ABB Robotics - Picking and packing salami snacks
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2010
- High-speed ABB FlexPicker robots equipped with specially developed
grippers are making sure that Peperami salamis are packaged at the highest
cycle rates at Unilever's plant in Ansbach, Germany.
The robots are fitted with triple grippers which are able to pick up three randomly positioned salami snacks one after the other from a conveyor belt in a one step process, and place them individually in a rollstock machine.
The positioning and location data required comes from an upstream image processing system which is positioned to capture the information on the individual sausages and pass it on to a master computer.
Unilever commissioned ABB Robotics partner, robomotion GmbH from
Stuttgart, to plan and design the fully automated solution; and install
and commission the entire system at Unilever within 10 days. "This
high-speed technology is not only of interest in the foodstuffs sector, as
it can be used anywhere where small items have to be handled at high
speeds" says Andreas Wolf, a director of robomotion.
Unilever's chief engineer, Carim Gad, concludes "With the new system,
we're running the packaging machine at full capacity, giving us a
performance increase of up to 25 percent compared with manual loading. The ability to cover peak loads is of particular interest.
For example, in the run-up to the Football World Cup, special production shifts were operating at the weekend. This alone gave us a competitive edge, enabling us to deliver Peperamis to our customers on schedule". - Наука та технологія
The most amazing part of this to me is the Peperami salamis are just poured out all over the place and the packing robots have to 'see' where they are.
Robot can "see", their eyes are sensors
That technology of "machine seeing" is half a century old now. Its very simple, high contrast draw a line for robot to pick up. Thats it. It was done in analog first, using cameras and raster grid.
@@Helloverlord The implementation details doesn't make it less fascinating.
cameras im working on newer versions of this. can do a 2d or 3d
@MitchMb14 The robots are loading a packaging machine which is working intermittently, not continuously. That´s the reason the robots have to wait today. In order that the robots never has to wait for incoming products we overfill the input conveyor. Our customer saved money this time because he did not need additional regulation for this task. Hope this helps.
For a swedish company, you guys sure made bank, working for p&g, we have more than 8 robots made by you guys, 5 flex pickers, a machine that stacks boxes onto a pallet, 2 that load flat rate boxes with suction cups, you guys really have paved a road, its so impressive
As a maintenance tech, I bet this machine is fun to PM!
I'm made a similar video at a French Fry plant, though nothing quite this complex. Fascinating process and great video!
imagine all the smart ass ppl that it took to program develop and distribute these robots. genious
@Hyminym They are locating the salami snacks by using vision systems that can see the locations & pass that info on to the robots.
I bet its only based on length and width, 🤔 is weight a factor for the picker bots.
@saizai Yes it can also work as you suggest, but the set up in the movie is currently meeting the production demand that Unilever needs.
Amazing and this is just the beginning of the coming of automation .
Interessant. Danke für den Beitrag
The Pepperoni Pickers Guild will be up in arms over this!
Idk why this is in my home page but these are looking delicious
This robot rules!
Wow. The accuracy and agility of those things is mind blind.
great video!
Adoro ese trabajo
The robots are loading a packaging machine which is working intermittently, not continuously. That´s the reason the robots have to wait today. In order that the robots never has to wait for incoming products we overfill the input conveyor. Our customer saved money this time because he did not need additional regulation for this task. Hope this helps.
over here they are called "hunters sausages" because they are already cooked and do not go bad in hot or cold weather.
What happens to the weenees that aren't being picked up? Do they circle back?
Such a fine piece of tech, that too 11 years ago!
Just wow!
888k views though!
I think it's starting to hit the algorithm
This thing can package my salami snacks any time.
Please don’t sexualize A FUCKING ROBOT.
Like this one.
Very cool.!
@m0rttt I think @BGSoccerMagic got it about right. "Why would we want humans to do this repetitive and tedious job when the machines can do it much faster and more accurate". We call that "Elevating the nature of work"
Amazing 😍
I really love the bit between 0:57 and 1:11.
Imagine what you can program these for on weekends. 😉👍
Power and Productivity for a Better World... Without Humans.
You need to consider that the limiting factor might be the machine that is downstream in the line, eg: the sealer maybe uses a cutter that does need the pause in motion. I do think that's the case if you notice at the start of the video how the roll of wrapper film pauses at periodic intervals too.
this is soo cool
You can cram your robots - we want our ZOMTEC commercials back!
