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Robotics
Innovations Report
From The Editors
Welcome to the 2026 Packaging World/Healthcare Packaging/ProFood World Innovations Report.
This second-year report showcases standout packaging and processing equipment and materials spotted by PMMI Media Group editors at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, held September 29–October 1, 2025.
Editors highlight the defining features of each new product and capture videos of the innovations in action on the show floor. What follows is an organized, category-by-category look at the most noteworthy and genuinely new solutions drawn from hundreds of booth visits, and curated through decades of combined editorial experience.
Participating editors included:
- Matt Reynolds, Chief Editor, Packaging World
- Liz Cuneo, Editor in Chief, Healthcare Packaging
- Derrick Teal, Editor in Chief, ProFood World
- Anne Marie Mohan, Senior Editor, Packaging World
- Lilián Robayo Páez, Editor in Chief, Mundo EXPO PACK
- Silvia Gamba, Assistant Editor, Mundo EXPO PACK
- Casey Flanagan, Associate Editor, ProFood World
- Sean Riley, Editor in Chief, OEM Magazine
- Pat Reynolds, Contributor, Packaging World
- Rick Lingle, Contributor, Packaging World
Robotics
Introduction
Demand Driving Robotics
The latest developments in robotic technologies are tailored for packaging applications, highlighting innovations that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and adaptability. Collaborative robots (cobots), AI-driven vision systems, and modular automation platforms are enabling smarter, safer, and more efficient workflows while addressing challenges such as labor shortages and product variability.
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End of Line
Small Footprint
Operator Friendly
Robotic
beRobox
Paltz i50 Plug-and-Play Palletizer
Quick Start
First “plug-and-play industrial robot palletizer” can be installed in less than an hour.
Easy Programming
Simple-to-use StackIt software for palletizing doesn't require programming or coding.
A remarkable combination of operational simplicity and capability in a compact, roboticized palletizing system.
Rick Lingle
Contributing Editor
Paltz i50 Plug-and-Play Palletizer
beRobox
Robotic systems are growing more compact, agile, and user-friendly.
Paltz i50 Plug-and-Play Palletizer
beRobox
Key Features
Industrial palletizing robot is operated by simple-to-use StackIt software via a touchpanel HMI where users can add as many stock-keeping units as they’d like. The Fanuc robot handles loads up to 110 lb.
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Delkor Systems, Inc.
High Performance Case Packer
High Speed Packing for Cups, Bottles & Canisters
Stable. Accurate. Reliable. The High Performance Case Packer runs up to 600 PPM. Delkor's patented product stabilizer and telescoping servo laner ensure accurate pack patterns and seamless collation.
Patented Product Stabilizer
Eliminate unstable, shingled pack patterns to ensure consistent product control at high speeds.
Flawless High Speed Collation
Telescoping servo laner ensures stable and accurately aligned pack patterns at speeds up to 600 PPM.
Package Versatility
Runs tapered cups and bottles for cases, RRP/SRP, tray shrink, Spot-PakⓇ, and club store trays.
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For Smaller Companies
High Speed
Operator Friendly
Robotic
Small Footprint
Dobot
CR 30H Cobot with Palletizer Base
High Speed
The CR 30H is said to be the world’s fastest 30 kg-payload cobot, featuring a 300-deg/sec joint speed.
2,600-mm Reach
Can reach a stacking height of 2,600 mm, allowing it to fully load a standard semi-truck pallet.
The CR 30H with palletizer base reflects the industry’s move toward compact, turnkey cobot systems that boost productivity while simplifying deployment and mobility.
Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor, Packaging World
CR 30H Cobot with Palletizer Base
Dobot
HyperMove motion control adjusts acceleration to maintain maximum reliable speed, for 20% higher single-unit efficiency.
CR 30H Cobot with Palletizer Base
Dobot
Key Features
The CR 30H features one-hand drag-to-teach programming, fail-safe electromagnetic brakes, and IP67 protection, with a palletizing speed of 10 packs/min.
