Welcome to the Era of Autonomous Material Handling

Hangcha autonomous forklift in a warehouse aisle

Traditional AGVs follow predefined paths: you tell them where to go, and they move. Autonomous forklifts are different. You define what needs to be achieved, and they understand the environment, make decisions, and determine how to get it done.

Hangcha has unveiled a complete lineup of autonomous forklifts, from flexible indoor handling to demanding outdoor operations. It covers 3-wheel and 4-wheel counterbalanced forklifts, reach trucks for high-level storage up to 8 meters, pallet trucks for high-frequency transport, and stackers for efficient stacking.

A unified platform integrates 3D LiDAR, multi-camera vision, and cloud-edge collaborative AI. The trucks recognize operating areas and dynamic obstacles without floor markings, accept natural-language task instructions, identify pallets and storage locations when the view is blocked, and adapt to soft packaging, mixed loads, and complex logistics scenes.

A proactive safety system aims for 360° perception and prediction, shifting safety from passive protection to active prevention. The future of material handling is not just automated. It is machines that understand, decide, and act.