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vs. Seegrid

Somebody on your floor spends the shift driving carts back and forth. Seegrid's Tow Tractor S7 and Cyngn's Autonomous DriveMod Tugger both take that job. Here's how they compare on what the vehicle does, what it takes to deploy, and who supports it after.

Seegrid Deployment

18 week lead time

Seegrid runs a four-phase engagement. Application engineers assess your facility and set a deployment strategy, a readiness phase prepares your layout and your staff for the vehicles, implementation engineers manage the install on site, and a support team takes over after. Four engineering roles touch the account.

Cyngn Deployment

Try one route first, on your floor, in under a month

You pick a route you already run. We come out, map it, set the stops, and train your team on safe operation. Then we stay on site until it's running the way you expected, and after that we're your support line. One route, one monthly payment, no capital request to find out whether it works on your floor.

Your team dispatches both remotely. What changes is who starts the work. Seegrid ties it to your systems, so a scanner or a conveyor can raise a job and the queue picks a truck. Cyngn puts a tablet at the pick-up station, so the person who needs the cart sends for it and gets on with their day.

Both give you

Missions built without code

Deploy from a desk, anywhere

Queue a full shift at once

Change routes yourself in the software, no engineer

Manual control when you want it

Live status and location

Battery monitoring

Throughput and cycle-time metrics

Run several from one place

Cyngn

Two channels. The truck is a heavy-duty Motrec, so brakes, tires, drivetrain and battery go through the Motrec dealer network. The autonomy is on us, kept running by a U.S.-based team that knows your deployment.

Seegrid

One channel. The S7 is purpose-built, so mechanical faults and autonomy faults both route to Seegrid, and a technician travels to your site.

What you get either way

Preventative maintenance
Support included, no separate service contract
Software updates
Tiered issue resolution
A named team on the account

Picking the Right Truck to Automate

Why a Tugger and Not a Fourth Forklift

A tugger runs the whole back-and-forth, drops its own carts, and moves among everything else on your floor so the rest of your fleet stays on the work it's built for.

Map a week of material movement across your floor plan and the picture tends to come back the same: trucks crossing the same ground over and over, most of them carrying one load at a time. Lifting is what a forklift is built for. The haul in between is a different job.

See the spaghetti map breakdown

Spaghetti map of a plant floor showing material movement paths crossing the same ground repeatedly

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What to Consider When Choosing an Autonomous Vehicle Solution

Bringing self-driving vehicles to your business should be a quick and easy process. Look for a solution that can be seamlessly integrated into your existing infrastructure and comes with a dedicated engineering team that works with you to meet your unique business requirements.

If you would like to invest in AVs that have been proven and long-established in the market, it is best to work with legacy OEM vehicle types. Consider the maintenance requirements, reputation, and quantifiable performance for new entrants vs. a time-tested industrial vehicle brand.

Every aspect of a provider’s AV technology should be designed with safety in mind.
This is why it’s crucial that you ask about the system’s sensors, communication lights, and redundancies that will keep your employees and your assets out of harm’s way.

If you’re worried about the expense or complexity of implementing this technology, then it’s important to consider a flexible, subscription-based model. This allows you to pay fees on a monthly basis, rather than purchasing your autonomous vehicles outright.

See What Our Customers Are Saying

Kenn Morris | VP at Global Logistics & Fulfillment

"The bottom line is DriveMod has made us more productive. Instead of manually moving goods through the warehouse, our team can stay focused on picking, packing, and other high-value assignments."

Joseph Peterson | GM & Plant Manager at Flambeau

"Cyngn unlocks the potential for us to increase throughput and decrease time to market from the manufacturing floor. We’re excited for increased profitability and to get to market faster than competitors."

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