AMR, AGV & Intralogistics Automation worked example

Charging Station Count Capacity Calculator at 99% charging station uptime: a worked example

This scenario runs the charging station count capacity calculator calculation on the strong side: 99% charging station uptime, with every other input held at its documented default. an automation engineer needs to check whether charger capacity supports the planned robot fleet

The inputs for this scenario

  • Robots charged per charger cycle: 6 robots/cycle (unchanged)
  • Charger cycles available per day: 30 cycles/day (unchanged)
  • Charging station uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 96)
  • Successful charge completion rate: 95 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross charging station capacity = robots served per charger cycle × available charger cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 169 charge events/day for successful robot charge capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 180 charge events/day for gross charging station capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.8 charge events/day for charge events lost to charger downtime.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.91 charge events/day for charge events lost to charge exceptions.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where charging station uptime sits at 96% and the headline result is 164 charge events/day, this scenario comes in 3.13% above the baseline at 169 charge events/day.
  • Use it when sizing how many chargers a fleet needs, validating opportunity-charging schedules, or diagnosing why robots run low despite available chargers. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Successful robot charge capacity: 169 charge events/day (headline result)
  • Gross charging station capacity: 180 charge events/day
  • Charge events lost to charger downtime: 1.8 charge events/day
  • Charge events lost to charge exceptions: 8.91 charge events/day

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Charging Station Count Capacity Calculator calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.