Automation
Arvato's new palletizing robot in incoming goods
Arvato has successfully put a new palletizing robot into operation at its site in Venlo, the Netherlands.
The robot is part of the incoming goods and storage process and not only palletizes cartons from loosely loaded containers, but also wraps the pallet and attaches the tracking label.
With this robotic solution, the supply chain and e-commerce service provider is continuing to systematically implement its strategy of automating its global logistics centers. "The use of the palletizing robot, which we have named 'Bucky' internally after the superhero Bucky Barnes, is the next step in robotics. Following the initial success of our three depalletizing robots, we have gradually implemented further robotic solutions, from picking robots to container unloading," says Karoline Kowalik, logistics engineer at Arvato.
"Bucky is not a stand-alone system, but a further building block in our automation strategy, with which we are redesigning and completing the process chain towards a fully automated incoming goods process," emphasizes Bernhard Lembeck, Head of the Future Warehouse department at Arvato. "We want to use 'Stretch' from Boston Dynamics in the container, Bucky for scanning, palletizing and packing as well as automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for storage in the existing pallet shuttle.
We are currently working intensively on integrating everything optimally into the overall process." The new robotic solution in Venlo was planned and tested jointly by a team from the areas of operations, technology, project management and IT development. The palletizing robot, supplied by automation specialist Segbert, can grip several cartons simultaneously with its vacuum gripper and process between 700 and 3,000 cartons per hour, depending on their size.
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