AGILOX OCF

What it's for

The AGILOX OCF is a counterbalance pallet stacker in the AMR (autonomous mobile robot) class from Austria's AGILOX Automation, meant for moving heavy pallets from the line to the shipping area. The manufacturer quotes a payload of up to 1,500 kg and a speed of up to 1.4 m/s. The drive is electric, and the fleet is run by the X-SWARM system: the vehicles communicate with each other without a central computer, so adding another unit does not require a bigger server.

In a factory the OCF carries heavy pallets between production stations, the semi-finished goods store and the shipping area, wherever the route repeats and the load is heavy. In a warehouse it suits moving pallets over longer distances and feeding production lines. In retail it could serve a retail chain's central warehouses, but that use is not backed by a confirmed deployment.

Only one application is listed: a counterbalance pallet truck for heavy loads. We have no data on the robot's height, weight or battery runtime for this model. The company touts fast charging of its LiFePO4 batteries in general, in as little as about 3 minutes, according to AGILOX's product description, but without confirmation that it applies to the OCF specifically, so ask about it when you request a quote. For an overview of the whole class of mobile robots, see the article “AMR Robots in the Warehouse”.

Who it's for

Best suited to: industrial plants and warehouses that regularly move heavy pallets along fixed routes, have the resources for a rollout and want a local partner. In Poland that partner is ASTOR Sp. z o.o., the authorized distributor with a showroom in Krakow, so you can see the robot before buying. It also suits companies that want to build up in stages: the swarm architecture lets you start with a few units.

A poor fit: small firms with a single pallet a day, where the cost of deployment will not pay back. Not for light loads either: up to 300 kg the compact AGILOX ODM is enough, and for a few dozen kilograms smaller machines will do. Not for sites with very narrow racking aisles, where an autonomous forklift such as the AGILOX OFL is the better choice. And not for buyers who want to know the price up front: the OCF is priced individually.

Deployments

We know that ASTOR runs a showroom in Krakow and is the official distributor, but we have no reliable source listing Polish plants that use this model, so we name no one. By its own figures ASTOR serves more than 9,000 companies; that does not mean all of them use AGILOX.

Worldwide, the manufacturer claims more than 2,000 AMRs deployed at customers such as Siemens, BMW, Bosch and Daimler; those figures cover the whole range, not only the OCF. For context on the category: heavy pallet AMRs are also offered by Omron (HD-1500) and OTTO Motors (OTTO 1500). We cover domestic availability in the overview “Polish Robotics Companies”.

The closest option in the same portfolio is the AGILOX OFL, an autonomous forklift with independently controlled forks. Choose it if you need to put pallets away on racking rather than just move them across the floor.

Among competitors with a similar payload is the Omron HD-1500, a Japanese pallet AMR rated to 1,500 kg, with no weight or price given. If you need still more, the OTTO 1500 carries up to 1,900 kg at 2 m/s and runs up to 10 hours on a battery, though it weighs 627 kg.

For lighter loads, a good reference point is the MiR600 (up to 600 kg, 2 m/s, price on request), and lighter still the MiR250 at up to 250 kg. If 1,500 kg is more than you need, start with those and compare the cost per pallet.

AGILOX Automation GmbH of Leonding, Austria, has been operating since 2015. Among its customers the manufacturer names Siemens, BMW, Bosch and Daimler, and on agilox.net it claims more than 2,000 AMRs deployed worldwide. In Poland the robot has been offered since 2024 by ASTOR Sp. z o.o., which runs the "ASTOR Robotics Center" showroom in Krakow. For the OCF itself we have no launch date or recorded generations, so we give no version numbers. What we do know is that the model is on sale and that its distinguishing feature is the counterbalance design, which allows it to carry 1,500 kg. The AGILOX family comprises four models: OCF, ODM, OFL and AGILOX ONE.