Rise of the Planet of the Cobots

In today’s manufacturing world Co-Packers are faced with the mounting challenges of providing packaging services for companies with ever changing product mixes and packaging designs. Challenged with the need to remain highly flexible in their operations while reconciling rising operating costs, Co-Packers are employing flexible automation solutions to demonstrate increases in throughput, flexibility, and quality. Collaborative robots being deployed on the manufacturing floor working closely with their human co-workers make them a key factor in the resolution of the handling challenges faced by Co-Packers.