (SOA), short-circuit protection with higher peak current rates, more effective parallelization solutions, system cost reduction, and MOSFET protection solutions up to 250 V. Also available is the TLE9012 battery monitoring and balancing IC, delivering best-in-class application robustness, high-accuracy voltage measurement, and the lowest system cost.

We also offer a broad portfolio of industrial and automotive grade power management solutions. When it comes to DC-DC conversion, our selection consists of products used in digital controllers, integrated power stages, integrated point-of-load, integrated PMIC, discrete solutions, and automotive grade switching regulators. On the other hand, our portfolio of automotive grade linear voltage regulators consists of solutions for general purpose, high performance, voltage tracking, application-specific 24 V and active antennas, and post regulators.

View our BMS solutions
Infineon's power management portfolio

Reliable mobile robots are part of day-to-day operations

Infineon is committed to decarbonization and digitalization, with mobile robots contributing to both of these important goals. Additionally, mobile robots are a crucial aspect of the trends of industrial automation and industry 4.0, as well as the IoT revolution. As a global leader in semiconductors, we enable mobile robots that are smarter, more efficient, connected, more responsive, safer, and more secure. 

With our comprehensive product portfolio, including many evaluation boards and reference designs, Infineon is the perfect partner for your next mobile robot design. The portfolio includes many solutions, such as our precise, efficient, and compact motor drives, our fast-charging solutions that reduce charging and idle time, our environmental sensing solutions for exceptional navigation and safety, our powerful computation capability, allowing your mobile robot to be autonomous, and connectivity which enables AI, real-time monitoring, and IoT.

Infineon's portfolio for AGV and AMR

Mobile robots are a fast-growing market and require sophisticated system solutions for each functional block. Infineon's integrated circuits and designs support the growing number of applications that utilize brushless DC (BLDC) motors. Our designs take into account considerations such as battery protection and cell monitoring to help with charging and discharging processes in battery management systems. Additionally, Infineon's XENSIV™ family provides a wide range of sensing solutions. Moreover, our AIROC™ wireless connectivity products, which include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, and Bluetooth® Low Energy, have already shipped a billion devices, making us the go-to choice for mobile robots. 

Infineon's portfolio of semiconductor products provides safe and efficient wireless charging solutions for inductive and resonant topologies. Explore the block diagram and this page for more details.

Choose from a complete portfolio of state-of-the-art solutions

One of the most important functional blocks in a mobile robot design, motor control, is comfortably covered by Infineon solutions. We offer many different choices for both brushed and brushless motors, including our discrete and semi-integrated solution, which provides the benefit of flexibility and performance optimization. Or our integrated control and gate driver solution, which brings PCB design complexity and BOM reduction, integrated control firmware, performance optimization, and the flexibility to select the appropriate MOSFETs. How about our integrated gate driver and power stage, which again features PCB design complexity and BOM reduction, while also providing improved power density.

If you are in the market for a complete motor control solution, look no further than our integrated control and gate driver and power stage, which combines the features above. Lastly, you can also choose position, speed and current sensing which deliver more accurate motor control, simpler and faster computation control algorithm, reduced motor noise. When the highest performance and advanced peripheral capability in motor control MCUs are called for, look into our  PSOC™ Control C3M family of MCUs based on Arm® Cortex®-M33. These MCUs feature the ability to control high RPM systems, unique ADCs enable WBG, and a dedicated software ecosystem in ModusToolbox™ Motor Suite.

Find out more about all of these solutions and evaluation boards in our application presentation located in the downloads section of this page. 

Explore our motor control offering

Connectivity and security for mobile robots

Our robust portfolio of Bluetooth®, Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi connectivity enable a host of different functionalities within mobile robots, addressing multiple markets. Our solutions are reliable, are lower power, and feature high-performance SoCs. This means that your mobile robot is more secure, needs to be charged less often, and constantly learning.

Mobile robots must also be extremely secure in order to perform their duties. Our solutions allow you to meet not only the needs of your customers, but also your own needs. For example, our solutions enable simpler customer setup via injected device identity, remote attestation for remote security management, and our hardware security extends to VMs via hypervisor support. However, that is not all. We also help you to increase revenue with hardware security products that support feature licensing, advanced defenses, and protection of company reputation delivered by our hardware security which minimizes vulnerabilities and maximizes sustainability.

Explore wireless connectivity
Discover our security solutions

Sensors - the eyes and ears of the robot

Without sensors, mobile robots would not be possible, as they would not be able to see or hear. Among Infineon's broad portfolio, are many sensors, as well as the software, evaluation boards, and reference designs to go with them. Specifically, we offer:

  • Silicon microphones: Which feature the highest signal to noise ratio (SNR), our sealed dual membrane (SDM) for water and dust proofing (IP57) on the microphone level, are easy to integrate, and are available in small packages.
  • 24 GHz and 60 GHz radar sensors portfolio comprised of compact and cost-efficient radar chips, which provide high sensitivity for reliable motion and distance detection, the ability to operate without a visible lens and through a plastic cover.
  • Time-of-flight (ToF): Featuring up to VGA (640 x 480 points) 3D depth resolution, the highest level of integration with the smallest footprint, industry-leading performance and sunlight robustness, lowest cost 3D cameras with low-cost architecture, and the smallest footprint companion VCSEL driver.
Browse our sensor portfolio

Infineon's power management and BMS for mobile robots

Since mobile robots are, well, mobile, they require powerful BMS and power management so that they can complete their tasks. Infineon proudly offers this with our wide selection of products for the BMS functional block. This includes battery protection, featuring wider safe operating area (SOA), short-circuit protection with higher peak current rates, more effective parallelization solutions, system cost reduction, and MOSFET protection solutions up to 250 V. Also available is the TLE9012 battery monitoring and balancing IC, delivering best-in-class application robustness, high-accuracy voltage measurement, and the lowest system cost.

We also offer a broad portfolio of industrial and automotive grade power management solutions. When it comes to DC-DC conversion, our selection consists of products used in digital controllers, integrated power stages, integrated point-of-load, integrated PMIC, discrete solutions, and automotive grade switching regulators. On the other hand, our portfolio of automotive grade linear voltage regulators consists of solutions for general purpose, high performance, voltage tracking, application-specific 24 V and active antennas, and post regulators.

View our BMS solutions
Infineon's power management portfolio

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