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Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Debuting New 3D Bin Picking Multi-Robot Demo at PACK EXPO 2023

Vernon Hills, Illinois - July 31, 2023

Join Mitsubishi Electric Automation at the Las Vegas Convention Center from September 11th-13th, 2023 for a first look at a 3D Bin Picking robot demo, perfect for automating packaging processes.

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. will be in attendance in booth #N-10011 at PACK EXPO 2023 demonstrating automation solutions for consumer-packaged goods and life sciences customers and OEMs. In addition to the Factory Automation Wall, showcasing Mitsubishi Electric's complete line of factory automation products, a new 3D Bin Picking robot demo will be presented. Collision avoidance and dynamic path planning from Realtime Robotics with the newly added 3D Vision from SICK, Inc., will show collision management in a 3-robot work cell in this demo.

On Day 2, September 12th at 4 PM in the Central Hall on Stage 3 – (C-2508), Mitsubishi Electric product marketing manager, mechatronics, Patrick Varley, will be presenting on "The Next Evolution of 3D Bin Picking: Multiple Collision-Free Robots." Alongside Matt Somerville from Realtime Robotics and Nick Longworth from SICK, Varley will discuss how the combination of 3D vision for robotic guidance, dynamic path planning, and collision avoidance can work together to increase throughput and reduce the footprint needed to deploy Mitsubishi Electric robots.

"While I always look forward to presenting our robots to existing and potential customers at trade shows, I'm especially excited about PACK EXPO. The 3D bin picking demo debuting at the show is something that we can't wait to show to the attendees: 3 industry leaders, 3-D bin picking and 3 robots" said Patrick Varley, product marketing manager, mechatronics, at Mitsubishi Electric Automation. "It's an exciting time for the robotics industry. The advances in motion control, path planning, and robot vision promise to greatly improve the speed and throughput of logistics operations," said Matt Somerville, director of sales, North America, at Realtime Robotics. "I'm excited for PACK EXPO attendees to see first hand what the combination of Mitsubishi, SICK, and Realtime technology can do."

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— About Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.

Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Ill., Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. is a U.S. affiliate company of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. It offers a broad product portfolio including programmable automation controllers (PAC), programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interfaces (HMI), variable frequency drives (VFD), servo amplifiers and motors, control software, computerized numerical controllers (CNC), motion controllers, robots and low-voltage power distribution products. Additional information about Mitsubishi Electric Automation is available at us.mitsubishielectric.com/fa/en/.