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Food Processing Industry Looks Appealing to Robotics Vendors
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An Industry Proudly Comes of Age at Boston Event Business conclaves are always an excellent barometer of the state of the industry they’re focused on. And the Robotics Trends RoboBusiness Leadership Summit 2011, held last week in Boston, was no exception. Optimism reigned supreme throughout the two-day event, reflecting a view that the robotics industry was now back and stronger than ever, following months of slowed performance brought on by the recession. |
The automotive industry accounts for 95 percent of the robots in industrial applications, but only because other industries have not figured out how to apply robotics to their more idiosyncratic processes. Innovations from Kuka and Fanuc show that major players believe it is time to move robots into the messy, difficult and physically demanding world of industrial food processing and distribution. Difficul- ties such as hygiene, and the relatively low innovation ethos in the industry may keep food-processing robotics in a fringe position for the time being, however.
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