Robots are Speeding Up the Packing Process

For more than 40 years, indus­tri­al robots have been per­form­ing appli­ca­tions in fac­to­ries world­wide. Over the years, these appli­ca­tions have con­tin­ued to improve and evolve. One of the appli­ca­tions, robot­ic pack­ing, gives robot­ic sys­tems the abil­i­ty to pack prod­ucts into cas­es for ship­ment. By using pack­ing robots for these appli­ca­tions, items are packed more accu­rate­ly and with a greater speed than ever before.

Fill­ing box­es for ship­ment is one of the many jobs that was tedious and dull for work­ers, as well as a task that exposed them to the pos­si­bil­i­ty of arm, neck and back injuries due to repet­i­tive move­ments. When robots took over the pack­ing game, human work­ers got to move behind the robots, giv­ing up these pos­si­ble strains and injuries to learn the skills of oper­at­ing a robot­ic sys­tem, which is more mar­ketable today. The switch also improved the pro­duc­tiv­i­ty by ward­ing off pro­duc­tion slow­downs due to low work­er numbers.

When man­u­fac­tur­ers uti­lize pack­ing robots that are equipped with vision, or if they pair the robots with a vision sys­tem on the pro­duc­tion line, they are improv­ing their pack­ing appli­ca­tion even more. The vision sys­tem can ensure that the robot is pack­ing the right prod­uct into the right box, which means that cus­tomers will not get the wrong prod­ucts, and the integri­ty of the company’s prod­ucts will remain unscathed. These cam­eras cut down on the pos­si­bil­i­ty for work­er error, and they can also keep bet­ter track of pack­ages than human work­ers, which is impor­tant if a prod­uct is recalled.

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