Unlike other robots, the ABB FlexPicker “can do over 150 picks per minute, deal with payloads as big as two kilos, and carries a camera so it can check products that don’t meet the grade.” Video after the break.

The speed and precision of the ABB IRB 340 FlexPicker robotic, um, arm, is pretty wild. It’s the world’s fastest industrial robot, able to accelerate at 10gs, as the arm goes from zero to 280mph in 1 second

[via Gizmodo - BotJunkie]

Via Techeblog

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