Cobot Provides a Solution for Replacing Labor

Mitsubishi Electric debuted its ASSISTA cobot during PACK EXPO Las Vegas. The cobot also includes an H1 food grade grease option for implementation in food processing facilities.

Natalie CraigFeatures Editor

Sep 29th, 2021

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Industrial Cobot Technology Comes to Palletizing Operations

Veo Robotics’ partnership with Gray Solutions is designed to make industrial robot palletizing systems collaborative for the consumer packaged goods industry.

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Intelligent Robotic De-Palletizing System

Designed to address labor shortages in manufacturing and warehouse operations, mixed-case de-palletizing systems, such as those available from Universal Robots and Mujin Corp., can handle complex tasks without the need for advanced programming.

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Robot Cart Conveyor System Doubles Capacity

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Cobot Case Erector

Onexia shows its collaborative robot-based case erector system using a Universal Robots cobot.

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Cobot Case Packing System

Onexia highlights its collaborative robot-based case packing sytem featuring a Universal Robot cobot to reduce the case packing footprint.

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Onexia's HD Palletizer for Heavy Lifting

Demonstrated at PACK EXPO East, the collaborative robot can lift up to 38 pound payloads.

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Report: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report. Here’s what they saw in the robotics category.

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Future-Proof: Design Your Packaging with Robotic Automation in Mind

As robot usage increases, package design should take into mind ease-of-use for this technology, in all points of a product’s life cycle.

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Bulk Bag Discharging: Control Dust and Eliminate Material Waste

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Wyzo is the result of 30 years of delta robot experience, coupled with a vision to deliver a safe and highly efficient sidebot that can add considerable value to operations of all sizes.

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Honeywell Robotic's Intelligent Depalletizer

At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021, Honeywell Robotics demonstrated its intelligent, flexible depalletizer system featuring artificial intelligence, and 2D and 3D vision for pick-and-place depalletizing operations.

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Cobot Provides a Solution for Replacing Labor

Mitsubishi Electric debuted its ASSISTA cobot during PACK EXPO Las Vegas. The cobot also includes an H1 food grade grease option for implementation in food processing facilities.

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ABB's GoFa Collaborative Robot

At PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021, ABB showcased its first fully collaborative robot for pick-and-place applications.

SuperPick system combines ultra-fast 3D vision with state-of-the-art gripping technology to automate handling, scanning and loading of outbound orders and returns of polybagged items.

Soft Robotics Moves into AI

Industrial robots gain human-like hand-eye coordination.

Colombian Odecopack debuts at PACK EXPO with a cutting-edge robotic palletizing cell

With its automated palletizing cell, the company Odecopack jumpstarts the Colombian-made robotic technology offer for end-of-line operations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

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