Two Pick-it-Easy Robots are picking individual packages of meat, sausages and cold cuts at 's NORDfrische Center in Lüttow-Valluhn, Germany, according to supplier . The centre supplies about 650 shops.
The robots use image processing to identify products, scan barcodes and record package weights. They work alongside goods-to-person and pick-to-light stations within the existing chilled logistics system.
gives a rate of about 450 picks per robot per hour. That is the supplier's performance figure, not an independently measured result. 's manager says the robots allow round-the-clock picking when needed; this does not establish continuous operation without stops or human support.
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Supplier-rated throughput; no independent uptime or intervention data.