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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.


igus celebrates grand opening of Rhode Island robotics campus, injection molding facility
Motion plastics component provider igus opened its new robotics campus and injection molding facility, the company’s first outside Germany, in Rhode Island.

Mecalux integrates pallet monorail for PepsiCo Poland
Mecalux recently deployed a pallet monorail at PepsiCo’s Środa Śląska, Poland warehouse, following another automation system for the food & beverage provider in Veurne, Belgium.

igus cable carriers promote efficiency in JEEVES autonomous hospitality robot
The JEEVES autonomous hospitality robot is utilizing the igus E2.10 series of e-chain plastic cable carriers. JEEVES can replace up to 300 hotel minibars in one use.

2024 Robotics Application Conference sessions now available on-demand
The 2024 Robotics Application Conference, a one-day virtual event, can now be viewed on-demand with sessions led by speakers from DHL, Plus One Robotics, Grey Orange and more.

Special Focus Issue
Robots as mobile data platforms
This Special Focus Issue examines how robots collect and analyze data to optimize warehouse processes.

Pickommerce secures $3.4M investment for robotic piece-picking technology
Pickommerce, developers of the PickoBot piece-picking robot for the autonomous warehousing ecosystem, secured a $3.4M investment to continue growing the company.

Brain Corp’s Sense Suite helps address retail inventory challenges
Brain Corp’s Sense Suite enables robots to collect timely and accurate data, enabling AI analysis and supply chain decision making for use cases today and those still to come.

Chef Robotics releases new Placement QA feature for food prep robot arm
Chef Robotics released a new feature for its food prep robot arm system, Placement QA. The computer vision feature provides visibility of every meal for better quality assurance.

PickNik Robotics announces launch of MoveIt Pro Release 6 robotics software platform
PickNik Robotics launched the MoveIt Pro Release 6 software platform to empower next-generation robotic applications with intelligent decision making and hardware agnostic design.

2024 Robotics Application Conference announces session, speaker lineup
The 2024 Robotics Application Conference, RAC ’24, will take place Sept. 18. DHL, Plus One Robotics, GreyOrange and more will speak about robotic trends and deployments.

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Westhof BIO takes cold storage and retrieval of vegetables to the next level with Movu atlas
Thanks to Movu atlas pallet shuttles, Westhof BIO is achieving unmatched efficiency and scalability in its deep-freeze storage for organic vegetable preservation.

Serve Robotics, Shake Shack roll out autonomous robot food delivery via Uber Eats
Serve Robotics and Shake Shack announced a rollout of Serve autonomous sidewalk delivery robots to bring customers food via Uber Eats in Los Angeles.

How RapidID machine vision technology ‘gives robots human-like instinct’
Powered by machine vision, RapidID is a cloud-based vision platform from Rapid Robotics that allows robots to identify and grasp a variety of objects with precision.

Special Focus Issue
Machine vision to increase robot precision
This edition of the Robotics 24/7 Special Focus Issue examines how enhancements in machine vision and artificial intelligence make robots more precise.

Circus SE rolls out CA-1 food production robots across Beijing education institutions
Circus SE has deployed 5,400 of its CA-1 food production robots across Beijing education institutions that will build and scale the autonomous food supply network in China’s capital.

Coesia acquires minority share in Packaging with Robots
Coesia’s minority share in Packaging With Robots will support PWR’s expansion into North America. The companies will share a booth at Fachpack and PPMA.

LG opens new Business Innovation Center showroom in New Jersey
LG Business Solutions USA opened its new Business Innovation Center in New Jersey with hands-on experiences with the company’s latest robot technologies, digital signage and more.

Soft Robotics divests hardware business to Schmalz, rebrands
Oxipital AI will focus on providing its deep-learning machine vision systems for manufacturing robotics after divesting its gripper hardware business to the Schmalz Group.

GreyOrange adds line of autonomous forklifts to Certified Ranger Network
GreyOrange announced that it has added a line of autonomous forklifts to its Certified Ranger network in an expansion of the company's Intralogistics and Case Pick Ranger portfolio.

Exotec opens Skypod system demo center near Seoul, Asia’s second showroom
Exotec opened a demo center for its Skypod system near Seoul, South Korea, allowing visitors to experience advanced warehouse automation offerings and connect with Exotec staff.



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