ABB Robotics - Picking pancakes
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- ABB Robots installed by RG Luma are helping specialist food company Honeytop to speed up its pancake production and improve health, safety & hygiene. William Eid a director of Honeytop comments "This is our first investment in robotics technology and we have not experienced a single issue sincethe installation 6 months ago"
Extremely impressive integration. I'm glad someone is implementing technology that will help out companies like this.
As someone who doesn't have anything to do with this field, it always astonishes me that something that appears so technologically complicated is cheaper than hiring people to do the same job. Impressive stuff, robotics chaps.
one investment of $10000 is cheaper than infinity investments of $10 over 1001 months
@@samuels1123 that’s an 83 year payback period!
@@ldnelso2 and by that time the human worker likely would retire so you must spend money to find a new one, the machine may experience breakdowns but this is made up for by not requiring sleep or breaks or food or survivable work conditions
@@samuels1123 Yeah, thats the payoff. Safety and consistent operation. Sometimes (like this case) there isn't a direct financial ROI, but if you can operate more safely and consistently and save someone from monotonous, repetitive work that may cause injuries. The machine would probably need to be replaced 10 times during the payback period, but again, it can be worth it overall.
I think this is all about the time cost, hygiene and quality. When considered with those, the price of the machines seems quite fair.
This guy speaks like a text-to-speech program, except its a real voice
This Robot dod not steal any jobs. It just replaced boring labour with interesting engineering while making food more affordable.
I think the people commenting about the loss of possible jobs are crazy. The fact that a factory exists that produces pancakes is a testament to the quest for simplification creating more jobs. Its just the job that changes. I bet the ABBRobotics guys are happy they have a job
I am glad robots will be part of the final solution :)
Nice music choice too, you get the robotic feeling in there
When the video was taken the cooking process was still being developed so pre inspection of pancakes was highly manned and pancakes turned over to be inspected as well. Now the process is stable and results predictable so inspection is visual and by taking samples off the line only. Packed pancakes are not handled at all.
Could you count how many pcs per sec the picker can handle?
I appreciate that clarification. Watching the workers who are unmasked and without gloves (even with the best of intentions on their part) didn't give me a sense of good hygiene...
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Thank goodness we're not employing those pesky, disease-laden humans anymore. They always complain about affording groceries and spending time with their families. Now we can get back to what's really important - pumping out soulless, pre-packaged pancakes 'round the clock.
Watching these videos of robots make me wish I went into electrical and mechanical engineering!
Never thought i would ever hear these words: "400 pancakes per minute"
Davidvondle - It is meant to stack one on top of the other - It is building stacks on the middle outfeed conveyor to feed into the flow wrapper.
Nice commercial, dudes!
But you should see the Toyota car factory, it would blow your mind!
I'm looking forward to working for ABB this year! Soon to be a former GE employee once ABB takes the wheel. I'll miss GE since I've been with them for nearly 30 years but, I look forward, not backwards.
how was your job experience now?
@@hongtaozhong1172 it's been good however, you won't believe this but, ABB sold our lone plant here in Maine to a small (1,200 employees) company out of Italy named M.S.AMBROGIO and we've been under their ownership for just a couple months. But, it seems as if we're heading in a better direction. They are laser focused on building up our plant for a better, stronger future and this is their first full manufacturing facility in the United States.
@@hongtaozhong1172 great so far. 👌
It's good that robots do these kinds of jobs. I'd kill myself if I'd work stacking pancakes for 30 years. These machines free people to more useful things.
Ilyich Ulyanov like more time for heroin
Like waiting for their welfare checks...
Nice to hear the voicover guy from LWT.... Miss his announcements!
ah, nothing like a little appreciation from someone who gets it
Thanks to the music used in this video my body is ready for some pancakes.
Let's all take a moment to think about the fact that we live in a world with such a thing as pancake robots.
yes you are funny :)
Mmmm, just like mom used to make!
It's a great theory, and I'd love to live in that world. Unfortunately, we don't live there right now, so people need to work to make money to live. When we get there I will gladly let robots do all the boring work and only do things that are fun and interest me!
Anything that can be automated eventually will be. Hopefully we find jobs that are less mindless to replace them!
I remember my first job at a McDonalds 30 years ago. We would mix up batter and cook the "hotcakes" when ordered. Now everything seems to by flash freeze and microwaved. Same with Dunkin Donuts, their donuts are frozen as well.
"their donuts are frozen as well"
WHAAAAAAT! You mean, no more 'time to make the donuts'?
Talking about how these robots benefit for hygiene standards but the video clearly show humans touching these pancakes, they are not even wearing gloves!
J'adore Dualscar Disgusting, and wearing rings too, making things worse!