Operator Friendly
Robotic
Small Footprint
ELM ELectrical
Palit Heavy Duty Collaborative Robot
High Payload
This system can lift and palletize bags up to 60 lbs with a vacuum end-of-arm tool.
Collaborative
Its collaborative design allows for safe interation with operators and maximizes available floor space.
A collaborative robot capable of lifting up to 60 lb bags takes a heavy task off the backs of plant workers, helping to avoid injury and keeping operations moving.
Casey Flanagan
Associate Editor, ProFood World
Palit Heavy Duty Collaborative Robot
ELM ELectrical
The Palit can lift heavy bags up to 60 lbs and requires no fencing, supporting safe operation alongside humans and using less floor space.
Palit Heavy Duty Collaborative Robot
ELM ELectrical
Key Features
ELM's Palit collaborative robot with vacuum end-of-arm tooling can lift bags up to 60 lbs, freeing operators from repetitive heavy lifts in palletizing.
Robotic
Fanuc
M710iD Robotic Palletizer
Food-rated
Comes with food-grade grease, a stainless steel face plate, and epoxy paint to help the robot withstand the washdown environment of the food industry.
Versatility
From cases to totes to crates to pails, this is a good solution for robotic palletizing in a washdown environment.
This is a fully-enclosed IP67-rated robotic palletizer with a 50-kg payload that is specifically designed for food industry applications.
Pat Reynolds
Contributing Editor
M710iD Robotic Palletizer
Fanuc
Food companies need robotic palletizers suitable for washdown environments.
Shown here picking and placing bags of tortillas, this new robotic palletizer is suitable for any food company.
M710iD Robotic Palletizer
Fanuc
Key Features
Handles up to 50-kg payload and it's IP67-rated.
Fast Changeover
High Speed
Operator Friendly
Robotic
Smart HMI
Festo
Codi Manufacturing Flex Stack Gantry Palletizer
Gantry Robotics
A gantry palletizer series based on Festo mechatronics technology that is available in two payload models.
Versatile System
Can also be used for depalletizing and for palletizing mixed pallet loads.
Using a gantry robot for palletizing gives manufacturers the best of both worlds—speed and precision with a compact footprint and the flexibility to handle heavier loads.
Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor, Packaging World
Codi Manufacturing Flex Stack Gantry Palletizer
Festo
Mechatronics include Festo’s rugged axes, multiprotocol servo drives, a Z-axis motor, a hybrid controller, an operator interface, and vacuum technology.
The Festo VTUX compact valve manifold end-of-arm tool features an integrated vacuum with sensors for minimum energy consumption.
Codi Manufacturing Flex Stack Gantry Palletizer
Festo
Key Features
Among the benefits cited by Festo of the gantry versus cobots or light-payload industrial robots are higher speed and cycle rates (4 to 10 cases/min), simple linear mechanics for less wear, simplified maintenance, higher payloads, and minimized space requirements.
For Contract Packagers
For Smaller Companies
Robotic
Small Footprint
Smart HMI
Igus
Fairino FR20 Cobot Palletizer
Low Cost
At $37K, it’s said by Igus to be one of the lowest-cost cobot palletizers on the market.
Extended Reach
Features a 20-kg payload capacity and 1,854-mm reach with six degrees of freedom.
The Igus cobot palletizer offers an affordable, easy to set up solution that gives manufacturers the flexibility to handle multiple tasks even with a smaller workforce.
Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor, Packaging World
Fairino FR20 Cobot Palletizer
Igus
Its extended reach covers large workspaces, allowing the cobot to service two pallet positions—one on each side.
Fairino FR20 Cobot Palletizer
Igus
Key Features
The system is configurable for multiple palletizing patterns and offers intuitive drag-and-teach programming, ±0.1 mm repeatability, and intelligent control systems that ensure precise placement for stable stacking.
Robotic
Small Footprint
Operator Friendly
RobotIQ
Palletizing Robot With Integrated Conveyor
Production-ready Palletizing
Universal Robots partners with RobotIQ to create a fully production-ready palletizing cell for rapid deployment that's easily movable.
