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Robot Domination: Automated Factory Sorts, Seals, and Ships With Little Human Contact

Aaron Saenz
Mar 23, 2011
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Robots are claiming an ever increasing portion of the manufacturing pie, and they don't even like pie. The latest example of the rise of automated factory is all about adding some robotic spice to the palate...er, pallet. Intelligrated is an Ohio-based firm that specializes in designing, building, and installing custom automated systems for factories, and they excel at creating machines that arrange goods on pallets so they can be shipped en masse. Sounds boring, looks pretty amazing. Check out the video below to see Intelligrated 'palletize' pretty much any manufactured good you can think of. Like so many other stages in production, prepping items for shipping is yet another task that has fallen to the might of industrial robots.

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The truth is that automated systems are taking over all parts of the modern economy, but manufacturing is where this transformation is easiest to see. We've previously reviewed automated factories that handle all manner of creation and assembly. Even those mundane tasks that still require human ingenuity, such as packing irregular goods into boxes, are augmented with robotic helper systems. As you watch Intelligrated demonstrate how automated solutions have revolutionized another stage of manufacturing, keep in mind that what's true for robots and blue collar jobs will soon be true for artificial intelligence and white collar jobs as well. Whether it's AI journalists, or automated scientists, machines will move into higher paying occupations in the near future. Humans may not lose their jobs altogether, they may simply be able to do more in less time, but there's little doubt that the majority of the grunt work is going to be taken over by our robotic brethren. Good or bad, that future is already upon us.

[image and video credit: Intelligrated]
[source: Intelligrated]

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