Now machines are taking over even the most simplists things... stacking pancakes.... but still this is amazing to watch
Really very helpful robots, everything will be completely automated...
I Googled "pancake Stacking" because I wanted to use the Mathematical program to test some new software. Instead I was brought to this. But this is very interesting none the less.
@ABBRobotics , google "compose comprise".
You will see the correct usage is of the form: "The system comprises 4 FlexPickers."
Like that funky sound
There are multiple stack types as well as production speeds in this system. In one case of a four pancake stack, one robot only managed to place one pancake before the stack was out of range. Having four gives them a capability of 400/minute as well as a potential backup unit. There might also be an eight or larger stack as well.
Probably the optimal balance of cost and speed? One picker only goes so fast, especially without damaging the product, but slowing the line down enough for one to do everything could cost too much in the long run vs buying more robots. Also, if one breaks, they'd still have some working units and could maybe slow the feed until it's fixed. Just my guesses though - I've never worked an assembly line.
well, my gf still makes pancakes from scratch in the morning for breakfast. But due to how things works now it seems that not everyone have the time to make pancakes every morning. so pre-made store bought ones are the best solution on the go.
Game over humans, we had a nice run.
There's an error at 1:28 or so, where the robot is picking/placing 2 pancakes on the conveyor belt... it places 3, where 2 pancakes are stacked upon each other.
It's probably a statistical error. The line passes through multiple robots, each pass picks more of what got missed before. In the end some small allowable fraction get fed to reject bin or a restart loop.
High-volume production is about balancing high score with low cost, not about achieve perfect score at any cost.
im trying to finish a hello world script whilst the pancakes have advanced in technology.
@MrSmartypants - Comprise - meaning to have members. The system is comprised of 4 FlexPickers.
i wish i had one of these to clean my room.
The standard of living increases as production increases. The internet for example has replaced many jobs, but has made our lives easier.
They're not robbing anyone from jobs. They're simply performing better at repetitive, monotonous tasks than humans could. These machines free people. If the same work can be done cheaper, better and with a fraction of the cost that makes products cheaper and more available. You aren't suggesting we'd get rid of tractors and start plowing field by hand or start weaving fabrics by hand? No one could afford food or clothes in that case.
no, because there would be no way for me to stack them all, but with this new technology anything could be possible!
nice robot, to get only 1 pancake towards the belt you could make the sides push the pancakes like \ conveyor belt / then put in the robot and stack the other 2
No thought has been made as to WHY the robots where needed in the first place or how the job could be easier for the humans that did it in the beginning (flawed logical process).
The goal is to shift jobs from unskilled, menial labor (like stacking pancakes) to skilled, higher-paying jobs, like people who design and maintain the robots. What's so bad about that?
That's bad because those jobs will be out sourest to the cheapest bidder. That out souring started 25 years ago.
@@johnbrown6189 So you say that good jobs will be done poorly if people are paid very little for them?
@@samuels1123 yes. Why bust your ass for a company that does not recognize your worth? Move on to a company that does.
It isn't sad, in this monetary system it might be, but the advancement of a civilization isn't sad -_-
I would buy these. They are robotic approved.
Yet the even John Connor could not predict the second rebellion. This came when the plant hired Hispanic workers who couldn't read english and ignored the sign! Forever we will be doomed to a life of radioactive pancakes from our captor ABB.
whoa thats ultra cool its so fast too at the beginning i thought that the video was in fast forward
This is an awesome video, can you make a ABB Robot to get me out of bed when I'm called in to work early?
Glad you like it.
The simple fact is that people are no longer prepared to do this kind of work because of the very high risk of developing Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Machines are the only viable long term solution.
So awesome. Stuff like this is long overdue. In fact, it's a pancake factory. Why does it have workers at all?
@InfectedBeats No problem. Quick link to the phone signal & we get the robot to throw stuff at you until you HAVE to get up. Simple :-)
now someone REALLY needs to make a YTP of this
Of course. Works with most food stuffs.
Fracking awesome! :D I'm about to make pancakes now. If only I had a ABB robitc arm to help me :(
@MrSmartypants is actually correct. The proper usage of the word would be to say "and comprises four FlexPicker robots." Awesome video nonetheless.
What is ABB and the food companies going to do when people no longer have jobs to buy their products? Is everybody just going to fix robots. Then what happens when that work is out sourced?
I'm an automation specialist and l don't see anybody addressing these issues and that's a real problem.
wow thats an awesome robot. What puzzles me is why the operator at one part of the video still used his bare hands to handle the pancakes.
irony on the hygiene.
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I agree. That doesn't seem like super hygiene if they use their bare hands to touch the pancakes.
this robot bring more economic value for society and other employees will work another one possible
Awesome robot! Hopefully the workers will seize the factory. What would be better than a worker-owned pancake co-op? Not much!