Fixed Conveyor
A fixed, repeatable pick position improves box handling performance and accuracy.
Pallet-mounted system offers exceptional mobility for user convenience.
Rick Lingle
Contributing Editor
Palletizing Robot With Integrated Conveyor
RobotIQ
Automated systems that can adapt quickly to changing production needs are always in vogue.
Palletizing Robot With Integrated Conveyor
RobotIQ
Key Features
Boxes for palletizing arrive singulated on a fixed conveyor for efficiency from which they are picked and placed by the UR robot into programmed pattern.
Operator Friendly
High Speed
Smart HMI
Signode
Octopus Prestige Stretch Wrapper
Top Down Easy Service
Top down easy service access means all service points are easily accessible at floor level.
Advanced Motion Control
Instead of relying on multiple sensors and mechanical adjustments, the Octopus Prestige stretch wrapper uses smart motion algorithms to manage the wrapping process.
Using the foundation of rotary ring technology, this fully automatic pallet wrapping system is designed for high-volume operations demanding speed, reliability, and consistency in wrapping.
Pat Reynolds
Contributing Editor
Octopus Prestige Stretch Wrapper
Signode
Ease of maintenance and built to last.
Intelligent film conversion and advanced motion control are two of the innovative features of the Octopus Prestige.
Octopus Prestige Stretch Wrapper
Signode
Key Features
Top down easy service access brings multiple benefits to operational efficiency.
Robotic
Small Footprint
Torfresma
TRF Cobot Palletizer
Cobot Coworker
Cobot-centered palletizing cell runs at 9 cycles/minute handling cases that weigh about 30 pounds.
Simple Operation
Intuitive pallet-generating software takes the complexity out of programming.
Compact palletizing system leverages the growing confidence and familiarity managers have with cobots.
Rick Lingle
Contributing Editor
TRF Cobot Palletizer
Torfresma
Spurred by labor shortages, cobots meet a need for flexible, cost-effective automation.
TRF Cobot Palletizer
Torfresma
Key Features
Robotic palletizing cell centers on a cobot that permits workers to be in close proximity.
For Smaller Companies
Robotic
For Contract Packagers
Fast Changeover
Tutor Intelligence
Robotics-as-a-Service
Low Cost to Entry
Customers pay to deploy, then pay for usage.
Unlimited SKUs
Highly flexible cobot can handle unlimited SKUs.
Low-cost, easy-to-deploy cobots are opening automation to operations of all sizes — delivering consistent performance, simple programming, and fast ROI.
Liz Cuneo
Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Packaging
Robotics-as-a-Service
Tutor Intelligence
Unlimited SKUs can be programmed easily and the system touts a fast and easy changeover.
Robotics-as-a-Service
Tutor Intelligence
Key Features
Tutor Intelligence is an AI robotic palletizer service company that rents out robots. Customers can deploy a fleet of AI and vision-powered cobots.
For Smaller Companies
Operator Friendly
Robotic
Small Footprint
Smart HMI
Kawasaki Robotics
Kawasaki Nova IPC-25 Palletizing System
Collaborative Integration
Combines a Kawasaki RS025N six-axis industrial robot with Nova Automation’s Interactive Palletizing Cell.
Intuitive Programming
Features no-code programming on a compact touchscreen, allowing operators to create palletizing patterns as easily as using a smartphone.
With the Nova IPC-25, Kawasaki is meeting the call for more accessible automation, with easy touchscreen setup and a fence-free design that fits smoothly into busy plant floors.
Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor, Packaging World
Kawasaki Nova IPC-25 Palletizing System
Kawasaki Robotics
At the show, Kawaski coupled the palletizing cell with an AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot), an option it says is becoming more prevalent outside of 3PLs.
The turnkey system can handle cases, pails, totes, bales, and bundles up to 50 lb at speeds to 10 picks/min.
Kawasaki Nova IPC-25 Palletizing System
Kawasaki Robotics
Key Features
Dual pallet stations allow for continuous palletization, with minimal operator interface. The cell’s small, mobile footprint, with fork pockets in the base, allows for easy movement throughout the plant.
