Picking and Placing Food Items

Challenge:

Adding robotics to an automated food-handling line, without the space required for safety fencing.

Solution:

1) Conveyor delivers product to robot station

2) 2D vision identifies the next picking point

3) Robot picks product and places it on outfeed in proper orientation.

Benefits:

Greatly reduces complexity and cost to integrate robots into packaging lines. Smart series robot accommodates operator involvement with simple-to-operate Smart Pendant and collaborative safety features. All items are rated for easy washdown cleaning in food-safe environment. Stop-State Monitoring and Speed & Separation Monitoring enable workers to enter the station with minimal interruption to the cycle.