PLC Smart Logistics Cell — Conveyor · Arm · AGV · AMR Automation Kit

A complete, working end-to-end material-handling cell — the system real warehouses run, at desktop scale. A cube travels a conveyor, is picked by a robotic arm, rides a line-following AGV, is transferred by a second arm, then delivered by an autonomously-navigating AMR — all orchestrated by a PLC.

What's included
- Motorized conveyor belt with guide rails + IR object sensor
- AGV (automated guided vehicle) — line-following mobile base with sensor array
- AMR (autonomous mobile robot) — LiDAR-based self-navigating base
- Robotic arm(s) with suction pick-and-place end effector from Elephant Robotics
- Full sensor suite: IR, line-sensor array, 2D LiDAR, 2D/3D camera
- PLC + controllers (ESP32 / Raspberry Pi), wiring, and power

What it does
- End-to-end automated flow: conveyor → arm → AGV → arm → AMR → destination
- Autonomous navigation (LiDAR SLAM + Nav2) and line-following
- Vision-guided picking (2D + 3D)
- Multi-robot coordination over MQTT with PLC handshakes

Built on industry-real, open tooling
ROS 2 · Nav2 · OpenPLC · MQTT — the actual stack used in modern automation, not a proprietary black box.

Who it's for
Schools, colleges, and training centers teaching automation & robotics; STEM labs, maker spaces, and competition teams; anyone learning ROS 2 / PLC / mobile robotics hands-on. Pairs with the PathOn Smart Logistics Cell course & syllabus.