Swisslog, a global leader in robotic and flexible automated solutions, has partnered with UAE telecom group Etisalat to display its highly efficient order processing solutions for single items at the upcoming Gitex Technology Week in Dubai, UAE.
The 39th edition of the biggest technology show in Mena and South Asia is running from October 6 to 10 at Dubai World Trade Centre.
Swisslog’s robot-based solution ItemPiQ is designed for repeated, reliable picking of a wide range of items to fulfil fast delivery of orders at low operating costs.
With picking making up to 60 per cent of warehouse operational costs, the ItemPiQ robot can handle a wide variety of common products in retail, e-commerce and pharmaceutical industries weighing up to 1.5kg and can reach 1,100mm.
By using 3D vision technology for object recognition, ItemPiQ’s unique gripper can pick up to 1,000 items per hour and allows picking of a wide range of products of different shapes and sizes, error-free.
Alain Kaddoum, general manager at Swisslog Middle East, commented: “The UAE is adopting innovation, research, science and technology to stimulate a diversified and knowledge-driven economy. To align themselves with the UAE Vision 2021, businesses and organisations are also embracing digitisation and automation. Hence, Gitex is providing a perfect platform for innovators to display their products and discuss new technology trends.”
Automation and informational technology are central to several Mena countries’ future development plans. According to a report by Gartner, the total value of the Mena tech sector is expected to hit $168.8 billion by 2020.
“The Middle East is gearing up to take advantage of digitisation in a big way, and we are seeing companies in the region making real investments for real results today. A report by PwC Middle East states that 41 per cent of participants surveyed from the region say they have already reached an advanced level of digitisation and integration and over 62 per cent expect to be at such a level in five years’ time. Compared to other countries around the world, that is an unusually high level of digitisation,” Kaddoum added. – TradeArabia News Service
Swisslog, Etisalat to display robotic solutions at Gitex
Alain Kaddoum