Automate your picking and packaging operations

Robotic picking and packing improve speed, accuracy and product consistency across primary and secondary packaging. From high-speed pick and place of individual items to box filling, tray loading, sorting, placing, stacking; Stäubli robots deliver stable throughput and repeatable handling—even under constant SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) variation.

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Advantages of using robot arms in picking & packing

Picking and packing often involve repetitive, rapid handling tasks where precision and reliability directly affect product quality and downstream logistics. With high-speed trajectories, excellent repeatability, and optional vision guidance, robots ensure clean, consistent placement while reducing manual errors and handling fatigue.

High Throughput

Robots keep fast, stable cycle times for picking, sorting and packaging operations. Their ability to perform repeatable movements with minimal variation improves overall line efficiency and reduces bottlenecks. 

Precision & Product Protection

With smooth motion control and excellent repeatability, robots handle delicate or irregular products with care, minimizing drops, collisions, or deformation during packing. This helps preserve product quality and reduces waste.

Flexibility for Multi‑SKU Handling

Robots equipped with modular EOAT and optional 2D/3D vision can adapt to varying product sizes, shapes, and packaging formats. They easily manage changes in product flow, SKU rotation, and pack configurations.

Improved Ergonomics & Safety

Automating repetitive handling lowers the risk of strain injuries and repetitive‑motion disorders. Operators can focus on supervision, quality checks or adding value, while robots take care of demanding manual tasks.

Robotic picking - packing and packaging application examples

Bin picking

The robot identifies one specific part among many disordered items and pick it reliably.

Sorting

Organizing or arranging items based on specific criteria or characteristics.

Aligning

Adjusting parts position for further processing.

Stacking

Arranging workpieces in layers or piles.

Tracking

Picking products on the fly.

Primary packaging

Robots place products directly into their first packaging unit.

Secondary packaging

Robots pack primary packages into boxes, cartons, or bundles.

Palletizing / Depalletizing

Organizing and securing workpieces into a stable formation for efficient storage or transportation.

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Stäubli Robots for picking - packing: key features and benefits

High precision & repeatability

Stäubli robots ensure consistent pick accuracy and stable trajectories—essential for dense packing patterns, orientation critical products, and fragile goods.

Versatile and flexible

Full 360° mounting flexibility for seamless 6‑axis robot integration, along with versatile floor or ceiling mounted configurations for SCARA robots.

Fast cycle performance

SCARA and 6‑axis TX2 robots deliver smooth, high‑speed trajectories ideal for continuous picking and packing operations without sacrificing accuracy.

Compact footprint & optimized work envelope

Stäubli robots combine slim architecture with a large spherical or cylindrical work envelope, enabling compact picking and packing cells even in constrained packaging lines.

Hygienic design (for food/pharma)

Enclosed structures, sealed cabling, smooth surfaces and easy‑to‑clean geometries support hygiene critical applications, especially when used with HE, Cleanroom or Stericlean/Stericlean+ variants.

Special coating able to resist to most of cleaning & disinfecting protocols in the Food industry.

Collaborative ready safety (SIL3 / PL e)

The CS9 controller integrates advanced safety functions up to SIL3 / PL e, enabling collaborative or reduced fence picking and packing cells when needed, without sacrificing performance.

Stäubli robotic arms for picking, packing and processing

6‑axis industrial robots

TX2 articulated robots provide the reach and dexterity for multi‑plane packing, orientation‑critical placement, and integration into compact secondary‑packaging cells.