Driven by consumption upgrades and policies, the food and beverage industry is accelerating towards intelligent and automated high-quality development. According to the "2025 China Industrial Robot Market White Paper" by China Economic Industry Research Institute, the market size of palletizing robots in my country has maintained a growth rate of more than 15% for five consecutive years, reaching 31.5 billion yuan in 2024, of which the food and beverage industry ranks first in application with a share of 32.7%. The "White Paper on AI Transformation in the Food and Beverage Industry" released by Mengniu pointed out that AI technology is penetrating from production, supply chain to consumer end, driving the industry to develop in the direction of intelligence and personalization. On the production side, AI improves efficiency through predictive maintenance and automation technology, and palletizing robots, as an important part of automation technology, are helping food and beverage companies break through production capacity bottlenecks and achieve flexible production. With the continuous advancement of technology and the expansion of application scenarios, domestic palletizing robots are becoming an important driving force for the intelligent transformation of the food and beverage industry with their technological innovation, high cost performance and scenario adaptation capabilities. Next, we will explore in depth the palletizing robots of three typical brands, Yuejiang Robot, Triowin and Han's Robot, to see how they empower the intelligent transformation of the food and beverage industry.
1. Yuejiang Robot
The application of Yuejiang palletizing robots in the food and beverage industry fully demonstrates its advantages of high precision, high safety and easy operation. Yuejiang Robot integrates high-performance collaborative robots, AI visual positioning and safe skin intelligent protection technology to quickly integrate into various production lines and accelerate the intelligentization of food processing in all scenarios. It has helped nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies and global industry leaders such as Nestlé, Cadbury, Dolly, Stani Group, etc. to achieve intelligent production line upgrades, and provided food processing companies with typical application solutions such as automatic boxing, intelligent palletizing, and automatic labeling, effectively improving food production efficiency and quality.
In the Nestlé Group, the Yuejiang CR12 collaborative robot is equipped with a composite suction cup, which can realize automatic boxing of canned coffee and milk powder without changing the production line structure. It can grab 6 cans at a time, which is more than 3 times more efficient than manual work. At the same time, it supports rapid switching of varieties, significantly enhancing the flexibility of the production line. Cadbury uses the Yuejiang CR5 collaborative robot with array cameras and suction cups to form an intelligent workstation, integrates AI vision technology, and quickly deploys it to different workstations to efficiently and accurately handle candy boxing, palletizing and other tasks, realizing push-to-use automation and supporting flexible switching of multi-station and multi-variety production. Dolly's palletizing workstation is quickly deployed in the packaging production line in a modular manner to achieve efficient palletizing of chocolates, stacking 8-12 boxes per minute, and increasing efficiency by more than 1 times. In Stani Group's juice production line, Yuejiang CR20A palletizing workstation supports 20kg load and 2100mm palletizing height, significantly improving production line efficiency and space utilization.
Yuejiang Robot achieves efficient folding and forming of 6-7 pieces/minute in the unpacking process, saving more than 40% of space; in the packing process, it dynamically grabs products through AI visual algorithms and supports multiple production lines; in the labeling process, it achieves label consistency with a high precision of ±0.05mm; in the handling process, the maximum working range is 1700mm, reducing human errors; in the palletizing process, it supports 20kg load, 2100mm palletizing height, and stacks 8-12 boxes per minute. Through modular design and self-developed process packages, Yuejiang Robot greatly shortens the debugging time, supports rapid switching of production, and meets the dual needs of the food industry for flexibility and efficiency. Its intelligent solution not only improves production efficiency and quality, but also helps companies reduce labor costs and promote the comprehensive upgrade of the food processing industry.
2. Wodi Robot
Wodi palletizing robots provide efficient automation solutions for the food and beverage industry through their unique linear actuators, energy-saving and environmentally friendly arm design and simple operating interface. Its TPR series robots can adapt to packaging of different specifications and shapes, and can complete switching without complex programming, significantly improving production efficiency and flexibility. The Vodi robot also has high-precision palletizing capabilities, ensuring that each box is accurately stacked in the designated position, avoiding problems such as misalignment and collapse that may occur in manual palletizing, and reducing the risk of product damage and packaging damage.
In the food and beverage industry, the Vodi palletizing robot is widely used in palletizing work in various packaging forms such as bags, bottles, and boxes. Through the dynamic grasping of products by AI visual algorithms and supporting multiple production lines, the Vodi robot performs well in the boxing process. Its maximum working range in the handling process can reach 1700mm, reducing human errors and ensuring food safety and quality. In the palletizing process, the Vodi robot supports large loads and high-beat operations, and can stack 8-12 boxes per minute, meeting the food and beverage industry's needs for efficient production and flexible response to multi-variety production.
The application of the Vodi palletizing robot not only improves production efficiency, but also reduces labor costs and the risk of work-related accidents, bringing tangible benefits to enterprises. Through modular design and self-developed process packages, the Vodi robot significantly shortens the debugging time, supports rapid switching of production, and meets the food industry's dual needs for flexibility and efficiency. Its intelligent solutions have promoted the comprehensive upgrade of the food and beverage industry and helped enterprises achieve high-quality development of intelligence and automation.
3. Han's Robot
The Han's palletizing robot provides efficient and stable automation solutions for the food and beverage industry through high load capacity, flexible design and intelligent technology. Aiming at the multi-category and small-batch production characteristics of the food industry, Han's has developed a graphical palletizing process package. Users can quickly configure complex pallet types (such as irregular pallet types with 11 boxes per layer and 10 layers stacked) through the "what you see is what you get" interface, realize "non-sensing" production change, and be compatible with packaging boxes of different sizes and materials. In addition, Han's robots support 24-hour uninterrupted operation, which is more than 30% more efficient than traditional manual palletizing. At the same time, through self-developed vibration suppression algorithms and safety protection functions, it ensures stability and workshop operation safety during full load operation. For example, after a certain snack food company in Jiangxi introduced the Han's one-stop palletizing workstation, the stacking task that originally required 4 workers only needed 1 robot to complete, and the workshop transformation was minimal, and the deployment cost was controllable. In terms of hygiene compliance, although IP69K or FDA certification is not explicitly mentioned, Han's Robot uses food-grade vacuum grippers and impact-resistant motors, combined with explosion-proof design (such as positive pressure monitoring system), which can meet the cleanliness requirements of food production environments. Its embodied intelligence technology in cooperation with Huawei further enhances the robot's adaptive ability in dynamic environments, helping the industry to transform to intelligent and unmanned operations.
In the process of accelerating the intelligence and automation of the food and beverage industry, domestic palletizing robots are becoming an indispensable driving force. Brands such as Yuejiang, Wodi, and Han's Robot use innovative technologies and efficient solutions to help companies break through production capacity bottlenecks, reduce labor costs, and improve production flexibility and product quality. In the future, with technological advancement and expansion of application scenarios, domestic palletizing robots will continue to lead the industry towards intelligent and efficient development, injecting new impetus into the continuous upgrading of the food and beverage industry.