Automation Controls Attract CPG Attention at Pack Expo | Robotics

KUKA runs a demo.

CHICAGO — Several vendors are working to make their robots simple so that workers at consumer packaged goods firms don’t need specialized skills to get their units operating, make changes if the environment changes, or keep their robots running. Some of those newer automation controls were on display at Pack Expo International here last week.

Some companies need controllers for both centralized and decentralized operations. AMK Automation Corp. displayed centralized, hybrid, and decentrali…