An automated warehouse, comprising: at least one main path, a plurality of secondary paths transversal to the main path with a plurality of storage stations arranged along the secondary paths; at least one main vehicle with electric traction, movable along the main path; at least one auxiliary vehicle with electric traction powered by a battery and/or supercapacitor, movable along the secondary paths and transportable by the main vehicle; at least one access point at a fixed position in the warehouse; each main and auxiliary vehicle (20, 30) having installed: a wireless device (21, 31) arranged to receive and send wireless signals; a respective control unit (22, 32) with associated safety modules including a respective safety-certified watchdog timer (23, 33) characterized in that the control unit (22, 32) includes a counter; wherein the wireless device (21, 31) on each vehicle is arranged to send, directly or indirectly to the access point, at predetermined time intervals, check signals containing the value of the counter of the vehicle transmitting said check signal; the access point is set to send to the wireless devices (21, 31) signals in response to the received check signals; each time the response signal is received by each wireless device (21, 31), the respective counter is incremented or decremented and the respective associated watchdog timer starts measuring the time from when the value of the respective vehicle counter differs from the counter value received via the check signal; each control unit being set to de-energize the relative vehicle when it detects, via the watchdog timer, that a time longer than a predetermined time has elapsed. at least one main path, a plurality of secondary paths transversal to the main path with a plurality of storage stations arranged along the secondary paths; at least one main vehicle with electric traction, movable along the main path; at least one auxiliary vehicle with electric traction powered by a battery and/or supercapacitor, movable along the secondary paths and transportable by the main vehicle; at least one access point at a fixed position in the warehouse; each main and auxiliary vehicle (20, 30) having installed: a wireless device (21, 31) arranged to receive and send wireless signals; a respective control unit (22, 32) with associated safety modules including a respective safety-certified watchdog timer (23, 33) characterized in that the control unit (22, 32) includes a counter; wherein the wireless device (21, 31) on each vehicle is arranged to send, directly or indirectly to the access point, at predetermined time intervals, check signals containing the value of the counter of the vehicle transmitting said check signal; the access point is set to send to the wireless devices (21, 31) signals in response to the received check signals; each time the response signal is received by each wireless device (21, 31), the respective counter is incremented or decremented and the respective associated watchdog timer starts measuring the time from when the value of the respective vehicle counter differs from the counter value received via the check signal; each control unit being set to de-energize the relative vehicle when it detects, via the watchdog timer, that a time longer than a predetermined time has elapsed. a wireless device (21, 31) arranged to receive and send wireless signals; a respective control unit (22, 32) with associated safety modules including a respective safety-certified watchdog timer (23, 33) characterized in that the control unit (22, 32) includes a counter; wherein the wireless device (21, 31) on each vehicle is arranged to send, directly or indirectly to the access point, at predetermined time intervals, check signals containing the value of the counter of the vehicle transmitting said check signal; the access point is set to send to the wireless devices (21, 31) signals in response to the received check signals; each time the response signal is received by each wireless device (21, 31), the respective counter is incremented or decremented and the respective associated watchdog timer starts measuring the time from when the value of the respective vehicle counter differs from the counter value received via the check signal; each control unit being set to de-energize the relative vehicle when it detects, via the watchdog timer, that a time longer than a predetermined time has elapsed.