Extremely impressive integration. I'm glad someone is implementing technology that will help out companies like this.

This guy speaks like a text-to-speech program, except its a real voice

Nice music choice too, you get the robotic feeling in there

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"

I am glad robots will be part of the final solution :)

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.

This Robot dod not steal any jobs. It just replaced boring labour with interesting engineering while making food more affordable.

@MrSmartypants - Comprise - meaning to have members. The system is comprised of 4 FlexPickers.

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.

Nice to hear the voicover guy from LWT.... Miss his announcements!

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.

@chaubao6537

3 жыл бұрын

Could you count how many pcs per sec the picker can handle?

@davidb6576

2 жыл бұрын

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...

@douglasguerra1881

2 ай бұрын

Buenas tardes...me pudiera mandar en Español...las ventajas de este Sistema

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.

@samuels1123

2 жыл бұрын

one investment of $10000 is cheaper than infinity investments of $10 over 1001 months

@ldnelso2

Жыл бұрын

@@samuels1123 that’s an 83 year payback period!

@samuels1123

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@ldnelso2

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@gayanmuhandiram2831

Жыл бұрын

I think this is all about the time cost, hygiene and quality. When considered with those, the price of the machines seems quite fair.

Nice commercial, dudes! But you should see the Toyota car factory, it would blow your mind!

Thanks to the music used in this video my body is ready for some pancakes.

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'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.

@hongtaozhong1172

2 жыл бұрын

how was your job experience now?

@4legdfishman

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@4legdfishman

2 жыл бұрын

@@hongtaozhong1172 great so far. 👌

Really very helpful robots, everything will be completely automated...

Now machines are taking over even the most simplists things... stacking pancakes.... but still this is amazing to watch

And it's even strong enough to pick up pancakes!

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.

@bryanmartinez6600

6 жыл бұрын

Ilyich Ulyanov like more time for heroin

@AlainHubert

6 жыл бұрын

Like waiting for their welfare checks...

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.

@4Stanzas

3 жыл бұрын

"their donuts are frozen as well" WHAAAAAAT! You mean, no more 'time to make the donuts'?

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.

Like that funky sound

i wish i had one of these to clean my room.

Glad you like it.

@ABBRobotics , google "compose comprise". You will see the correct usage is of the form: "The system comprises 4 FlexPickers."

Mmmm, just like mom used to make!

whoa thats ultra cool its so fast too at the beginning i thought that the video was in fast forward

Anything that can be automated eventually will be. Hopefully we find jobs that are less mindless to replace them!

The standard of living increases as production increases. The internet for example has replaced many jobs, but has made our lives easier.

im trying to finish a hello world script whilst the pancakes have advanced in technology.

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!

Let's all take a moment to think about the fact that we live in a world with such a thing as pancake robots.

@corehazard4709

7 жыл бұрын

yes you are funny :)

@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

Fracking awesome! :D I'm about to make pancakes now. If only I had a ABB robitc arm to help me :(

Game over humans, we had a nice run.

Talking about how these robots benefit for hygiene standards but the video clearly show humans touching these pancakes, they are not even wearing gloves!

@V0YAG3R

6 жыл бұрын

J'adore Dualscar Disgusting, and wearing rings too, making things worse!

“Pancake robot; come and get ‘me while they’re hot”

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.

So awesome. Stuff like this is long overdue. In fact, it's a pancake factory. Why does it have workers at all?

Of course. Works with most food stuffs.

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.

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?

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

@rRobertSmith

2 жыл бұрын

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).

I would buy these. They are robotic approved.

Very smart technology, very fast and amazing.

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.

@pwnmeisterage

3 жыл бұрын

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.

You'd have thought this could be done a lot cheaper with some well-designed chutes

Thanks. But remember RG Luma did the integration.

Awesome robot! Hopefully the workers will seize the factory. What would be better than a worker-owned pancake co-op? Not much!

This made pancakes interesting.

Buffer shelve is cowered with dust,that is very hygienic

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!

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.

I agree. That doesn't seem like super hygiene if they use their bare hands to touch the pancakes.

aww, I want a pancake robot!

Aw, the pancakes are cute.

What was used to view the pancakes? OpenCV?

@Ian-os2fs

3 жыл бұрын

4 Gigabit ethernet cameras

How about the agriculture industry using robots for picking strawberries?

@ABB Robotics, so it look like that robot was installed a little over 10 years ago... Is it still chugging along stacking pancakes?

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?

@samuels1123

2 жыл бұрын

It must stack the pancakes into a neat order for packaging

no, because there would be no way for me to stack them all, but with this new technology anything could be possible!

@MrSmartypants is actually correct. The proper usage of the word would be to say "and comprises four FlexPicker robots." Awesome video nonetheless.

those poor people at home hoping they had their jobs back dying of hunger wishing they had one last pancake.

There is another method of putting these pan cakes in line . Just make a funnel type exit.

does the robot have 4 DOF or 3 DOF ? from my view, this is 3 DOF robot. Am I correct?

lol the FLEXPICKER!! XD 400 pancakes per minute! hot damn

It isn't sad, in this monetary system it might be, but the advancement of a civilization isn't sad -_-

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.

who made the music & what is the music called

thats freakin fast man!!!!!!!!!!!!

What country is this Honeytop factory in? Very nice robot system btw.

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?

@ERJ1233

Жыл бұрын

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.

Mega geiles Ding, brauche ich zuhause auch 😂

1:29 Was that a package with 1 pancake offered?

This installation is in the United Kindom

wow, that's kinda creepy but cool at the same time.

this robot bring more economic value for society and other employees will work another one possible

i need one of those for my socks

oh wow that is pretty cool.

I agree. What the heck. NO GLOVES?

Swiss and austria keep power ... Danke schon

no globes!!! nice health and safety!!! 00:50

I have to ask why the pancakes get in a mess in the first place.

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.

"hygenic" ... and there are people handling the pancakes by hand without gloves!???!!!

@V0YAG3R

6 жыл бұрын

farvision Disgusting, and wearing rings too, making things worse!

still waiting for the 'better world' part...??

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 want one!

i love pancakes.

I wish I had a robot that could stack over 400 pancakes per minute

2:34 Imagine getting your pancake-picking job replaced by a robot

400 PPM, very impressive

"400 pancakes per minute"

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?

@johnbrown6189

2 жыл бұрын

That's bad because those jobs will be out sourest to the cheapest bidder. That out souring started 25 years ago.

@samuels1123

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbrown6189 So you say that good jobs will be done poorly if people are paid very little for them?

@johnbrown6189

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuels1123 yes. Why bust your ass for a company that does not recognize your worth? Move on to a company that does.

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.

Can someone come up with an explanation why they had to use 4 robotic arms to just stack 3 pancakes on each other. I am sure they could have come up with a brilliant mechanical design that would have done the same job for a fraction of the cost. Just watch how it's made a bit.

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.