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Robotic
Smart HMI
Convergix
Robots with Intuition
Custom Grippers
Washdown-certified pick-and-place units for the food industry feature custom-made soft grippers that handle multiple geometries.
Real-time Feedback
The "Intuition" data collection solution provides historical and real-time feedback of conditions including downtime and faults.
Soft grippers provide literal and figurative 'flexibility' for high-speed, high-accuracy picking.
Rick Lingle
Contributing Editor
Robots with Intuition
Convergix
The Intuition data collection system offers an at-a-glance look at the delta robots’ operations including historic data, real-time data, and diagnostics.
Robots with Intuition
Convergix
Key Features
Robots' soft grippers improve pick-and-place efficiency while the data collection screen enables personnel to see status and performance at-a-glance.
High Speed
Fast Changeover
Robotic
Delkor
Updated EVO Case Packer
Faster
Since its launch last year, the EVO case packer is now achieving speeds 20% faster than the original model.
Vertical Loading
EVO is now available with a cassette end-of-arm-tooling option that can load product vertically into erected corrugated cases.
I first saw EVO last year in Chicago, and was impressed by the speeds it could achieve in a small footprint with high belt speeds. But it's getting even faster, now running 70 products/min per cell, up from 60/min last year.
Matt Reynolds
Chief Editor, Packaging World
Updated EVO Case Packer
Delkor
Delkor's EVO case packer offers fast, tool-less changeover. Quick-change EOATs and digital feedback indicators enable full-line changeovers in 6 minutes.
The flexible layout allows cells to be added to grow throughput and speeds up to 280 products/minute or more, both in counterflow and inline.
Updated EVO Case Packer
Delkor
Key Features
After its initial launch last year, Delkor's EVO has evolved to add 20% faster speeds and new EOAT capabilities to provide new pack patterns in corrugated cases of a wider variety of styles.
High Speed
Robotic
Fast Changeover
Operator Friendly
Douglas Machine
TriVex DL Robotic Loading System
3D Inspection
A SICK 3D inspection system eliminates the need for precision lighting, able to view and identify product simply by shape, depth, and outer perimeter, instead of color.
Variable Pitch Control
The TriVex DL’s variable pitch case conveyance optimizes spacing and robot reach, boosting case speed and adaptability while maintaining smooth, precise product handling.
The TriVex DL’s 3D vision system feels like giving the machine a new sense. It sees every bag and pouch in real time, based on dimension instead of color, correcting alignment and boosting precision without slowing the line.
Matt Reynolds
Chief Editor, Packaging World
TriVex DL Robotic Loading System
Douglas Machine
Simple touchscreen controls at the HMI let operators fine-tune 3D camera settings, monitor robot alarms, and adjust recipes quickly.
Counterflow conveyor storage and minimal mechanical touchpoints reduce downtime and make product or case changeovers effortless.
TriVex DL Robotic Loading System
Douglas Machine
Key Features
The Douglas TriVex DL is a top-load case packer using Delta robots and 3D vision to precisely load bags and pouches. With variable pitch handling, smart HMI control, and quick changeovers, it delivers speed, flexibility, and reliable performance.
Operator Friendly
Robotic
High Speed
Edson (ProMach)
Robotic Infeed De-strapping System
Automated Infeed Control
The fully automates product infeed locates, clamps, cuts, and disposes straps in 20 seconds, boosting speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
Smart Verification & Safety
An integrated barcode scanner confirms correct products while improving operator safety and reducing waste.
For brand packagers under pressure to boost throughput and reduce labor dependency, Edson’s de-strapping system is a smart leap forward. It automates one of the most overlooked, manual, dangerous choke points on the line.
Matt Reynolds
Chief Editor, Packaging World
Robotic Infeed De-strapping System
Edson (ProMach)
A waste management control system efficiently collects and disposes of straps, labels, and other debris to maintain a clean, organized infeed area.
Versatile product handling makes this equipment compatible with pallets delivered by fork trucks, clamp trucks, or AGVs/LGVs for flexible integration into any line.