Wonderful! Yet another step towards the workless society. :D
Yes. Some people have lost their jobs.
But seriously. Stacking pankakes is a waste of human potential...
We should strive to abolish and automate all forms of labour that is trivial, boring, dangerous or poses a health hazard.
Guaranteed minimume income FTW!
Post-scarcity economics here we come.
those poor people at home hoping they had their jobs back dying of hunger wishing they had one last pancake.
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“Pancake robot; come and get ‘me while they’re hot”
"hygenic" ... and there are people handling the pancakes by hand without gloves!???!!!
farvision Disgusting, and wearing rings too, making things worse!
I see how it can improve health, safety & hygiene, but the people were manually checking the pancakes with their bare hands before they went to the robot!
Buffer shelve is cowered with dust,that is very hygienic
You'd have thought this could be done a lot cheaper with some well-designed chutes
What was used to view the pancakes? OpenCV?
4 Gigabit ethernet cameras
Thanks. But remember RG Luma did the integration.
@ABB Robotics, so it look like that robot was installed a little over 10 years ago... Is it still chugging along stacking pancakes?
wow, that's kinda creepy but cool at the same time.
I agree. What the heck. NO GLOVES?
Example of the trends to replace human labor for companies to increase profits. BTW this process didn't appear to be more hygienic when I saw humans touching the pancakes without gloves.
I have to ask why the pancakes get in a mess in the first place.
Wonderful product. But, I could have done without seeing human hands touch the pancake.
This looks neat, but is a picking robot really the right tool for this job? Wouldn't a simple funnel-like passive arrangement also work well?
It must stack the pancakes into a neat order for packaging
What country is this Honeytop factory in? Very nice robot system btw.
Very smart technology, very fast and amazing.
This is why we lost some jobs. I'm all for automation, but that just means that the robot took 4 peoples jobs. The only solution to that while keeping robotics is that those who lost thier jobs move over to the robot building company to make the robots that replaced them at thier old job. Irony at it's best.
Honeytop needs to invest in some gloves for the human "handlers" before they have an E. coli outbreak. One of them was wearing a ring (0:48)-- that's gotta be great for bring all sorts of contamination into the food supply.
lol the FLEXPICKER!! XD 400 pancakes per minute! hot damn
no globes!!! nice health and safety!!! 00:50
0:48 FAILS! They are touching the pancakes without proper gloves, WTF!!!
who buys pancakes? How hard is it too add water to mix and fry? I can't imagine a one day or 7 day pancake would taste very good.
@NinjaOnANinja I'm sure it's one of the reasons. There is certainly only a finite amount of jobs that can be available at any given time. I wonder if there is an equation that attempts to illustrate the number of jobs lost due to automation and advances in efficiency.
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ALL jobs, besides those that require creative/artistic skills, can be taken over by a machine. Doctors, Lawyers, teachers, you name it...
I have asked the ABB Robotics training team to what they can come up with.
Amazing, however I'd never buy pre-packaged pancakes. Although the usefulness of robotics and automation cannot be denied. I'd love to see more investment in this area of technology yet people are too focus on advertising data mines like facebook when it's clear this area of tech is much more valuable when creating "real" wealth.
this may be a redundant comment, but who eats ready made pancakes? even with a mix, they take like 10 minutes to make
nice robotic machine but i less agree hygienic handling of food after seeing worker picking pancake with no gloves START at 0:47
also he wears a ring
and more higher payed jobs gained by designing awesome robots!
does the robot have 4 DOF or 3 DOF ? from my view, this is 3 DOF robot. Am I correct?
I'm confused, is there any particular reason pancakes are put in specific stacks, or is the machine just grouping any old okay pancakes together? Also for most how it's done videos, I have some idea of what "bad" products they're looking for, but with the pancakes here, I don't. They all look the same to me - what characteristics are the sub par ones supposed to have?
Vision drives the entire process. Whatever the vision picks is the next pancake to be picked. Vision criteria is set up by the programmer, but ultimately the vision process is so fast it is hard to determine which criteria drives any particular vision selection/order. To the robot, the pancakes are all the same - it will pick whichever pancake the vision process asks for next. See the video segments where pancake images are overlayed with numbers.
Actually they have plastic gloves on, they're just hard to see.
now really... how hard is it to mix flour, water, egg, vanilla, and sugar.
FIRST PANCAKES...THEN THE UNIVERSE
I always wonder if I'm the only one who sees all these misaligned shapes on the HMI.
1:39 'Robot1' is overlayed over a line
1:41 Both rectangular center areas are not consistent
Brilliant engineering and still, that stands out like a sore thumb to me.
I couldn't work there... They'd lose too much money.