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Ottonomy provides ‘first’ fully autonomous delivery robots for airport

December 17, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

A company called Ottonomy is providing a fleet of its fully autonomous delivery robots – called Ottobots – for food and retail at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).

This is said to be the first autonomous robotic delivery of food, beverage and lifestyle products in an airport environment.

Officially launched for the holiday travel season, passengers are now able to order contactless delivery directly to their location in Concourse B of the airport, delivered by an autonomous robot. Customers can select grab and go, beverage and travel items sold at select retail stores operated by Paradies Lagardere via orderatcvg.com on mobile devices. [Read more…] about Ottonomy provides ‘first’ fully autonomous delivery robots for airport

Filed Under: News, Service robots Tagged With: airport, autonomous, beverage, called, ceo, contactless, customers, cvg, deliveries, delivery, environment, experience, fleet, food, fully, innovation, items, live, ottobots, ottonomy, passengers, products, retail, robot, robots, secure, select, tech, travel

Welding and automation integration company Central McGowan completes its third acquisition of the year

November 4, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Central McGowan, a supplier of gases and technology for manufacturing the upper Midwest and a Fanuc- and Lincoln-authorized integrator, has completed the acquisition of Preferred Welder Sales in Mankato, Minnesota – bringing its acquisition roster for 2021 to three. 

The company acquired Metro Welding Supply in Minneapolis, Minnesota. in April and Fessler Carbonic Gas in Des Moines, Iowa in March.

According to Joe Francis, president/CEO, these acquisitions complement Central McGowan’s current business while strengthening its presence in key market areas. All three of these companies were independently operated, highly successful businesses with owners seeking to retire and wanting a way to continue what they each started. [Read more…] about Welding and automation integration company Central McGowan completes its third acquisition of the year

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: acquisition, beverage, business, carbonation, carbonic, central, company, customer, customers, equipment, francis, gas, iowa, located, mankato, mcgowan, minneapolis, minnesota, service, st, successful, supply, welding

ABB Robotics offers South Africa’s food and beverage industry ‘a taste of the future’

October 18, 2021 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

By Linda Eales, robotics division manager at ABB South Africa

The future has never looked more unpredictable for South Africa’s food and beverage (F&B) sector, as it battles a perfect storm of pressure brought on by Covid-19, changing consumer and retail consumption patterns, disrupted supply chains and ongoing scrutiny around food safety.

The food and beverage sector has been battered by a couple of high-profile food safety scares in recent years, and is scrambling to keep up with mega-trends like digitalisation and shifting consumption patterns. The good news is that this could be the perfect opportunity for the local F&B industry to reposition itself for the present and future.

F&B manufacturers increasingly need more flexibility on their production lines to enable them to adapt to changing consumer tastes and demands. At the same time, they require higher levels of productivity and efficiency, while maintaining the highest levels of product quality. In many cases, the answer to these challenges is to install a robotics solution, which makes F&B operations safer and more productive. [Read more…] about ABB Robotics offers South Africa’s food and beverage industry ‘a taste of the future’

Filed Under: Features, Industrial robots Tagged With: abb, africa, automation, beverage, businesses, f&b, food, formats, future, higher, improve, industry, jobs, percent, productivity, quality, robot, robotics, robots, safety, south, time

Miso Robotics partners with Lancer Worldwide to launch automated beverage dispenser

July 5, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Miso Robotics, a robotics and automation startup specializing in the foodservice industry, is partnering with Lancer Worldwide, a beverage dispenser manufacturer which works with the world’s top food and beverage brands, to build “an intelligence-backed, automated beverage dispenser that will bring enhanced functionality for a future-focused commercial kitchen”, according to the companies.

At a time when the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry is facing record labor shortages, operators are looking for ways to streamline operations, cut costs and implement solutions that drive a better and faster customer service experience. The pandemic drastically shifted the paradigm, creating new models for operator revenue streams that relied on drive-thru, takeout and delivery more so than ever before.

While 60 to 70 percent of certain QSR sales came from the drive-thru lane pre-pandemic, as Covid spread, major QSRs experienced a jump as high as 90 percent.1 Yet, the new delivery and drive-thru model have made the always-critical need of speed and efficiency an even bigger challenge as volume increases and staff decreases have added minutes to the clock for order completion. Because of this, total average drive-thru times slowed down by 29.8 seconds last year. [Read more…] about Miso Robotics partners with Lancer Worldwide to launch automated beverage dispenser

Filed Under: Business, News Tagged With: automated, automation, beverage, brands, bring, commercial, company, completion, customer, delivery, dispenser, drive-thru, driver, efficiency, industry, kitchen, lancer, miso, operators, order, robotics, series, service, time, worldwide

SICK develops first IP69K incremental encoder with added ingress protection

January 29, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Encoder delivers hygienic, long-lasting reliability in demanding food and beverage environments, says SICK

Developed for long-lasting reliability despite frequent high-pressure chemical washdowns in demanding food and beverage applications, SICK’s DBS60I-W is the first IP69K incremental encoder with added ingress protection thanks to a new, patented deflector shield, according to the company.