Robotic Infeed De-strapping System
Edson (ProMach)
Key Features
Shown at PACK EXPO, the Edson De-Strapping Infeed Management System automates empty can infeed for beverage lines, cutting and removing straps, scanning barcodes, and processing up to 23 pallets per hour to boost safety, accuracy, and line efficiency.
Fast Changeover
Operator Friendly
Smart HMI
Fallas Automation
Adabot-LV Retail-Ready Case Packer
Flexible Retail-ready Case Packing
The systems handles both single- and multi-row display cases, and is flexible throughout to adapt to changing configurations and needs.
Fast Changeover
Tool-less changeovers of less than 15 minutes make for quick switches from one product or case configuration to another.
Fallas’ Adabot-LV gives CPGs flexible, retail-ready case packing in a small footprint. It handles single- or multi-row display cases with quick changeovers and no complex vision systems.
Matt Reynolds
Chief Editor, Packaging World
Adabot-LV Retail-Ready Case Packer
Fallas Automation
The patented design of a deeper reach robotic arm extends reach without slowing cycle times, ideal for tall or deep retail display cases.
The compact, durable stainless frame has a 8 ft × 5 ft. footprint, fitting in tight spaces while maintaining full accessibility for maintenance and changeovers.
Adabot-LV Retail-Ready Case Packer
Fallas Automation
Key Features
The new Fallas Adabot-LV boosts packaging rates by 50% over its predecessor. By moving from 2 servos with 4 flighted belts to 3 servos with 3 belts, each runs slower for smoother motion—yet the overall system runs faster, smarter, and more efficiently.
Operator Friendly
Hai Robotics
HaiPick Climb System
Reduced Maintenance
Simple two-points-of-contact design reduces maintenance while increasing efficiency.
Reliable ASRS
A space-saving, reliable design makes Automated Storage & Retrieval System a feasible option for more companies.
A 'simpler is better' redesign makes the robotic system more reliable for customers.
Rick Lingle
Contributing Editor
HaiPick Climb System
Hai Robotics
Stepwise improvements to robotics are driving their adaption throughout packaging operations.
HaiPick Climb System
Hai Robotics
Key Features
The HaiPick Climb System's guiderails and reliable two-points-of-contact design simplify vertical storage and retrieval.
Fast Changeover
High Speed
Operator Friendly
Robotic
Small Footprint
JLS Automation
Peregrine IS Robotic Cartoning system
Monobloc Construction
Fully automated system includes robotic carton forming, loading, and closing in one frame.
Ergonomic Access
Features a patent-pending perpendicular carton-forming flow, giving operators full, ergonomic access to the blank feeder and forming station.
The monobloc cartoner helps packagers stay productive even when labor is tight by automating random product handling, while its direct-access design makes changeovers, maintenance, and cleaning fast and simple for operators.
Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor, Packaging World
Peregrine IS Robotic Cartoning system
JLS Automation
The vision-guided robotic cartoner solves the challenges of picking and loading randomly oriented products into cartons or other container styles.
Peregrine IS Robotic Cartoning system
JLS Automation
Key Features
The Peregrine IS (integrated system) features the JLS Trak robotic transport system, a vision-guided robotic carton former, and from one to three pick-and-place robots. Its monobloc construction means it has a narrow footprint, compared with mechanical alternatives.
Robotic
High Speed
Kardex
SnapVac
Reduced Downtime
SnapVac cleans the AutoStore grid during normal operation.
High Speed
AutoStore is a high-density, high-throughput solution for automated storage and order picking.
Less downtime means more drive time for productivity.
Liz Cuneo
Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Packaging
SnapVac
Kardex
Built as an attachment for the AutoStore Red Line series, SnapVac features a compact vacuum unit mounted on top with a tube running along the robot's body.
SnapVac cleans the AutoStore grid as it moves.
SnapVac
Kardex
Key Features
The SnapVac is an attachment that is placed on top of the AutoStore robot. It is designed to limit downtime for cleaning of the grid or track of because it cleans during normal operation.
