Packaging end users increasingly look to robotics and automation to provide a number of flexibility, efficiency, quality, cost, and safety benefits.
According to a report from PMMI the use of robots for packaging applications is on the rise and has grown from about 20% to 75% since 2008. his includes applications in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer packaged goods (defined by PMMI as non-food and beverage) (Source: 2014 Trends in Robotics Market Assessment).
For more information on robots in packaging, see Anne Marie Mohan’s article Robots Rise to Packaging Challenges in Packaging World.