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Automated Order Picking & Fulfillment
Unlock the Potential of Your Order Fulfillment Operation
As consumer expectations for rapid delivery soar and labor challenges rise, traditional manual picking methods are proving inadequate, straining resources and limiting scalability.
Our robotic piece-picking solutions directly address these inefficiencies by enhancing the precision and speed of high-volume picking operations. This technology not only meets modern logistics demands but also reduces labor reliance, freeing workers to undertake more complex, value-added tasks.
Our solutions ensure consistent performance, scale with operational needs, and position your business for success in peak season.
Intelligent Robotics & CoBots
Augmenting Your Workforce
Cobots are used to automate repetitive, unergonomic tasks. By automating the repetitive task of picking, human labor can be redirected towards more complex tasks such as customer service and quality control, adding more value to human roles and enhancing job satisfaction.
Robotic Piece Picking
Integration Capabilities
At KPI Solutions, we specialize in optimizing your existing material handling systems by integrating robotic piece picking technology. This enhances processes and increases both the efficiency and accuracy of picking operations, working effectively with AS/RS systems, pick stations, and more to elevate your warehouse performance.
- High-Density AS/RS Systems such as AutoStore
- Robotic Sortation Systems like t-Sort
- Automated Mobile Robots (AMRs)
Applications & Use Cases for Piece-Picking Robotics
Robotic piece picking technology is transforming how goods are handled across various industries, particularly in E-Commerce and eGrocery. By automating the picking process, these systems provide critical support in high-volume order fulfillment and enable more personalized customer experiences.
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E-Commerce: Robotic piece pickers can rapidly handle a diverse array of products, from clothing to electronics, efficiently fulfilling orders with high accuracy. Integration with existing warehouse management systems ensures seamless operations, minimizing order processing times.
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eGrocery: Robots are equipped to pick and pack groceries, including perishable and fragile items, ensuring they are handled properly to maintain product integrity from warehouse to delivery.
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Integration with Material Handling Equipment: KPI Solutions can integrate robotic piece pickers with AutoStore, sortation robots, conveyors, and AMRs to enhance workflow efficiency and throughput in your warehouse operation.
Reduce reliance on labor and build resilience
Expand throughput capacity and enhance flexibility
Helping Companies Reach Business Goals
We partner with our clients to provide flexible and scalable engineered solutions that transform warehouse operations.
Benefits of Robotic Piece Picking
Discover how robotic piece picking can transform manual operations into high-speed, efficient picking engines, particularly for E-commerce environments. This technology significantly reduces reliance on labor and enhances operational throughput and safety, preparing your warehouse to meet the demands of the modern marketplace.
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Labor Optimization
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Five things to consider before implementing warehouse automation
Buyers and users of warehouse automation have told us it’s becoming less of a choice and more of an imperative to automate their facilities.
Based on learnings from interviews with companies that have already automated their facilities, we’ve compiled a list of 5 key things for companies considering automation.
Looking for Precision in Picking?
Explore Robotic Piece Picking with Our Experts
Elevate your warehouse efficiency with robotic piece picking solutions. Our experts are here to guide you through integrating best-of-breed technology tailored to your operational needs.
Get in touch today to optimize order fulfillment and achieve unparalleled accuracy and speed.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What is robotic piece picking?
Robotic piece picking is an automated solution where a robotic arm, equipped with advanced vision and AI, selects individual items (or “eaches”) from a storage bin and places them into an order container. Unlike traditional automation, these systems can identify and handle a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and textures without needing to be pre-programmed for every individual SKU.
- How does the robot know how to pick up different types of items?
The robot uses AI-driven machine vision (3D cameras) to “see” the items in a bin. The software identifies the optimal “pick point” on an object in real time, even when items are tangled or piled randomly. This allows the robot to adapt to new products instantly, making it ideal for e-commerce retailers with constantly changing inventories.
- What kind of “hands” or grippers do piece-picking robots use?
Most piece-picking robots use versatile vacuum suction grippers or “soft” robotic fingers. Some advanced systems can even swap their end-effectors (tools) automatically during a shift to handle different product types, such as switching from a suction cup for a boxed perfume to a gentle gripper for a bagged t-shirt.
- Can robotic piece picking integrate with AutoStore or other AS/RS?
Yes. In fact, this is one of the most powerful applications of the technology. The robot is positioned at the “port” of an AutoStore or shuttle system. When the storage system delivers a bin (Goods-to-Robot), the arm picks the required item and places it into the shipping carton, creating a fully “lights-out” fulfillment process for that stage.
- How fast can a robotic piece picker work compared to a human?
Modern piece-picking robots typically achieve rates of 300 to 800 picks per hour (PPH). While a human might match this speed for short bursts, a robot maintains this rate 24/7 without breaks, fatigue, or a drop in accuracy, significantly increasing the facility’s total daily throughput.
- What is the accuracy rate of robotic piece picking?
Accuracy rates for robotic piece picking often exceed 99.9%. Because the system is integrated with your WMS, it verifies every pick using weight sensors or barcode scanners. This virtually eliminates the “wrong item sent” errors that are common in high-volume manual picking environments.
- Can these robots handle fragile or oddly shaped items?
AI advancements have made robots much better at handling “irregulars.” They can successfully pick up items in polybags and transparent packaging, as well as fragile items like glass jars and cosmetics. During the design phase, KPI Solutions performs “pick tests” on your specific SKU mix to ensure the robot can handle the majority of your inventory.
- What happens if the robot can’t pick an item?
When the AI encounters an object it cannot safely pick, it triggers an “exception” and alerts a human operator. In most modern setups, one human can oversee a fleet of 6 to 10 robots, only stepping in to handle the rare items the robots find too complex.
- Is robotic piece picking a “one-size-fits-all” solution?
No. The success of piece picking depends on your order profile. It is most effective for businesses with high-volume, small-item orders (like pharmaceuticals, electronics, or beauty products). We analyze your data to ensure the technology is deployed where it will provide the fastest ROI.
- How long does it take to see an ROI on robotic piece picking?
Most facilities see a return on investment within 2 to 3 years. The ROI is driven by labor savings, the elimination of “human-error” costs, and the ability to operate additional shifts during peak seasons (like Black Friday) without hiring and training temporary staff.