Extending the NAiSE Robot Network with Linde Material Handling AGVs
NAiSE continues to expand its intralogistics ecosystem by integrating a wide range of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to create fully connected, intelligent fleets. By collaborating with Linde Material Handling (MH), NAiSE now brings the versatile L-MATIC HD k, L-MATIC core, L-MATIC AC k, and R-MATIC k into its platform, enabling seamless coordination across mixed fleets of automated and manual vehicles. This collaboration reinforces our commitment to flexible, efficient, and scalable intralogistics solutions for modern warehouses and production facilities.
The Need for Mixed-Fleet Compatibility
Modern industrial facilities increasingly rely on robots of varying sizes and capabilities. With payloads ranging from 1,200 kg up to 2,300 kg and lifting heights 0 up to 10 meters, Linde’s MH AGVs cover a wide range of material handling tasks. Integrating these robots with the NAiSE Intralogistics Platform addresses key challenges:
- Coordinating automated and manually operated vehicles with an independent and unbiased fleet control system
- Ensuring the same safety in complex, dynamic environments like the software of the AGV manufacturer Linde MH
- Providing full transparency of operations
- Interoperability via VDA 5050 compliance.
This ensures smooth collaboration in mixed fleets with AGVs of different manufacturers, optimizing workflows and reducing operational complexity.
Enhancing Operational Efficiency
By adding Linde MH AGVs to the NAiSE Robot Network, customers benefit from:
- Automated Mission Execution: Streamlined workflows with minimal manual intervention
- Real-Time Fleet Coordination: Seamless collaboration across all vehicles
- Full Operational Visibility: Insights into robot status, task progress, and efficiency
- VDA 5050 Interoperability: Immediate compatibility with compliant robots and future-proof integration.
This integration solves real-world intralogistics challenges, allowing industries to deploy reliable robots that fit complex workflows while improving efficiency, safety, and scalability.
Linde MH AGVs
L-MATIC HD k
- Payload: 1,600 kg | Max Height: 3.5 m | Max Speed: 7.2 km/h
- Hybrid navigation (LiDAR & reflectors), follows predefined paths
- Safety: 360° scanner, optical/acoustic signals, 2D laser curtain, emergency stop, collision avoidance
- Transports pallets, mesh boxes, or other forkable items
- Optional: 1D/2D verification scanner, use-case attachments
L-MATIC core
- Payload: 1,200 kg | Max Height: 1.84 m | Max Speed: 7.2 km/h
- Hybrid navigation, predefined paths
- Same safety features as above
- Optional: 1D/2D scanner, use-case attachments
L-MATIC AC k
- Payload: 1,400 kg | Max Height: 3.8 m | Max Speed: 7.2 km/h
- Hybrid navigation, predefined paths
- Safety as above
- Optional: 1D/2D scanner, use-case attachments, cantilever forklift
R-MATIC k
- Payload: 2,300 kg | Max Height: 10 m | Max Speed: 7.2 km/h
- Hybrid navigation, predefined paths
- Safety as above
- Optional: 1D/2D scanner, use-case attachments, cantilever forklift
The NAiSE ecosystem is an additional way to integrate Linde MH AGVs in a fully connected fleet, providing real-time task management, traffic optimization, and detailed operational insights.
Experts’ Perspective
“The collaboration with NAiSE on VDA 5050 has been straightforward and highly collaborative. As a result, the Linde MH AGVs are now fully integrated into the NAISE intralogistics platform giving our customers the chance to opt for an independent/unbiased fleet control system”
Louis Vieira, Head of Sales Automation & Intralogistics Linde MH Germany.
About NAiSE solution
The NAiSE Intralogistics Platform is a unified, manufacturer-independent software solution for complete intralogistics control. It integrates Fleet, Traffic, Order, and Warehouse Management modules to digitalize and automate material flow. Its intuitive, DIY-oriented design enables real-time coordination of autonomous and manually operated vehicles — ensuring transparency, flexibility, and efficiency for modern industrial operations.
About Linde Material Handling
Linde Material Handling (MH) is a global intralogistics company and part of KION GROUP AG. From 2023 to 2025, the company generated an average annual revenue of approximately EUR 5.4 billion. Linde MH and its network partners have a collective global sales and service workforce of around 9,400 professionals, ensuring close customer proximity with around 700 locations spanning all continents. Since its establishment 122 years ago, Linde MH has evolved into a comprehensive provider of material flow solutions, offering a diverse range of products and services. These include counterbalance trucks with load capacities of up to 18 tons, manual and automated warehouse and systems technology equipment, mobile robots and explosion-protected industrial trucks, as well as a growing portfolio of software solutions, consulting and other services. The Linde brand represents maximum performance, achieved by technical innovation, superior standards in driver ergonomics and safety, and a broad range of energy options, along with customized offerings that seamlessly align with customers’ needs.