Veo Robotics companions with Grey Options

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Veo Robotics’ FreeMove tracks the velocity and separation of robots inside their workcells. | Supply: Veo Robotics

Veo Robotics introduced that Grey Options is now an authorized methods integrator accomplice. The businesses will convey 3D safeguarding to collaborative human-robot palletizing for shopper packaged items (GPG) producers. 

Grey Options is an automation providers supplier for the meals and beverage sector, one of many quickest rising sectors for robotic orders based on the Affiliation for Advancing Automation (A3). Purchases inside the sector have been up 29% in 2021 from 2020. 

“Grey Options understands and has the power to combine new applied sciences like 3D dynamic security, it’s a part of their DNA,” Ron Ledoux, regional gross sales supervisor at Veo Robotics, mentioned. “They perceive that FreeMove is the kind of disruptive expertise that may considerably change how a workcell is configured by enabling any dimension robotic to work in a collaborative method.”

Veo Robotics’ FreeMove is a sophisticated security system for industrial workcells with human-robot collaboration. The system displays velocity and separation in 3D inside robotic workcells. FreeMove makes it in order that people can work alongside robots safely. 

“Veo’s FreeMove is the one product at the moment obtainable with this stage of security design to unlock the true energy of human-robot collaboration inside the CPG market,” Sam Janes, senior robotics engineer at Grey Options, mentioned.

With FreeMove, Grey Resolution’s prospects will have the ability to guarantee the protection of their collaborative palletizing options. Robotic palletizing requires people to enter a workcell and work together with a robotic, and FreeMove signifies that producers don’t should sacrifice attain, velocity or payloads for extra security. 

“We’re excited to supply it as a part of our Robotic options for CPG firms seeking to adapt to vary with extra automated and versatile manufacturing practices whereas sustaining Security and lowering footprint,” Sawyer Dillard, supervisor of superior automation at Grey Options, mentioned.

Veo Robotics was based in 2016 by Patrick Sobalvarro, Clara Vu and Scott Denenberg in Waltham, Massachusetts. It has raised over $40 million in funding since its founding. It has partnerships with some main robotic producers, like FANUC, Yaskawa, ABB and Kuka.