Robotic
Operator Friendly
PAC Machinery
KitAmatic
All-in-one Automation Solution
Feeding a PAC Machinery Rollbag bagger, the KitAmatic from MSD Sales drops parts from two hoppers onto a turntable and a Universal Robotics cobot places them into premade bags.
Unique Software
Software makes operating, programming, and data collecting simple and intuitive.
This is perfect for a hassle-free way of automating a very large mix of unique parts.
Pat Reynolds
Contributing Editor
KitAmatic
PAC Machinery
Parts packing by cobot, packing into an integrated bagger, and data metrics at an HMI—all in one system.
Hoppers, turntable, cobot, and bagger all perform as one integrated system.
KitAmatic
PAC Machinery
Key Features
A cobot is bundled with flex feeding technology and MSD's unique software to make this a safe and affordable automation solution.
Fast Changeover
For Smaller Companies
Operator Friendly
Robotic
Small Footprint
Premier Tech
Chronos CPW Series Robotic Case Packer
Product Versatility
Robotic system designed to gently handle boxes, thermoformed trays, cups, bags, pouches, or doypacks while creating shelf-ready cases.
Integrated Efficiency
Offers product handling and inspection as well as options for checkweighing, labeling, and more in a single frame.
As retailers ask for more shelf-ready formats and pack variety, the CPW Series gives manufacturers the flexibility to adapt quickly while keeping automation simple and product presentation consistent.
Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor, Packaging World
Chronos CPW Series Robotic Case Packer
Premier Tech
The system can be equipped with one or two packing robots and features easy, fast changeover, with no extra tooling required.
Chronos CPW Series Robotic Case Packer
Premier Tech
Key Features
The CPW is designed for small to medium, delicate items, such as dairy, bakery goods, and cold cuts and can pack wraparound and four-corner-glued cases, trays with ledges, and shelf-ready trays at 60 products/min/robot, or 35 cases/min, depending on product and container.
Fast Changeover
For Contract Packagers
Operator Friendly
Robotic
Small Footprint
Schmalz
mGrip Finger Grippers
Delicate Handling
The pneumatic finger grippers are adaptable and sensitive for gripping a wide range of delicate, variably shaped, small, or hard-to-grip products.
Hygienic Design
An IP69K design means the grippers are suitable for the direct handling of food products.
As e-commerce and mixed-SKU packaging grow, the mGrip grippers give automation the flexibility to handle everything from delicate food items to irregularly shaped products with ease.
Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor, Packaging World
mGrip Finger Grippers
Schmalz
The modular EOAT ecosystem features a wide range of configuration options, a unique finger geometry, and a variety of finger sizes.
At PACK EXPO, the mGrip was coupled with a cobot. The grippers are designed specifically for this style of robot, as well as for use with lightweight industrial robots.
mGrip Finger Grippers
Schmalz
Key Features
The modular gripper, which can be custom-built with no tools or special engineering required, has a workpiece width up to 300 mm, can handle up to a 10-kg payload, and operates at speeds to 120 picks/min, depending on the application.
Robotic
Small Footprint
ShipfromStores
Robotic Mailer Stuffer
"Stuart the Stuffer"
First-of-a-kind automated solution opens, fills, and seals plastic or paper padded mailers that have a removable peel & seal strip.
Rx Adaptable
System can be adapted to load pharmaceutical bottles.
Robotics that permit customers to reallocate personnel performing a repetitive task find a new application with padded mailer opening, insertion, and sealing for direct-to-consumer shipments.
Rick Lingle
Contributing Editor
Robotic Mailer Stuffer
ShipfromStores
First-of-its-kind robotic system that offers simple, easy-to-use controls opens, fills, and seals padded mailers that have a removable peel & seal strip.
Robotic Mailer Stuffer
ShipfromStores
Key Features
"Stuart the Stuffer" loads a variety of padded mailer sizes at a rate of 8 to 10 per minute. Offers a simple control system with restricted access settings.