Add some multi-threading and the pickers won't have to wait for the tray conveyor advancing.
Bringing order to the galaxy
Great.
Is it picking the straight snack one's on conveyor
I think it changes the channel on the TV screen :-)
For a better world with less dull ,dirty & dangerous jobs for humans. Elevating the nature of work.
That's the dream. Though the transition may be difficult while the nature of work changes so drastically.
What does thermodynamics have to do with "getting more dirty"?
@@0x1EGEN entropy
@AClarke2007 The decision is made by the PickMaster 3 software. It is handing out the tasks to the robots
Iwlw. Huge. Missed
At one end of each conveyor belt there are workers sitting on top of a toilet seat, eating sausages and dumping their poop down a chute, this then lands on the conveyor belt before going into the packing area!
Get some professional help you idiot.
@@ventureelect
Ah, you poor, little idiot, it does not take much to hurt your feelings.
How is this better than more conventional automation that uses conveyors and tray sorting? Is the curved salami causing problems, because I know my wife complains.
I'm a believer you won me over lol
elin oğlu çalışıyor bizler seyrediyoruz
Think about all of the jobs that it TOOK to design the robot, along with all of the equipment and the entire machine. And all of the companies it took to make all of the parts that go into everything, and all of the jobs it takes to maintain the equipment. People always look at who the robot is replacing - look the other way around.
If those robots wherent able to run 24/7 and replace the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of man hours a year. Along with not having to pay HR and employees for vacation sick leave and all the problems and responsibilities that employers forced to have to shoulder because people are to demanding.
Then they wouldn't be used or deemed necessary.
The problem is The local C-stor the car wash the grocery store auto parts store the beauty salon barber
Shop the restaurants dont have an upwardly mobile clientele to do buisness with. And the higher skilled jobs dont have anyone with work experience to cost effectively run their buisnesses.And it destroys the tax base which isn't available for social programs that are now more neccessary because no jobs are available.
So no one can afford anything but beef jerky. Maybe.
How long does it take to clean this and how often does it need cleaning?
Drake and Josh really could have used this thing for packing all that sushi
The robots don't pick their nose or cough and sneeze over the sausage...go go robots.
Never thought I'd end up here on UA-cam, watching robots package food. Exciting stuff though-sincerely. Just thinking about how much R&D went into those robots, I wonder if the benefits outweigh the costs. It's been more than three years now.
If it didn't outweigh the costs then they would have never purchased the robots. No question. Unilever is a huge company, with teams of people to figure all that stuff out...they're not making random purchases.
+Jordan Maslin
Researching a robot like this costs a lot.
BUT, it'll pay off.
These robots are lightweight and very cost effective. They are faster and cheaper than conventional robotic arms.
Research is also worth it if it's implemented on large scale.
Also, robots can work almost 24/7 and are more reliable than people. Running a robot the whole day will only cost the electricity, while a human is much more expensive and probably slower.
With your logic, GTA V should have never been made because it would be too expensive, but they did get a lot of revenue of it. And they can use the engine/research for newer versions.
How many picks per second?
That's pretty neat. What happens to the ones that roll off the end? Will the line eventually be redesigned to give them more time in the part where they are oriented parallel to their direction of travel?
My guess is sent around again
Airport conveyor / sushi belt style, the hot dog shaped meat sticks take a loop back through the heating lamp to stay warm instead of sitting waiting for pickup
Fascinating. Negative: the mass production of waste (packaging)
@ABBRobotics nice machine does ABB make a MAP machine for jerky that wont break the bank? I have looked into theremoforming rollstock machines (which produces a nice package and I could use it in a wide range of applications (jerky and vacuum sealed custom meats))the problem.... in my mind..... a high mill plastic is used for jerky to prevent puncture but the heated seal is very difficult to open. So for jerky a zipper to MAP bag is more customer friendly but the machine has fewer applications.
@destrukkTHOR Yes they can do that to.
Ist das in Ansbach?
ABBRobotics what is the vibration system used ahead of the conveyor?
I think it is the orange components we see at 0:21, but what company makes this?
I wonder why so many people are worried about robots putting people out of work? This has happened since the start of the agricultural revolution when hunter gatherers were put out of work, or when horses replaced people, or then when tractors replaced more people and horses, etc.
