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The Robot That Packs 1200 Boxes an Hour
Episode 100 of The Manufacturing Podcast takes us inside a factory in Denmark where a robot named Sloth picks and packs e-commerce orders at 1,200 boxes an hour—more than ten human workers can do. Lucas breaks down how the robot avoids ripping packages and why its computer vision system struggles with black shrink wrap. Luna asks whether this means job losses or job upgrades. The hosts discuss the economics: the robot costs about $300,000 and pays for itself in 18 months if you run three shifts. They also touch on why the Danish manufacturer, RobotWorx, deliberately made the robot…
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