Fanuc Robots Picking Candy and Prescriptions

Fanuc, a leader in robot­ics for decades, sup­plies man­u­fac­tur­ers world­wide with a pletho­ra of mod­els that weld, han­dle mate­r­i­al and remove mate­r­i­al. One spe­cif­ic area where Fanuc has shined is the pick­ing appli­ca­tion. With Fanuc’s line of ​“Spi­der,” or par­al­lel-linked, robots, pick­ing has nev­er been eas­i­er for companies.

Some of these Fanuc robot­ic pick­ers will be used in areas like pre­scrip­tion drug pack­ag­ing, where pick­ing the right kind of pill is impor­tant. While there are sev­er­al pick­ing robots avail­able on the mar­ket, Fanuc intro­duced some­thing that changed the game of pick­ing robots – their robots could see.

And these Fanuc robot pick­ing sys­tems are not just able to see, but they are able to see in col­or, with the assis­tance of iRVi­sion cam­eras and soft­ware. Fanuc pick­ing robot­ics have per­formed many tests, show­ing off their abil­i­ty to sep­a­rate can­dies like M&Ms, Skit­tles, and jel­ly beans by col­or. These robots are now equipped to pick up and sort small items by the col­or of their sur­faces, and they don’t pick them up slow­ly. They speed up pro­duc­tion to a rate that is unat­tain­able by man­u­al appli­ca­tions, sav­ing man­u­fac­tur­ers time and money. 

With the addi­tion of vision to Fanuc robot­ic pick­ers, these sys­tems will not only be able to sort pre­scrip­tions, but they will also be able to dou­ble-check their work, and also keep a more accu­rate log of their prod­ucts. This gives com­pa­nies a way to back­track a bot­tle to see where it came from if it is dam­aged or spoiled.

With Fanuc pick­ing robots, as well as mod­els from oth­er robot­ics’ com­pa­nies, it is believed there will be more and more automa­tion for the pick­ing of small, valu­able things like pre­scrip­tion pills or micro-electronics.

Robots​.com, a cer­ti­fied inte­gra­tor for Fanuc Robot­ics, has sev­er­al of the Fanuc M‑series ​“Spi­der” pick­ing robots avail­able for pur­chase or cus­tomiza­tion. These robots can be inte­grat­ed alone or in groups to fur­ther auto­mate your pick­ing processes. 

For more infor­ma­tion about automat­ing with Fanuc robot pick­ers, con­tact Robots​.com today online or at 877−762−6881.