Major Innovation | L4-level Intelligent Loading and Unloading Robot Achieves 100% Automation Rate for Gantry Cranes!

Release time:

2025-09-28

Recently, HIRI FUTURE Innovation L4-level intelligent loading and unloading robot — By leveraging AI technology, we empower gantry cranes with “self-awareness” and “autonomous decision-making” capabilities, enabling “driverless operation” and “autonomous operation.” A 100% fully automated rate has been achieved. 。

Compared to automation in the traditional sense,

HIRI FUTURE Successfully completed the final step:

Support Provide location guidance for outbound container trucks and enable one-click container release.

From now on, the entire loading and unloading process will require no human intervention.

In current mainstream automated yard crane solutions, the final container placement on the lane side still requires manual operation.

How is a 100% fully automated rate achieved?

Let's uncover it together! The Three Key Technologies of Full Automation ！

NO. 1 Hurry!

Spreader swing can efficiently handle both inner and outer towing on the lane side.

Under traditional manual operation, the gantry crane operator controls the container release based on experience—while the Spreader is still swinging, the operator predicts the timing and location of the container release according to the amplitude and duration of the Spreader’s swing. This allows for precise container placement even while the Spreader is still in motion.

Automatic container release for external containers

HIRI FUTURE uses machine self-learning to simulate the operational thinking and methods of gantry crane operators. After being trained on a massive dataset, the equipment acquires The ability to “perceive” real-time operational status and “decide” when and where to place containers. It can achieve operational efficiency that is no less than that of manual operations and supports automatic container placement for external container trucks. Henceforth, during the final step of automated operations—when external container trucks place containers—the process will no longer require any manual intervention.

Automatic container release for internal collection.

NO. 2 Ready!

Supports centimeter-level positioning for external container tracking.

Traditional laser-based solutions struggle to achieve precise positioning of the four locking feet—or even eight locking feet—of external container trucks in yard bridge operation scenarios, thus making it impossible to accurately locate and guide these external container trucks.

HIRI FUTURE employs an AI visual solution—the front-end camera. Real-time acquisition of key position information such as container chassis and locking pins. Based on the difference between the precise operating position of the gantry crane and the location of the container truck, accurate parking position information is fed back to the front end via dual instructions—visual and voice. Accurately guide the container truck driver to park the vehicle at the exact operational location. 。

The external container truck driver parks accurately according to the guidance.

NO. 3 Stable!

Spreader Intelligent Anti-Sway Pro Max Edition

Spreader anti-sway is the foundation for achieving automated operations. During the horizontal movement of the container by the gantry crane's spreader, due to... Wind speed, Due to factors such as inertia and velocity differences, the Spreader continues to swing to some extent even after reaching the designated position. Therefore, to achieve automated operations, it is essential to address the issue of Spreader swinging.

Demonstration of the Spreader's Intelligent Anti-Sway Effect

HIRI FUTURE through Two-stage intelligent control—open-loop and closed-loop—enables movement from the current position to the target position. Spreader Amplitude does not exceed ±3 cm. And based on the existing foundation, the anti-sway theory has been upgraded—front-end cameras detect the Spreader’s attitude in real time, upgrading the Spreader’s “anti-sway” function to “anti-swing.” Control the amplitude of the Spreader's swing from four horizontal directions: front, back, left, and right. Thus achieving a more precise anti-rolling effect.

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