Fundamental Modules
Industrial PC
The core Cranium platform combines a Field-proven IPC with powerful software, including real-time crane monitoring and safe firmware upgrades. It is the required dependency for any other module.
Bridge Crane
The module for modern automation and advanced anti-sway of overhead cranes. It works out of the box but offers various parameters to fine-tune control behavior and trajectory.
Rotary Crane
This module extends Cranium to enable advanced automation for rotary cranes, including open- and closed-loop anti-sway. It also offers load control in intuitive Cartesian coordinates.
Track Control
This extension for overhead and portal cranes minimizes wear on wheel flanges and rails by centering the running wheels on the rail. The module can also be used for synchronization of both crane sides.
Reliable Sensors
Camera
Cranium's standard solution to realize closed-loop feedback for anti-sway and automation algorithms is a robust industry camera used for diagonal pull detection and follow-me.
Laser
The base module is ready to be extended with an infrared 2D laser to measure the load pendulum and geometry as an alternative to the camera, especially for outdoor applications.
Advanced Functionality
Areas and Obstacles
In addition to automatic paths already included in the base modules, this module offers comfortable possibilities and interfaces for defining and controlling static obstacles and velocity areas.
Navigation
Based on defined and scanned obstacles, Cranium applies cutting-edge 3D pathfinding algorithms to find the optimal and safe trajectory to a reachable given target position in real-time.
Load Collision Prevention
With the lidar sensors, Cranium scans the area around the load. It uses the resulting environment maps to implement advanced 3D pattern matching to avoid dynamic obstacles.