The SICK DBS60I-W washdown encoder delivers all the high-resolution performance of SICK’s popular DBS60 incremental encoder but in a robust IP69K-rated, 316L (V4A) stainless steel housing.

The specially developed deflector shield is designed to protect the shaft seal from ingress of water and caustic chemicals during high-pressure washdown. As a result, the washdown encoder promises a long product life, protecting machine reliability and availability on food processing, bottling, and packaging lines. [Read more…] about SICK develops first IP69K incremental encoder with added ingress protection

Filed Under: Sensors Tagged With: applications, beverage, chemicals, dbs, deflector, delivers, encoder, food, frequent, high-pressure, housing, hygienic, i-w, incremental, ingress, ip, measurement, packaging, performance, processing, product, reliability, shield, sick, washdown, water

Global food and beverage robotic systems integration market for pick and place application to surpass $40 million by 2025

January 15, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

The global food and beverage robotic system integration market for pick and place application was estimated at $17.5 million in 2017 and is projected to reach $40.1 million by 2025, according to a new market study published by Coherent Market Insights.

The North America market is projected to reach $11.12 million by 2025 with a compound annual growth rate of 11.02 percent. Increasing demand for robotics for application in various industries has become one of the key factors for growth of this market.

According to Robotic Industries Association, in 2015, a total of 31,464 robots valued at $1.8 billion were ordered by North American companies of different industries, an increase of 14 percent in units and 11 percent in revenue over previous year. [Read more…] about Global food and beverage robotic systems integration market for pick and place application to surpass $40 million by 2025

Filed Under: Features, Industrial robots Tagged With: adoption, application, automation, beverage, demand, food, global, growth, increasing, integration, market, percent, pick, place, reach, robotic, robotics, robots, system, systems

Bobacino launches robotic tea bar

November 19, 2020 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

A startup company called Bobacino has launched its automated Boba Tea Bar, which uses a robotic arm to make beverages for customers. (See video below.)

Bobacino says it is bringing the “unique boba tea experience” to a growing audience of boba aficionados and new enthusiasts through advanced artificial intelligence, automation and robotics.

The company has launched on StartEngine, a crowdfunding platform, to target a market that it forecasts is set to hit $8.4 billion by 2024. [Read more…] about Bobacino launches robotic tea bar

Filed Under: News, Service robots Tagged With: automated, automation, bar, beverage, billion, boba, bobacino, capital, company, concerns, consumers, customers, drink, experience, food, global, market, operators, options, pandemic, percent, robotics, survey, tea, unique, venture

Central McGowan expands its highly automated distribution hub

November 16, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Central McGowan is expanding its Fargo, North Dakota CO2 distribution hub, with the intention of turning it into a fully-stocked retail store and distribution site.

Central McGowan is a supplier of gases and technology for the manufacturing, welding, medical, and food and beverage industries in the upper Midwest. And the company is a Fanuc-authorized integrator of automation or robotic solutions

Central McGowan’s Fargo store is located at 1226 38th St N, Fargo, ND 58102 (next to the newly painted water tower). The store officially opens today. Central McGowan has had a presence in the area since 2017, when it acquired Pro-CO2. [Read more…] about Central McGowan expands its highly automated distribution hub

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: area, automation, beverage, central, cloud, company, customers, distribution, fargo, food, industrial, market, mcgowan, northern, sales, st, states, store, welding

Taiwanese store employs robot to make and serve tea

June 11, 2019 by Mai Tao

A Taiwanese food and beverage store called Babo Arms is now using a collaborative robot from Universal Robots to make and serve tea.

Universal Robots’ UR5 unit was chosen by Babo Arms to “add a twist of modernity” into their production process.

Babo Arms were searching for an automated device to enhance operations and address the ongoing recruitment issue faced by the food and beverage industry. [Read more…] about Taiwanese store employs robot to make and serve tea

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: arms, babo, babo arms, beverage, business, cobot, collaborative, customers, drinks, employees, food, human, industry, intimacy, maintain, rate, repetitive, robot, robot makes tea, robots, space, staff, store, taiwanese, tasks, tea, time, traditional, universal, Universal Robots, ur, workers

Carton recycling robot 50 per cent more productive, claim researchers

March 18, 2017 by Sam Francis

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carton recycling robot

Project uses artificial intelligence to identify, grab, and separate food and beverage cartons

The Carton Council of North America says that it has been conducting a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of carton recycling.

Its research concluded that the system was 50 per cent more productive.

Through a collaboration led by the Carton Council with two Denver-based companies, AMP Robotics and Alpine Waste & Recycling, a robotic system has learned to identify the wide variety of food and beverage cartons in order to grab and separate them from the recycling stream.

The AMP Cortex, nicknamed “Clarke” after the sci-fi author and futurist Arthur C. Clarke, has spider-like arms with specially designed grippers to pick up and separate cartons at a materials recovery facility.

Clarke was installed in late 2016 and, through fine-tuning and adjustments, has achieved a pickup rate of 60 cartons per minute. This is a considerable increase from the human average of 40 picks per minute.  [Read more…] about Carton recycling robot 50 per cent more productive, claim researchers

Filed Under: Industry, Logistics, News, Transportation Tagged With: amp, beverage, carton, cartons, council, recycling, robotics

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