Applications

Almost every plant in the world operates some form of line loading and unloading. Rethink Robotics’ smart, collaborative robot Sawyer provides a great solution for the monotonous, yet critically important jobs of moving parts to/from tables, conveyors, and fixtures. The ability to maintain counts, re-orient parts and place them into position makes Sawyer a natural fit.

With growing customer demand for product customization, Sawyer, the smart collaborative robot, delivers a cost-effective, high performance factory automation tool for injection molders seeking machine tending, product inspection, and material handling capabilities – all in one, adaptable system.

PCB handling and ICT have historically been applications that were difficult to automate due to the delicate nature of parts and the frequency of line changeovers. Sawyer, the high performance, easy to use, flexible and popular collaborative robot, was designed specifically to handle these types of tasks. With its rapid redeployment capabilities, Sawyer can drop into a customer’s existing environment without having to significantly re-configure the existing infrastructure. In addition, the ability to “feel” its way into position makes the cobot ideal for these applications.

Testing systems have historically been found only on high volume production lines. Now, Rethink Robotics’ collaborative robot delivers the complete package that includes multi-point inspection using a single camera, full digital traceability of results, and error-proof processing.

Working with metal forming and stamping machines can be dirty, dull and dangerous work. And many processes still require the “human touch.” But Sawyer, the easy to use, flexible, collaborative robot, is a high performer in these tasks and can adapt to constantly changing line configurations, precisely loading and unloading parts, and tending to complex machinery.

Machine tending is one of the most boring jobs in any plant.  Easy to use and flexible Sawyer´s ability to integrate with CNC machines makes the cobot a great solution for coordinating the varied cycle times, loading and unloading of parts, supporting finishing operations, and other machine interactions.

The easy to use and flexible, collaborative robot Sawyer is well suited for a wide range of packaging applications.  From the repetitive demands of case packing, to the high variability requirements of 3PL providers, Rethink Robotics’ robot is on the job packing raw materials, finished goods and multi-pack cases for many different types of products and containers.