M4 Robot Fleet Management System

Standard Dispatch + Falcon Task Customization = Actual Business

Robot dispatching can only achieve relatively standard functions, such as robot control, order dispatch, path planning, traffic control, and management of key devices like doors and elevators. However, actual business requirements are often non-standard, especially in industrial scenarios where each site's logistics needs are highly differentiated. M4 Falcon Task extends system capabilities through Python scripting and integrates with M4 QuickFleet, enabling visual orchestration of business processes to realize various non-standard requirements. For example, interacting with PLCs such as roller lines before picking up goods, notifying a third-party system after unloading, choosing different destinations based on device availability, or customizing complex storage bin selection logic according to cargo types.

In addition, with advanced features such as progress monitoring, global pause, fault recovery, and crash recovery, Falcon Task makes business operations more transparent and stable.

What is Falcon Task?

Falcon Task is a low-code task engine within the M4 system. It supports editing task action sequences through a visual interface, allowing users to quickly build complex business flows in a 'building block' style. It not only enables point-to-point transport but also handles complex business processes such as loop processing, parallel processing, multi-point transport, multi-robot collaboration, system interaction, device control, and warehouse inventory logic, like scheduled loading/unloading, replenishing empty pallets, and PLC device integration.

Falcon Task + Dispatch System Makes Automated Logistics More Flexible, Robust, and Easy to Use

Building Flexible Automated Logistics

Falcon Task not only provides powerful automated process execution capabilities but also supports inserting manual intervention steps into tasks. Users can add manual decision nodes after critical points of robot operation (such as delivery confirmation, storage location determination, or handling overweight items). By obtaining instructions from operators, the system enables more flexible and intelligent human-machine collaboration. At the same time, Falcon Task also supports viewing, managing, and orchestrating tasks on mobile devices, allowing users to operate anytime, anywhere.

The system also supports defining global control variables. With just one modification, all Falcon Tasks referencing that variable are automatically updated, eliminating the need for multiple changes. This helps users easily adapt to environment switching (such as switching between test and production systems) and business scenario changes (such as different shifts or production line processes), greatly improving deployment and management flexibility.

Falcon Task also features strong unified integration capabilities. It can dispatch SEER's full series of robots as well as control diverse PLC devices such as stackers, roller lines, robotic arms, packing machines, and scanners. This truly achieves 'comprehensive management' of on-site logistics devices, significantly boosting overall operational efficiency.

Outstanding System Performance

Falcon Task features robust crash recovery capabilities, ensuring that after a system failure (e.g., power outage, bug), tasks can be precisely resumed from the interruption point without manual intervention or restarting from the beginning, more stable and user-friendly than traditional multi-server backup solutions.

The system supports high concurrency with up to 100,000 tasks running simultaneously, maintaining smooth and stable performance even during peak business periods. Through the visual monitoring interface, users can gain real-time insights into the status of each task component. Once an exception occurs, the system immediately issues an alert and pinpoints the root cause without the need to review lengthy logs, reducing the technical threshold for operations and maintenance and significantly shortening troubleshooting time.

From the initial design, Falcon Task has deeply integrated the engineering concept of process pausing and resuming. Users do not need to predefine complex logic in code to handle real-world scenarios such as personnel handover or device maintenance that require temporary task suspension.

Out-of-the-Box, Easy-to-Use for Complex Tasks

By simply dragging and dropping component blocks and configuring parameters, users can build task processes without extensive script editing, reducing the on-site skill barrier. Falcon Task also provides rich business templates, supporting cross-task component copying, task nesting, one-click restoration of historical versions, and version comparison—greatly improving user convenience. Project customization cycles can be reduced by 50%, while costs can be lowered by 50%–80%.

Falcon Task Application Scenarios

Multi-business, Multi-process, Multi-step, Multi-building, Multi-floor, Multi-container, Multi-device, Multi-system

Raw material inbound/outbound and defective product return process

Rich Business Templates and Component Library

Extensive Business Template Repository

With nearly a decade of experience across more than 500 projects, SEER has accumulated a vast number of customer application scenarios, most of which have been realized through Falcon Task. As a result, no matter how complex the customer's needs, most requirements can be addressed by existing Falcon Task templates at SEER, which can be quickly adapted to specific business needs through modifications.

Embedded Multi-Dimensional Components

The Falcon Task editor embeds a wide range of components. Beyond basic components, it also includes dimensions such as dispatching, inventory, containers, PLC, conditions, and loops. Examples include creating dispatch orders, moving inventory by container, Modbus reading, and repeat execution. These components support diverse and complex business logic requirements.

Support for Custom Falcon Task Components

Although Falcon Task provides a rich set of business templates and components, it does not cover all scenarios. Falcon Task supports user-defined components, enabling script editing in the code editor to meet personalized component requirements. It also supports Python syntax highlighting and prompts.