Controller on delta-style robot brings the benefits of standardization

Gemini 4 controller on Bosch Packaging’s delta-style robot brings a whole new level of standardization to the controls operating both the robot itself and the flow wrapper that it feeds into.

Pat Reynolds
Dec 3rd, 2012
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