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新鲜事:优衣库进一步淘汰人类员工,叠衣服机器人上线

已有 76 次阅读  2020-02-11 10:25   标签机器人涂胶机  全自动涂胶机  涂胶设备 

人口老龄化造成了日本劳动力短缺。去年,优衣库母公司Fast Retailing的旗舰仓库用机器人取代了90%的工人,剩下没有被机器人取代的10%是负责叠衣服的工人。

但现在,优衣库与工业机器人创业公司Mujin合作发明了一种双臂机器人。这种机器人动作细腻,可以捡起柔软的衣服,然后整齐地放在盒子里运给顾客。之前留下来的10%负责叠衣服的工人,看来也要被替代了?

 

Fashion brand Uniqlo has come closer to full automation in its factories with the introduction of robots that can pick up t-shirts.

时尚品牌优衣库引进了可以整理T恤的机器人,这使它的工厂更接近完全自动化。

Fast Retailing, the owner of the massive Uniqlo brand, is kitting out its warehouses with the textile-packing machines, developed with Japanese startup Mujin.

大型品牌优衣库的母公司迅销集团为其仓库配备了纺织品包装机,该机器是与日本初创企业Mujin公司合作开发的。

While the industrial power and rigid frames of many logistics robots are suited to heavy loads, textiles are lighter and require a slightly softer touch to prevent damage.

虽然许多物流机器人的工业用途和刚性框架适合于装载重物,但纺织品很轻,而且需要轻轻碰触以防止损坏。

But footage shows the Intelligent Piece Packing Robot's curved arm using suction to cling to plastic-packaged t-shirts and place them neatly in boxes to be shipped to customers.

但视频显示,这款智能分装机器人弯曲的手臂利用吸力来吸附塑料包装的T恤,并把它们整齐地放在盒子里,以便运送给客户。

'We've been putting off working with an apparel company because it's so difficult,' said Issei Takino, co-founder and chief executive of Mujin, as quoted by the Financial Times.

《金融时报》援引Mujin公司联合创始人兼首席执行官伊西•武野的讲话道,“我们一直在推迟与服装公司的合作,因为这太困难了”。

'But Fast Retailing's strength is its ability to overhaul its entire supply chain to make it fit for automation. If we're going to take on this challenge, we had to do it with Fast Retailing.'

“但迅销集团的优势在于它有能力彻底改造整个供应链,使之适应自动化。如果我们要接受这个挑战,就必须与迅销集团合作。”

By October 2018, the company reported it had replaced 90 per cent of its Uniqlo staff with robots at its flagship Tokyo warehouse last year.

2018年10月,该公司称,去年其东京旗舰仓库90%的优衣库员工已被机器人取代。

It's now able to go the extra mile with the Intelligent Piece Picking Robot, which detects items with 3D vision and places items neatly in shipping boxes without damage.

如今该公司可以利用智能分装机器人做额外的工作,这种机器人可以通过3D视觉来检测物品,并将物品整齐地放入运输箱中,而不会对其造成任何损伤。

Mujin machines can see and move without having to be repeatedly programmed and can prevents mis-shipping by automatic inspection using 3D cameras to scan and log the contents of each package.

Mujin公司的机器不需要重复编程就可以检查并移动,还可以通过3D摄像机扫描并记录每个包裹的内容以进行自动检查并防止误运。

The machine can also pick up paper fulfillment forms and place them in each package, and for multiple items within a single box, can precisely aligned item into its own space separated by gaps.

该机器还可以拾取包装纸,并把它们放入每个包裹中,如果一个盒子中要放入多件物品,它也可以准确地把每一件物品按间隔分别放入其相应的位置上。

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