The roboport shows the orange logistic coverage and the green construction coverage when held in the cursor or hovered after placing. The basic thing needed for item transportation is roboports.

Supply area 50×50 tiles (orange) Construction area 110×110 tiles (green) After researching logistic robotics, they can configure an amount of items and logistic robots will start to move the specified items from the network to the character's inventory. The player character can also act as requester chest in the logistic network, allowing them to 'request' various items be kept at a set limit within their personal inventory. However, robots offer much higher mobility, since they can fly over obstacles in a beeline. Click here for a larger image.Ī logistic network is a series of different logistics chests and logistic robots all covered by one or more connected roboports.ĭepending on the type and configuration of the chests and area of the logistic network the robots will transport items between these chests as a power-hungry alternative to moving items manually, or by belts or railway.

Logistics robots are ideal in train stations, since very high item throughput on a short distance is needed. The train delivers items that are filled into active provider chests and then put into the requester chests to be loaded onto belts. This gif shows how robots can load or unload chests in a train station.