OnRobot, one of the leaders in hardware and software solutions for collaborative applications, has launched OnRobot Palletiser, a complete collaborative palletising solution designed to take the physical and financial pain out of palletising processes.

OnRobot Palletiser extends OnRobot's application-first approach to collaborative automation by letting users choose a palletising system that works for their specific application needs thanks to its space saving footprint, and ability to handle many different types of boxes, packages, patterns, pallets and stacking heights. Compatible with collaborative robot and light industrial robots from the Doosan, FANUC, OMRON, Techman and Universal Robots brands, the OnRobot Palletiser is available as a complete out-of-the-box system or as individual components to create a mix-and-match solution.

OnRobot Palletising, intuitive palletising software that guides users through the entire deployment from start to finish via a single intelligent interface for all components. It's also a true time-saver designed to slash overall project costs. Once the physical hardware is in place and secured, the end-user or integrator simply opens OnRobot Palletising to receive step-by-step guidance through the process of setting up a palletising application. Designed to reduce deployment time by eliminating complexity, the software enables even inexperienced end-users to deploy the system in a fraction of the time it would take using traditional programming interfaces. For example, using OnRobot Palletising, an inexperienced end-user can set up a full palletising application in a day, versus 12 or more days using conventional programming software. Redeployment is even faster, with that same inexperienced end-user reprogramming the cell for a different palletising application in just half a day. Palletising application deployment guidance is also available on the free Learn OnRobot e-learning platform.

The OnRobot Lift100, a robust elevator with a total payload of 100 kg that provides a 7th axis for cobot and lightweight industrial robot brands; TÜV-certified stop-functionality facilitates safe and effective collaborative deployments; provides safe and precise positioning even at high speeds.

The OnRobot Pallet Station, durable floor mounted pallet fixtures designed to ensure consistent positioning; each comes with a built-in sensor for detecting pallet presence.

"Small and midsized companies need palletising automation that is easy to use, fast to deploy and affordable – even if the application changes over time," said Enrico Krog Iversen, CEO of OnRobot.

 "OnRobot Palletiser combines fast deployment times with a small footprint and the best price point in the market – all using our application-focused approach that gives customers much more flexibility than traditional approaches. OnRobot Palletiser can be deployed out-of-the-box and with minimal disruption to existing factory and warehouse layouts.” he added.

Manual palletising is a labour intensive, repetitive and unergonomic task, which makes it an ideal candidate for automation. Palletising automation increases productivity and throughput and improves quality and ergonomics.

OnRobot Palletiser has three main advantages over existing palletising automation, explains Adrián Pérez Martínez, CTO & Co-Founder at Neobotik, "It's fast to deploy. It has an easy-to-use programming interface. And the gripper weight is optimal, making the solution ideal for a wide range of collaborative palletising applications, including in industries such as food and beverage, where there is a high flow of open boxes ready to be palletised and gripping the boxes using a traditional vacuum gripper is not possible."