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Packaging & Palletizing

How a box manufacturer tackled labor issues with robotics

February 18, 2022 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Robotiq palletizing application

Box manufacturer Alliora had wanted to add automation to its production lines for a while. Unfortunately, its first experience was difficult.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: Robotiq

miniPAL 2.0 cobot palletizer features 25% increased payload

October 8, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

miniPAL 2.0 palletizing cobot

miniPAL 2.0 features the enhanced UR10e cobot arm that increases the system’s payload to 27.55 lbs (12.5 kg).

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: Columbia, Universal Robots

Desmasa launches new mobile manipulator

March 12, 2021 By Mike Oitzman Leave a Comment

Desmasa MCR+ cobot and base AMR

Desmasa launches a new mobile collaborative robot (MCR) that includes a cobot amr an autonomous mobile robot base.

Filed Under: 6-Axis, AMRs, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: amr, autonomous mobile robots, cobot, Desmasa

OnRobot VGP20 electric vacuum gripper targets heavy-duty palletizing

March 2, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

VGP20

After a busy year product-wise in 2020, OnRobot released its first new end-of-arm tool (EOAT) for 2021. The VGP20 is an electric vacuum gripper that can handle payloads of 20kg (44.09lbs). OnRobot said the VGP20 is “compatible with all leading robot brands” and is designed primarily for heavy-duty palletizing applications, but it can be used for […]

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: OnRobot

Autonomous Counterbalanced Fork Truck first in Silverback series from Vecna Robotics

December 10, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Autonomous Counterbalanced Fork Truck first in Silverback series from Vecna Robotics

Vecna Robotics has expanded its high-capacity autonomous mobile robot product line with the first Silverback-series autonomous counterbalanced fork truck, addressing warehousing needs for end-to-end automation.

Filed Under: AMRs, Materials Handling, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Press Release, Supply Chain Tagged With: Vecna Robotics

ONExia PalletizUR 2.0 uses cobots to simultaneously stack 2 pallets

November 20, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

PalletizUR 2.0

ONExia’s PalletizUR 2.0, which is based on the Universal Robots cobot, can simultaneously stack two pallets up to 70 inches.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: ONExia, Universal Robots

Six-packs now within reach of robotic grippers with new Piab vacuum system

October 21, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Six-packs now within reach of robotic grippers with new Piab vacuum system

Grabbing some beer is now possible for packaging and palletizing robots, thanks to a new gripper from Piab. It has designed a vacuum system that can handle six-packs without damaging them.

Filed Under: Design & Development, End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, Grippers, Manufacturing, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Press Release, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: piab

GreyOrange patents technologies for omnichannel order fulfillment

September 10, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

GreyOrange

GreyOrange has patented the algorithms and software it offers with autonomous mobile robots to optimize e-commerce fulfillment.

Filed Under: AMRs, Artificial Intelligence, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Pick & Place, Press Release, Retail / Wholesale, Software, Supply Chain Tagged With: GreyOrange

AutoGuide unveils MAX-N High Bay forklift, Mobile Autonomous Storage and Retrieval System

September 9, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

AutoGuide unveils MAX-N High Bay forklift, Mobile Autonomous Storage and Retrieval System

AutoGuide Mobile Robots said its new high-bay forklift can lift up to 2,400 lb. up to 36 ft., and its new Mobile ASRS uses full autonomy to provide efficiency without the cost of traditional storage and retrieval systems.

Filed Under: AMRs, Manufacturing, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Pick & Place, Retail / Wholesale, Supply Chain Tagged With: AutoGuide, AutoGuide Mobile Robots

ForwardX Max 500 vision-based mobile robots get CE approval in Europe

September 1, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ForwardX Max 500 vision-based mobile robots get CE approval in Europe

ForwardX said its Max 500 vision-guided, autonomous pallet mover robot now meets EU health and safety standards.

Filed Under: AMRs, China, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Press Release Tagged With: ForwardX, Smart Technology

miniPAL cobot palletizer now certified UR+ application kit

August 17, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

When powered by a UR10e cobot arm, miniPAL can palletize at two pallet locations for optimized operation. The UR10e cobot arm has a 22 lb. payload and 51.1 in. reach.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: Universal Robots

Körber unifies brands for supply chain offerings, including autonomous mobile robots

April 30, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

Körber unifies brands for supply chain offerings, including autonomous mobile robots

Körber Supply Chain said it brings unique depth and breadth of expertise in technologies such as autonomous mobile robots to simplify supply chain complexity.

Filed Under: AMRs, Connectivity, Installation Tips, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Pick & Place, Software, Supply Chain Tagged With: Fetch, Fetch Robotics, Geek+, Koerber, Körber, Locus Robotics

MODEX roundup: Robot firms trumpet new products, partnerships

March 9, 2020 By Keith Shaw Leave a Comment

MODEX AutoGuide Max-N15

On the opening day of the MODEX intralogistics show, several robotics companies announced new products and partnerships to help automate materials handling.

Filed Under: AMRs, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Pick & Place, Retail / Wholesale, Supply Chain

UR showing cobot-powered fulfillment solutions at MODEX

March 5, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

MODEX will be the launch pad for supply chain solutions from Universal Robots, including the Quick Development Kit and a palletizer and de-palletizer.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Supply Chain Tagged With: Universal Robots

Universal Robots demoing miniPAL cobot palletizer at ATX West

January 31, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff 2 Comments

miniPAL palletized

Universal Robots (UR) will be debuting new collaborative robot solutions for palletizing, metrology and machine tending at ATX West in Anaheim, CA, Feb. 11-13. UR’s booth (4815) feature the new miniPAL mobile palletizer, which is a new product from UR’s OEM partner Columbia/Okura. Powered by the UR10e cobot arm, miniPAL can palletize at two pallet […]

Filed Under: News, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: Universal Robots

Brewing giant Carlsberg uses cobots for safer packaging process

January 8, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

The Danish division of Carlsberg, one of the leading brewery groups in the world, was looking to improve safety conditions for employees at its factory in Fredericia, Denmark. To do so, Carlsberg adopted two collaborative robots (cobots) from Universal Robots. With the cobots, Carlsberg has significantly improved staff safety and taken steps towards achieving zero […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Food & Beverage, News, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: Universal Robots

Mini Finger joins Soft Robotics’ mGrip offering for precise picking

June 23, 2019 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

Mini Finger joins Soft Robotics' mGrip offering for precise picking

Soft Robotics’ new Mini Finger product joins its modular mGrip line for compliant picking of fragile items in tight spaces.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Food & Beverage, Grippers, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: soft robotics

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