Robotics 24/7    Topics    Food & Beverage

Topic: Food & Beverage

Automated guided vehicles, vision-guidance systems, robot arms, delta robots, inspection robots, drones and warehouse automation systems are among the technologies that help the food and beverage industry.


MIT CSAIL Develops AI to Help Household Robots Halve Planning Time
MIT CSAIL said its PIGINet uses machine learning to streamline household robots' task and motion planning by assessing and filtering feasible solutions in complex environments.

Symbotic and SoftBank Group Establish GreenBox, Warehouse as a Service Joint Venture
Symbotic has contracted for about $7.5 billion in warehouse automation and software to be sold as a service by GreenBox over the course of the six-year contract.

Chipotle Partners With Vebu on Robotic System Designed for Guacamole Prep
Chipotle is also investing in Vebu through its Cultivate Next venture fund to help fuel additional innovation opportunities in the restaurant space

ABB Robotics Adds Four Energy Saving Models, 22 Variants, New Cobots to Product Line
ABB Robotics said its latest IRB large robots and GoFa cobots offer a wider range, more accurate performance, and energy efficiency to improve production quality.

Indxx Talks About Top 10 ETF Index With Samsung, Economic Conditions for Robotics Investment
Indxx, which provides information for exchange-traded funds, will create the basis for a Samsung Asset Management fund. A Indxx managing partner identifies sectors of opportunity.

Exotec Names Hy-Tek Intralogistics Global Integrator of the Year at ExoDay 2023
Exotec said Hy-Tek Intralogistics matched its culture of customer service and has been an exceptional integrator of its warehouse automation for its first annual award.

Addverb Technologies CEO Discusses Smart Factory Lab at Purdue University
Addverb Technologies CEO Sangeet Kumar explains his vision for the future of manufacturing and how collaborating with Purdue University will generate the necessary talent.

Stöcklin Introduces CasePicker Automation to Help Produce Companies Improve Throughput
Stoecklin Logistics said its new CasePicker system allows for palletizing and depalletizing of produce with less movement and damage, and it offers modularity for scaling.

RobotLAB Adds Bear Robotics to Restaurant and Hospitality Automation Partners
RobotLAB, which offers integration of service robots through a franchise program, has partnered with Bear Robotics to deploy Servi systems in restaurants across the U.S.

Warehouse Automation: 4 Common Myths Debunked
Adam Gurgra of Cimcorp North America debunks some common myths about warehouse robotics.

Soft Robotics Demonstrates mGripAI for Food Handling at Automate 2023
Soft Robotics is showing in Detroit how its mGripAI has combined 3D vision, AI, and soft grippers to automate food handling and other applications.

Omron Will Display ‘Integrated, Intelligent, and Interactive’ Systems at Automate 2023
Omron Automation Americas plans to show at Automate in Detroit how its controllers, SCARA robots, machine vision, and mobile platforms can help manufacturers across sectors.

Investors Outline Capital Considerations for Robotics Startups at Cascadia Connect
At Cascadia Capital's second annual event in Pittsburgh, venture capital experts discussed what robotics and AI companies should do to demonstrate vision, value, and resilience.

Elite Robots to Launch New Cobot CS620 at EASTEC Trade Show
Elite Robots plans to release its latest cobot, the CS620, featuring a 20 kg payload, a 5A output source, and a 1,800 mm radius, at the 2023 editions of EASTEC and Automate.

Uber Expands Partnership With Carkten and Deploys Sidewalk Robots in Virgina
After a successful pilot in Miami, Uber and Cartken have partnered again to offer sidewalk deliveries in Fairfax, Virgina.

Dutch Robotics Industry Is Growing but Faces ‘Market Adoption Gap,’ Says HowToRobot
The Dutch robotics industry is growing, but HowToRobots found that developers need more funding to assist the manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture sectors.

Bear Robotics Invests In Smart Elevator Developer M2M to Enhance Service Robots
Bear Robotics is investing in the company at the same time it is trialing its delivery robot that can travel elevators.

Doosan Robotics Launches NSF-Certified Food-Handling Cobots
Doosan Robotics has announced the launch of a new line of cobots specifically designed to prepare food.

Piab Group Acquires COVAL, IB to Extend Materials Handling Reach
Piab, which provides robotic grippers, is adding COVAL's vacuum automation systems and IB Verfahrens- und Anlagentechnik's bulk materials conveyance to its offerings.

Flytrex Releases ‘Yardstick’ Report on 2022 Drone Delivery Customer Trends
Flytrex reported that its drone deliveries continued to expand in North Carolina and Texas in 2022, with sevenfold growth year over year and 21,350 orders.



Email Sign Up

Get news, papers, media and research delivered
Stay up-to-date with news and resources you need to do your job. Research industry trends, compare companies and get market intelligence every week with Robotics 24/7. Subscribe to our robotics user email newsletter and we'll keep you informed and up-to-date.



Robot Technologies