Vehicle Autonomy Kit

Scout

drive-by-wire. multibrand.

Industrial autonomy for the world's toughest environments: no infrastructure changes and 24/7 operation. Charging is autonomous as well, so the vehicle keeps itself running.

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Hours driven autonomously
5
Vehicle brands supported
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Infrastructure changes: no reflectors, no tags
1 kit
Forklifts, tractors and smelter AMRs, on the same kit
At a glance
agnostic by design

One kit that fits every machine.

Scout is an agnostic autonomy kit. It operates indoors and out, handles different loads and tasks, and navigates naturally on what is already there. Nothing is added to your site: no reflectors, no tags.

Environment
Indoor & out
Aisles, loading bays and open fields; rain, dust, fog and total darkness, without reconfiguration.
Navigation
Natural
Scout maps your site itself and localizes on what is already there. When the environment changes, it adapts, the way a human driver would.
Infrastructure
None
No reflectors, no tags. Nothing to install on your site, and nothing to maintain.
Capabilities

Built for the real world.

Navigation, perception and safety are three separate layers of Scout, and they work together on every move: the route adapts as the floor changes, perception keeps working when the conditions turn, and safety keeps its own eyes on the area throughout.

Scout builds its own 3D map and drives the vehicle through it. When the environment changes, the vehicle adapts.

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Natural navigationScout drives on its own 3D map of your site. A pallet in the aisle, a moved rack, a closed gate: the vehicle adapts, like a human driver would.
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Sensor fusionCombines LiDAR, odometry, inertial and camera data into one estimate, so accuracy holds in every condition, from a dark hall to an open field.
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Task executionLifting and placing loads. Docking to charge. Skimming and tending. Field work with implements. One kit, many tasks.
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IntegrationConnects to the vehicle and to your systems over the protocols you already use: CAN, VDA 5050, MODBUS, OPC UA and more. One integration for different vehicle types, tasks and environments.

Scout knows where the vehicle is in any situation, indoors or out, and understands the objects around it: what to avoid, what to pick up and where to put it down.

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Indoor & outdoorTransitions seamlessly between warehouse aisles, loading bays, outdoor yards and open fields.
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Infrastructure-free localizationLocalizes in any situation by combining the right sensors for it. No reflectors, no tags, no changes to your site.
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Rain, dust, fog & darknessOperates in rain, dust, fog, mild snow and total darkness. When conditions get too rough, the vehicle acts safe: it notifies and waits.
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Object detection & obstacle avoidanceDetects people, vehicles and objects and drives around them. Object detection also handles different loads: stacking, and picking up from positions where a manual operator placed the object.

Safety is layered. The safety LiDAR is the first line of defense, not the whole answer: further safety systems are integrated on top of it, matched to the situation and the environment, and the protective fields adapt during operation, so the vehicle stays safe without unnecessary standstills.

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First line of defenseAn independent safety LiDAR with its own protective stop, separate from the autonomy stack.
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Layered to the environmentFurther safety systems, bumpers, extra scanners and zone controls, are integrated where the site asks for it, so the safety setup matches the operation.
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Adaptive safety fieldsProtective fields adjust during operation: narrow in a tight aisle, wide in open space. Safe, without stopping for nothing.
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Manual override at any momentThe operator can take the wheel whenever they choose, and the vehicle hands back control cleanly.
How it works

Sees. Decides. Acts.

A forklift AMR approaches a stack, keeps watch on its surroundings with the safety scanner, aligns to the pallet, lifts it and drives it away. Then it does it again. The panel below is a simplified view of that loop.

Scout · AMR-01 LIVE  --:--:--
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Mode
APPROACHING
Status
STACK-A
Target
CLEAR
Safety field
What it does

From map to mission.

Scout maps the site, drives the vehicle, keeps it charged and takes its missions from Compass. Four things, running on their own, around the clock.

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Maps the site

The vehicle drives the site once and builds its own 3D map from LiDAR, with GPS supported where it adds value. Nothing to install on the site.

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Controls the vehicle

Driving, routing around obstacles and people, and the task itself: lifting, placing, skimming, tending, or working a field with an implement.

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Charges autonomously

The vehicle plans its own charging around the work, docks itself and returns, so operation runs 24/7 without anyone plugging it in.

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Takes control from Compass

Orders, routes and fleet coordination come from Compass, self-hosted or in the cloud, with every decision orchestrated by Polaris.

A tractor running Scout working a field on its own, seen from above
A tractor on Scout, working the field on its own.
Where this goes
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Autonomy that fits the site, not the other way round.

Most automation asks the site to change first: tags on the floor, reflectors on the walls, fixed routes. Scout needs none of that. It learns the environment as it is, and keeps adapting as it changes.Quantillion
  1. Start with one repetitive task, where the kit can prove itself and generate the biggest value.
  2. Prove itself in 24/7 operation, and extend the life of your equipment: an AMR drives with care, every shift.
  3. Expand to more complex tasks, then to an orchestrated plant: AMRs working alongside people and the whole production, coordinated by Compass and Polaris.
In use

One kit.
Different machines.

Scout is vehicle-agnostic: it retrofits to any drive-by-wire chassis, indoors or out. Two machines running it today:

Example 01 · Industry & warehousing

The autonomous forklift

Fitted to a standard counterbalance forklift, the kit takes over driving and load handling. All standard mast operations are available to the autonomy system, executed with the same precision and smoothness as the driving itself.

  • Lift, lower, tilt and side-shift under autonomy
  • Pallet detection and fork alignment
  • Operates in aisles, loading bays and outdoor yards
  • Manual override at any moment
Example 02 · Agriculture

The autonomous tractor

The tractor is built by a leading European agricultural robotics manufacturer. Quantillion provides the autonomy layer: Scout handles precise positioning, obstacle detection and path execution in real field conditions.

  • Row-accurate positioning without field markers
  • Obstacle detection in crop and open terrain
  • Runs through dust, rain and low light
  • No fixed infrastructure in the field

The same kit on both machines. Only the vehicle underneath differs.

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Forklift AMRs

Logistics & Warehousing

Forklift AMRs moving pallets on site: picking up from the conveyor and moving between storage, production and dispatch, indoors and out, around the clock.

Scout
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Smelter AMRs

Aluminium

AMRs that move molten metal and carbon blocks, skim and tend the furnaces, and move finished products through the plant.

Scout · Compass
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Autonomous tractor

Agriculture

An electric tractor from a leading European agricultural robotics manufacturer operates multiple implements and runs different types of field operations: mowing, power harrowing, cultivating, seeding and transport, without a driver.

Scout
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