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Material Mover

Flo MobilityMaterial Handling & Transport

Autonomous electric site hauler for horizontal and last-mile material runs

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Deployments: 5
Companies that ran it

How it works on your site

The Material Mover is a compact, battery-powered autonomous vehicle that transports construction materials point-to-point across job sites using camera-based navigation and an auto-dumping mechanism. It covers horizontal transport and last-mile delivery into hoists for multi-story sites; loading, unloading, and vertical lift operation stay with the crew. The Material Mover has been shipping since 2024, on residential, industrial and airport infrastructure projects in India, with early trials in the UAE.

Horizontal Transport

The Material Mover runs pre-programmed routes between stations, picks up loaded material at one point and auto-dumps at the destination. The 4-wheel-drive electric drivetrain handles construction-site terrain at gradients up to 12 degrees while fully loaded at 500 kg. Crew continues to load material onto the dumper and handle any vertical transport beyond hoist entry.

Last-Mile Delivery

The robot's compact chassis fits into hoists and construction lift entries for multi-story delivery.

Receiving & Staging

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Field outcomes

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Larsen and Toubro was among the construction companies using FLO Mobility's Material Mover, an autonomous electric wheelbarrow, which was presented at an event at Bhogapuram Airport attended by Larsen and Toubro representatives.

Multiple (incl. Bhogapuram Airport), India

Material MoverLarsen and Toubro

Who has run it

6 deployments · 5 companies · 2 countries

Will it work on your site

Surface: Unstructured construction site terrain
Payload: Up to 1.5 tonnesEarlier reporting (Nov 2025) cited 0.5-tonne; 1.5 t figure appears in May 2026 funding-round press coverage across multiple outlets. May reflect product-line expansion.
Gradient: 12 degrees fully loaded
Drivetrain: 4-wheel drive electric
Power: Battery, 6 to 8 hours runtimeSwappable batteries
Connectivity: 4G communication channelOnboard processing runs locally; 4G used for fleet communication, not real-time autonomy.

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Navigation: Multi-sensor: camera, RTK GPS, inertial sensors, LiDAR, sonarCamera-primary design; SPDA (sense, perceive, decide, actuate) cycle runs onboard dozens of times per second.
Site preparation: Pre-programmed stations required
Geographic support: India (60+ robots across 10 states); Dubai and Abu Dhabi (early deployments)
Throughput: Up to 95% more trips than manual labor; vendor reports six-fold output increaseRelative to manual wheelbarrow crews; absolute tonnes-per-hour figure not published.

As the maker states it.