ZenRobotics, Helsinki, has announced the latest addition to its line of scrap and waste sorting robots with the launch of the ZenRobotics Fast Picker for light material.
The new robot model is a result of decade-long experience in waste robotics and couples the most intelligent software with high-speed picking, says ZenRobotics.
Designed to improve the efficiency of material recovery facilities (MRFs), ZenRobotics says the Fast Picker is ideal for lightweight material such as packaging and dry mixed recyclables.
“Customers wish to integrate robots to all kinds of waste streams and now we’re meeting that demand with the Fast Picker,” says Juha Mieskonen, ZenRobotics head of sales. “Now you can choose the ideal robot for every sorting task.”
The ZenRobotics Fast Picker allows autonomous picking 24/7 and increases recovery while maintaining high purity in recyclables, according to the manufacturer. ZenRobotics says its Fast Picker can be integrated into side stream, reject recovering lines and quality control after optical sorting. The Fast Picker is ideal for
“Its robust and compact design is optimal for a demanding waste treatment environment and can be retrofitted to different conveyor widths,” says ZenRobotics. “Therefore, it fits most picking stations without additional modifications.”
ZenRobotics Fast Picker is powered by ZenbrAIn, artificial intelligence software that analyzes the data and controls the robots. ZenbrAIn is constantly learning, enabling operators to quickly react to changes in the waste stream. As a result, the ZenRobotics Fast Picker is not purpose-specific, but can be readily updated for performance-tuning or new fractions, according to the company.
“This kind of flexibility has not been available in waste sorting before and it’s possible thanks to years of industrial experience and research by ZenRobotics,” ZenRobotics says in a press release announcing the product.
Features of the Fast Picker include:
- sorts unlimited number of fractions;
- 4,000 picks per hour;
- maximum object weight of 1 kilogram;
- maximum object size of 400 milimeters;
- hybrid sorting through positive and negative sorting at the same time;
- replaces manual sorting;
- increases product recovery and purity rates; and
- easy installation to existing MRFs.
To watch the Fast Picker in action, click here.
