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Section: Automation > Robotics
Software
Flipping the Script for Food Processors via Standardized Production Data Metrics
Industries such as pharmaceuticals and oil and gas are seeking unified production data metrics across the enterprise, which flips the script away from equipment-first and establishes data metric standards as the necessary ingredient for scaling across plants.
August 18, 2025
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Robotics
Meal Service Provider Learns that Breaking Up Doesn’t Have to be Hard
Homestyle Direct’s purchase of a Box Crusher from Layton Systems has improved productivity and employee welfare.
August 5, 2025
Layton Systems' Stainless Steel Box Crusher is designed to break up frozen product inside cardboard boxes before further processing.
Facilities, Design & Infrastructure
Connections Make Smiles for The Campbell’s Company
Meeting soaring demand for Goldfish crackers means bringing people, companies, communities, and even buildings, together for the benefit of all.
June 9, 2025
The Campbell's Company plant in Richmond, Utah was dubbed “Project Finn,” named after the loveable fish that makes Goldfish crackers so memorable.
Robotics
Meat Processor Automates on a Budget
Formic
Land O’Frost is reaping the rewards of five palletizers without the typical upfront challenges thanks to the RaaS offering from Formic.
June 2, 2025
Land O'Frost is the largest family-owned sliced deli meat producer, and the third largest overall.
Home
How to Select Between Equipment Bids
Using an analytical approach that engages all stakeholders impacted by the decision can ensure the proper choice for a facility without the mistakes.
February 24, 2025
Image by stokkete/courtesy of Adobe Stock
Robotics
Unique Gripper Shines in Robotic Cookie Multi-pack Automation System
Ten delta-style robots use unique, easily changed end-of-arm tooling to stack cookies into slugs and then place slugs into plastic trays at 700 cookies/min with a 99% performance guarantee.
February 16, 2025
COOKIEBOT and SLUG GRIPPERS
Controls
Think Small to Make Big Impacts on Processing Efficiencies
By educating yourself and implementing incremental changes, you will simplify your day-to-day operations, significantly increase production capacity, and build a solid foundation for your business.
February 5, 2025
Image courtesy of Adobe Stock
Robotics
Workforce Issues Driving Automation and Restraint
According to a Packaging World survey, CPGs are paradoxically either adding or not adding automation and robotics for very similar predictable reasons.
February 5, 2025
Annual Outlook Report - Automation and Robotics
IIoT
Five AI Solutions Currently Helping Packaging and Processing
PMMI White Paper highlights AI applications expected to have the most significant impact within the packaging and processing industry.
September 5, 2024
AI solutions have much better accuracy rates compared with traditional rule-based vision inspection.
Industry News
Tyson Opens New Food Production Facility to Meet Growing Bacon Demand
The 400,000-sq-ft plant in Kentucky will incorporate robotics, driverless forklifts, and AGVs to produce an expected 2 million lb of bacon per week.
January 25, 2024
Tyson Foods Automated Production
Robotics
Humanoid Robots and the AI That Drives Them
A look at the powerful AI behind the robot that allows it to move, think, and act like us.
November 30, 2023
Humanoid robots, also referred to as general-purpose robots, use AI to perform the tasks they’re given to do.
Robotics
Robots Help Meal Kit Company Keep Pace With Ambitious Production Goals
E-commerce giant Intelligent Foods utilizes the CR3 system from Chef Robotics to increase accuracy, speed, and volume on the line while saving labor.
November 27, 2023
Meal Kits DTC e-commerce Sunbasket
Robotics
Are Humanoid Robots the Processing and Packaging Labor Force of The Future?
With advanced AI software, dexterous “hands,” and full body mobility, will humanoid robots be the answer to the shortage of labor on the packaging line?
November 16, 2023
Humanoid Robot Apollo Box Conveyor
Robotics
Boichik Bagels Builds Up Business With Help From a Cobot
Apex Motion Control’s Baker-Bot does the heavy end-of-line lifting for Boichik Bagels, saving labor while increasing efficiency.
August 10, 2023
Bagel Robot Boichik
Robotics
Kuka Robotics Rolls Out Labor-Saving Print-A-Drink Application at Automate 2023
Company debuts what it calls the world’s first 3D printing technology for drinkable liquids, expanding the category of additive manufacturing.
May 26, 2023
3D Printed Cocktail Kuka Print-a-Drink
Robotics
How Robotics as a Service (RaaS) Can Be a Cost-Effective Option for Processors
Manufacturers in a budget bind can potentially alleviate labor woes by incorporating RaaS into their business model.
April 7, 2023
Robotics as a Service Seminar Snaxpo RaaS
Robotics
GreenSeed Contract Packaging Increases Line Efficiency Through Automation
A pay-by-the-hour robot model has mitigated the effects of labor shortages and provided scalability for the contract manufacturer.
March 28, 2023
Formic palletizer in the GreenSeed facility.
Automation
Automation Advice for Food and Beverage Manufacturing
With 30 years of experience in automation and system integration, CRB’s Jerry Steenhoek reflects on where the industry stands and the best ways to move further into the automation realm.
March 22, 2023
Jerry Steenhoek, senior director of automation technology, CRB
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