US robot specialist launches new meat handling system

US robot specialist, Adept Technology has launched a new high-speed device for the hygienic handling of meat and poultry products.

According to the company, the Adept Quattro s650HS robot is the only parallel robot available for meat and poultry processing which is approved for food use by the USDA.

Adept director of global sales and marketing Rush LaSelle said the new Adept Quattro s650HS has been designed to give food packers the better speeds for raw-food handling, without compromising cleanliness and hygienic standards.

Designed for high-speed manufacturing, packaging, material handling, and assembly applications, the Quattro differs from conventional parallel robots in that it features a four-arm kinematic in delta configuration with a rotational platform, the company said.