Retrofitting a GTP station with robotics: What it really involves. Live with Berkshire Grey

What is it about?

Retrofitting GTP infrastructure with robotics is an appealing idea, and the technology is there. What many underestimate: before the first robot picks an item, a few structured decisions need to be made. Which SKUs are pickable and which are not, and by what criteria? What does the customer need to prepare before things get started? This may sound complex at first, but it is not, once you know what really matters. 

Nicolas Dewit breaks the topic down step by step in this webinar, so you know what a retrofit really means, and what it does not.

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Why you should attend

• you want to know how to assess in a structured way whether and which parts of your GTP station are suitable for robotics
• you want to understand the criteria used to determine which items are suitable for automated picking
• you want to know what needs to be prepared on your side before a robot can go live
• you want to understand how operations work in practice with a mix of pickable and non-pickable items

What you will take away from the talk

• Criteria for pickability: what really matters regarding shape, weight, packaging and data quality
• What preparations are required on the customer side before automation begins
• What mixed operations with non-automatable items look like in practice
• Realistic assessments of throughput and entry hurdles drawn from real projects

Speakers

• Nicolas Dewit, Sales Director Europe & EMEA Team Management at Berkshire Grey
• Moderator: Andreas Löwe, Founder & CEO of even