Soft Gripper Technology Improves 3D Bin Picking

Traditional bin picking applications pose issues for automation because of variability in the size, shape and orientation of products within a bin. Today’s systems must fully recognize each product in the bin and determine the optimal picking orientation and location of each object.  These constraints have severely limited the adoption of robotic bin picking systems, especially in applications handling delicate products such as fresh foods.

Soft Robotics brings new capabilities to bin picking applications by leveraging its revolutionary gripping technology in combination with commercial 3D vision sensors.  Compared to traditional bin picking technology, Soft Robotics’ grippers enable bin picking systems to address a wider array of products in random orientations.  The adaptability that comes with this unique gripper technology allows items to be picked from any angle with a high quality grasp.

At PACK EXPO, Soft Robotics will feature its adaptive gripping technology autonomously picking apples out of a bin.

See Soft Robotics’ gripping technology at PACK EXPO International, November 6-9, 2016 in Chicago, IL – Booth E-9415

About Soft Robotics
Soft Robotics Inc. is commercializing a new class of robotic end-of-arm tool that can delicately and adaptively manipulate items of varying size, shape and weight. By leveraging the science of soft robotic actuators, the company is automating facilities that have traditionally depended on manual labor for material handling applications in the fresh-cut produce and consumer packaged goods industries. For more information, visit www.softroboticsinc.com.