Robotics provider open to multiple control systems

Brasic continues: "If you have a preferred controls manufacturer, and are regularly using their hardware to control and operate your machines, we offer you the possibility of incorporating delta style robots in a fully integrated controls architecture. It is our belief that allowing you to use our robots in an integrated controls architecture leverages the investment you have already made in the controls equipment of your choice, lowers total cost of ownership, and elevates the degree of integration and functionality of your system. We currently have over 600 robots in the field worldwide running on control systems from Rockwell Automation, Elau, Siemens, B&R Automation, and others. Our robots have been functioning reliably in these diverse systems and applications for over 10 years."

Codian's belief in controls simplification is consistent with a general trend—in evidence at the last two PMMI shows and at interpack, as well—that could be called "demystifying packaging robotics."