Not to mention there are plenty of jobs created for servicing and designing those robots.
This is like porn to me.
Should be designing such things for recycling pickers. The world DESPERATELY needs to increase the rate and volume of recycling activity, which is extremely manual.
I think that 4 robots could be replaced by way more simpler machinery.
wow, I wish I had a job servicing that system... I'm assuming it's operated by some form of PLC.
Is using robots really the easiest way to put thoses snacks in row ? Isn't this a bit overkill ?
Probably not the easiest way to do it, but the benefit or robots over linear feeders is that robot is easier and cheaper to program for new product over machining a new linear for the new product- you just need to replace jig where the product is placed and the gripper the robot uses to snatch the object and you can use the same cell to pack just about any product to any package be it sausages, batteries, pills, ammunition, lettuce or anything else.
@LU29UN99 This installation is in Germany & it is impossible to get people to do this dull repetitive work.
wow
@leppy111 Pererami, Peperoni. Lets call the whole thing off :-)
wow thats ammazing
Unilever = Umbrella Corp. They own the world and everything in it !
Why does the line of "picked" dogs keep starting and stopping when it could run continuously?
And a fair fraction don't get picked at all on their first voyage on the conveyor.
Odd.
James Garry Look at our beautiful robots running at peak in a system that's crippled to 40% efficiency!
Dan Royer On the other hand, catch 90% of them on the first pass, accept that one in a million will be on the conveyor for an hour or two, or invest in another spiffy and expensive pick-and-place...
Mmm.
+James Garry
Indeed, run both conveyors a little slower, and make the robots work 100% of the time. Should be faster overall.
+Dan Royer The packaging line which presents the cavities operates intermitently because it is performing processes upstream and downstream which you don't see in the video. Whilst 'stopped', the packaging line forms the cavities upstream (prior to salami loading), whilst downstream (after salami loading) a top layer of film is overlaid and vacuum sealed, followed by cutting laterally and longitudinally to create an individual (or multi tear-off) package. The plastic film needs to be held stationary for 4-5 seconds, so that the dies on the packaging machine (forming, vacuum sealing, cutting) can open/close to carry out the necessary process steps.
Salami snacks are big business.
Do you know the name of this song?
At least some things are moving forward. These 3 minutes are worth more than 3^x hours filled with politicians blabbing.
KUKA macht auch sehr gutern Robotern!
That job used to be done by humans but when they sped up the line, the humans couldn't keep up and started eating them and stuffing them in their clothes.
@ABBRobotics, What programing language did you use to develop the robots targeting & accuracy movements?
this robot hands are fast.
Yum possessed.....
Have an article in scientific journals, referring to the application of the video, to cite in my degree work
DERRRRKER JEEEERRBS !!!!!!!!!
Do you also have maxiking production lol
its emergency stop button...
@littlestworkshop Got it. And VERY coordinated they are to !!!
Ecentually robots will be building and manufacturing for robots.
Meh...these robots are slacking off. Look how slow they're going. Get me my whip ! 😁
Seems like the center conveyor should stay moving so there isn't a big pause. The bots should have no trouble setting onto a moving target.
It packs them 10 at a time.
it can't move continuously it needs to pause to form, vacuum seal and cut the cavities. you don't see these steps in the clip
@squishfaceofsaryrn Yes it can :-)
Salami robots. The number one enemy of the working class. Honestly people?
robot in the futures... doing our dirty jobs ;D
Those hands are quick! Imagine dealing cards with those babies.
15 years ago humans made pepperoni sticks. Now robots make them. In 15 years robots will be making robots and humans will have zero jobs
Animatrix one step closer
This music video is weird.
Incrível
@scir91 It really is becoming more and more difficult to find people who want to do this kind of dull, dangerous & dirty jobs.
Great now automate produce picking in fields.
@sklineline - how about all the people it took to design & build the robots and equipment? or all of the jobs it took to manufacture all of the parts that go into the robot and equipment? look the other way and actually think.
@m0rttt haha from Southpark :P
Now I am hungry
fat
We are inadequate.
@littlestworkshop Nice thought. But only one color !!!!
I love me some salami snacks, especially from Lidl (Twinners)
Our owners don't need us any more.
So much for co-employee crushes....... or not.
how much