Robotics Partnerships Grow to Solve Specific Industry Issues

According to Hai Robotics, its ACR system robots can increase productivity by achieving typical throughput rates of approximately 500 pieces per hour (pph), compared to 100-250 pph without the use of robotics.  

“Companies face high costs for warehouse space, continued labor shortages and pressure to deliver goods quickly,” said Keith Fisher, president of Honeywell Intelligrated. “This automated solution allows them to maximize space in their existing facilities, increase productivity and best use their workforce. The combination of Honeywell and Hai Robotics delivers faster time-to-value than most traditional material handling storage and retrieval solutions, providing greater flexibility to meet changing demand and reducing execution risk for our customers.”  

Further highlighting the growth of the industrial market for robots, Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, reported that its Q4 revenue of US$103 million marked an increase of 21% compared to Q4 2022. The Q4 2023 revenue was the company’s largest revenue quarter to date. 

Kim Povlsen, president of Universal Robot, noted that the company has seen strong demand for the first of its heavy payload cobots, the UR20, particularly for palletizing and welding applications. And in November 2023, the company launched another heavy payload cobot, the UR30. Together the UR20 and UR30 represented 30% of Universal Robot’s Q4 2023 revenue.

Original Article: https://www.automationworld.com/factory/robotics/article/33037283/robotics-partnerships-grow-to-solve-specific-industry-issues