Balyo offers a variety of truck-based solutions.

Hyster-Yale Group has entered into a preferred vendor co-operation agreement with robotics specialist Balyo Inc. to market self-guided trucks in North America.

Through this agreement, Hyster-Yale Group, the manufacturer of Hyster and Yale forklifts, will broaden its capabilities by offering robotic high-productivity solutions for the materials handling industry, while Balyo aims to accelerate adoption of its innovative robotic solutions.

The Balyo technology enables trucks to navigate without the help of any reflectors, wires or magnets. Instead, the technology selects structural elements of the facility to build a map. Once the map is created, each self-guided truck compares, in real time, what its navigation module sees against the stored map, allowing the truck to self-locate and move along its intended path.

Balyo, based in Massachusetts, is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Balyo SA, a French company headquartered in Moissy-Cramayel. Balyo specialises in the design, engineering and manufacturing of autonomous driving forklifts based on standard trucks.