Robotic Forklifts Victoria

Victoria houses Australia's most concentrated industrial precincts — Truganina alone covers more than 1,400 hectares of distribution centres, making it the single largest warehousing zone in the southern hemisphere. Robots Now! is headquartered in Dandenong with field engineering coverage across all of Victoria, from the Geelong Ring Road precincts to the Hume corridor.

Victoria's Industrial Geography

Unlike NSW where logistics is concentrated in Western Sydney, Victorian warehousing spreads across four discrete corridors, each with distinctive operational profiles:

• Western corridor — Truganina, Laverton North, Derrimut, Altona North. The biggest single concentration of DCs in Australia, dominated by FMCG and 3PL.
• South-eastern corridor — Dandenong South, Keysborough, Hallam, Lyndhurst. Manufacturing, automotive components, and import distribution.
• Northern corridor — Epping, Somerton, Campbellfield, Tullamarine. Air-freight handling, food processing, and the new Beveridge Inland Rail terminal.
• Geelong/Western Victoria — North Geelong, Lara, Avalon. Port logistics, manufacturing, and growing fulfilment capacity.

Why Victoria Has Different Automation Drivers

WorkSafe Victoria Compliance

WorkSafe Victoria treats powered industrial trucks under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 as plant. The Victorian regulator has been more active than other states in publishing guidance on driverless trucks, including the Compliance Code: Plant updates referencing autonomous mobile robots. Our Victorian deployments include WorkSafe-aligned safety case documentation, including:

• Risk assessment per AS/NZS 4024.1 functional safety integrated with AS/NZS ISO 3691-4 driverless truck requirements
• Operator and bystander training records
• Verification reports for the safety-rated functions: emergency stop, obstacle detection, speed limitation
• Maintenance schedules aligned with manufacturer-specified inspection intervals

Victorian Customer Profile

Typical Victorian deployments range from 4-vehicle pilot fleets (often a Truganina 3PL trial) up to 30+ vehicle multi-site fleets serving FMCG networks. The state's mature manufacturing base and high-density warehousing concentration mean Victorian customers tend to integrate autonomous forklifts with WMS, MES, and conveyor systems in single deployments — a tighter integration profile than other states.

Recommended Victorian Fleet Configurations