Picking Robots

If you’re considering a robotic solution for a picking application, stop for a moment and look at the overall picture. The entire process must be considered and understood in order to maximize the success of your picking application.

Most robot suppliers and integrators will merely look at the production rate, and match this to a robots specifications. This trap has caught out even the most experienced of system integrators in the past and couple this with the flexibility required for an Australian production line, and you start to realize that this is more than just a robot application.

A&RT has the practical picking experience to engineer the solution your production line requires. In considering the complexity required for multiple pickers to achieve the desired rate, the need for a flexible transport conveyor, a intuitive gripping system for your product(s), the impact of the layout, the need for product input and output buffering, the capability to re-feed product, the ability to cope with product variations you start to realize that using our experience and expertise is a must. It could mean the difference between success and failure in your application.

A&RT has been in the forefront in developing and maintaining leading edge technologies in high-speed picking applications involving single or multiple robots with complex products over a variety of packages. Our experience started with the first ABB flexpicker in Australia, and continues today. The market has now grown to include other reputable suppliers of delta robots giving the consumer choices previously not available.

Our close working relationships with developers of picking technologies coupled with our machine vision and robot expertise can give your application the edge it needs to be a success.

As a design engineering firm, we are able to tailor our solution to fit your needs, not the other way around.

See the VIDEO section to view some examples of picking systems.