Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies Corporation announced new solutions to further enable manufacturers to boost visibility, optimize quality and augment the workforce to operate as a connected factory.
“The pressure is on for manufacturers to efficiently meet customer demands for quality while managing labor shortages, skill gaps, and efficiency challenges,” says Andy Zosel, SVP and general manager, advanced data capture, machine vision and robotic automation, Zebra Technologies. “We are committed to helping manufacturers work in new ways with technology and intelligent automation to increase actionable visibility, optimize quality and augment the workforce.”
Key takeaways:
- According to Zebra’s Automotive Ecosystem Vision Study, eight in 10 manufacturing decision-makers acknowledge better connectivity and enterprise technologies at scale are essential to transforming business. Industrial machine vision as well as sensing and monitoring systems are expected to make the largest leap in usage by 2027.
- Zebra’s latest fixed industrial scanner, the Zebra FS42, is designed for resource-intensive tasks like deep learning-based optimal character recognition (OCR) applications and high-throughput scanning requiring speed. Its increased onboard memory and neural processing unit (NPU) enable faster scanning and more complex artificial intelligence (AI)-based deep learning machine vision applications.
- Zebra’s Aurora Software Suite is ideal for addressing the track-and-trace and vision inspection needs of users at all experience levels. It supports barcode reading and additional inspection tasks like OCR, dimensioning and defect detection.
- Zebra’s new 3S Series 3D sensors use patented parallel structured light, enabling 3D sensing for static and moving items – including those that are high-gloss, translucent or transparent – with sub-millimeter resolution and accuracy. Zebra’s 3S series captures various sizes and is “plug-and-play” ready with a Power over Ethernet (PoE) connection.
- The 3S80 sensor is built to capture dynamic scenes and create 3D point color clouds in real time, expanding the range of advanced automation applications. It has a scan range of up to 10 feet.
- The Zebra Symmetry Fulfillment solution helps workers and robots be more productive, optimizing the path of a picker with a team of robots for a directed workflow. Zebra Symmetry Fulfillment uses the power of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), wearable technologies, software, and analytics to maintain high-quality standards while improving performance and reducing costs per unit. Integrating these technologies balances throughput and cycle time to enhance overall efficiency. Zebra Symmetry Fulfillment enables informed decision-making, enhances operational agility, and allows for quick adjustments to meet changing demands.
- Zebra’s add-on tool for vision guided robotics within the Zebra Aurora Design Assistant software includes a web-based interface optimized for collaborative robot users.
