Tachyon (Tircgo) AMR Series

Tachyon (Taiwan Tircgo Technology, in Chinese 台灣塔奇恩科技) is a Taichung-based company that describes itself as Taiwan's first self-branded intelligent mobile robot maker, focused on AGV and AMR design and manufacturing. It also offers customized robots, distributed manufacturing systems and smart conveyors for small and mid-sized manufacturers.

The AMR range includes Easy-to-Move (about 100 kg, 50 x 60 cm footprint), Hercules (100 to 500 kg, with lifting, towing and roller transfer), Potential Shield (300 to 700 kg, about 30 cm high) and a collaborative model with robot arms for semiconductor front-end processes. A 3D vision engine and automatic traffic scheduling support cross-floor transport and multi-robot passing.

• Easy-to-Move: narrow-aisle AMR with about 100 kg payload and automatic rack lifting.
• Hercules: 100 to 500 kg payload with lifting, towing and roller-based transfer.
• Potential Shield: low-profile body about 30 cm high carrying 300 to 700 kg.
• Collaborative model: robot arm fitted for semiconductor front-end items up to 10 kg.
• Traffic scheduling: automatic passing control to reduce waiting on single-lane routes.
• Cross-floor transport: elevator and access-controlled area support.

Supplying materials to line-side stations in PCB and electronics assembly plants within 30 minutes. Moving semi-finished goods between processes in automotive parts factories. Cross-floor material transport in food plants with controlled access zones.

Company-reported results include 100 percent production schedule execution and 50 percent less machine idle time at an IC testing plant. An automotive parts plant reported a 90 percent increase in direct semi-finished goods transfer and 60 percent less storage space. A seasoning food plant reported 50 percent efficiency gain and 60 percent less handling manpower. Figures come from the vendor's own case summaries.

Labor shortages and rising costs in manufacturing push small and mid-sized plants in Taiwan and Southeast Asia toward flexible automation that avoids large line rebuilds. Taiwanese AMR makers serve electronics, PCB and semiconductor supply chains that are also expanding in Vietnam.

Based in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. Received the 2019 Forward-Looking Innovation Award from the Central Taiwan Science Park and was named among Taiwan's top startups by a local media outlet. The company history page refers to 2016 as its first year.