Based on KUKA’s LBR iiwa, a production-ready collaborative lightweight robot, it has turned Swisslog’s fully automated CarryPick and AutoStore goods-to-person picking solutions into interactive human-robot workstations.

A distinctive feature is that the order bins at the pick station are simultaneously serviced by a human and the robot’s grippers, without the need for a barrier or fence between man and machine.

The workstation offers flexible scalability as well as high throughput for storing and picking light goods.

With their collaboration, the two companies have created a forward-thinking concept suited for industrial applications.

Automated Item Pick combines traditional automation technologies with the technical achievements of the IT world, said Peter Hettich, CEO at Swisslog. “As part of our industry 4.0 concept, we aim to increase the availability of our systems and eliminate potential error sources from intralogistics processes early on.”