Robotic
High Speed
Operator Friendly
Technology Excellence
Siemens
Simatic Robot Pick AI
Hardware Agnostic
Works with any robot, gripper, and vision camera.
Autonomous
Integrates with secondary AI—like Nvidia’s Visual Language Model—to classify items or detect defects.
Using advanced AI algorithms, the robot can identify and retrieve various items—regardless of shape, size or orientation—without needing predefined models.
Sean Riley
Editor in Chief, OEM Magazine
Simatic Robot Pick AI
Siemens
Simatic Robot Pick AI
Siemens
Key Features
Simatic Robot Pick AI is flexible, working with any robot, gripper, and depth-capable camera. It processes data locally on a rugged industrial PC, enabling real-time operation on the shop floor.
Robotic
Small Footprint
Operator Friendly
Universal Robots
UR Series 15 Cobot
New Robot
Lightweight design with increased payload capacity offers speed, dependability, and quick deployment.
Increased Payload
Cobot's 90-pound weight belies its ability to handle weights of ~39 pounds with a reach up to 50+ inches.
A smarter, faster, and more agile cobot is a hard-to-ignore option in pick-and-place packaging.
Rick Lingle
Contributing Editor
UR Series 15 Cobot
Universal Robots
Flexible, compact, and easy to integrate, cobots are an increasingly practical choice for today's operations.
UR Series 15 Cobot
Universal Robots
Key Features
The UR15's lightweight design offers speed and dependability that fits a variety of environments including pick-and-placement of corrugated boxes onto a conveyor in this demo.
Robotic
VisionNav Robotics
VNP15 pallet stacker
Flexible
VNP15 can work with varied carriers, such as pallets, storage cages, and can dock with WMS.
Reliable
Taking advantages of 3D SLAM navigation and 3D laser perception module, the AGF has high reliability.
Reliability is the defining measure of AGV performance. Automated vehicles don’t just move product — they move productivity forward.
Liz Cuneo
Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Packgaing
VNP15 pallet stacker
VisionNav Robotics
The autonomous robot uses LiDAR to stack totes with a very tight tolerance.
VNP15 pallet stacker
VisionNav Robotics
Key Features
The VNP15 is a counterbalance stacker AGV/AMR designed to achieve automatic and flexible material handling, material inbound and outbound, greatly improving logistics efficiency.
Fast Changeover
For Contract Packagers
High Speed
Robotic
Wexxar Bel (ProMach)
BEL625 Robotic Case Erector
Robotic Precision
A robotic arm forms cases with repeatable accuracy, ensuring consistent output and 99% efficiency across multiple box styles.
Automatic Changeovers
Adaptive control and servo-driven auto-adjust allow tool-free changeovers in minutes—ideal for short runs and frequent SKU shifts.
The BEL625 delivers exactly what modern CPGs, DCs, and co-packers need: fast, repeatable changeovers and robotic precision that keeps output high even as labor availability stays low.
Matt Reynolds
Chief Editor, Packaging World
BEL625 Robotic Case Erector
Wexxar Bel (ProMach)
Smart sensors detect case dimensions for real-time adjustment, minimizing operator input and setup downtime.
Compact footprint and plug-and-play integration make it ideal for co-packing and distribution center environments.
BEL625 Robotic Case Erector
Wexxar Bel (ProMach)
Key Features
Wexxar Bel’s BEL625 Robotic Case Erector uses robotic forming and adaptive controls to achieve 99% efficiency and up to 25-30 cases per minute. With fully automatic changeovers, it’s designed for co-packers and DCs handling multiple case sizes, materials, and frequent SKU shifts.
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Our Editors
Matt Reynolds
Chief Editor
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Anne Marie Mohan
Senior Editor
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Elisabeth Cuneo
Editor in Chief
Healthcare Packaging
Derrick Teal
Editor in Chief
ProFood World
Sean Riley
Editor in Chief
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Lilián Robayo Páez
Editor in Chief
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Silvia Gamba
Editor
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Casey Flanagan
Associate Editor
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Patrick Reynolds
Contributor
Packaging World
Rick Lingle
Contributor
Packaging World
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