Packaging operations have benefitted from robotics, improvements in vision technology, and motion control. In some cases, adding artificial intelligence (AI) as another layer could exponentially boost flexibility and profitability.
Tyson Ventures has helped fund Soft Robotics, demonstrating confidence in a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) solution for automated food packing.
Post-COVID, manufacturers are adding more automation in the form of robots. At first, it was for social distancing. Now it’s to cover worker shortages.
These robotics companies demonstrate that the advances in smart machines in 2021 come in many flavors from manufacturing to surgery.
The high-tech helper handles varying shapes, sizes, and weights.
Advanced end effectors can make cobots more useful in solving the labor shortages faced by US manufacturers.
David Sandiland from igus explains how telescopic triflex TRX energy chains save space on the robot and ensure a retraction length of up to 40%--and why that matters.
