Taking the drudgery out of work

• Robots in factories increase efficiency and productivity

- SUDHIR CHOWDHARY

REMEMBER THE FAMOUS words from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang earlier this year: "The ChatGPT moment of robots is around the corner"? Well, these programmable machines — designed to perform tasks autonomously or semi-autonomously — are increasingly entering workplaces across various industries, performing tasks like assembly and packaging, offering benefits like accuracy and efficiency.

For instance, there is Quadron, a carton shuttle bot for storage and retrieval of cartons/crates, deployed at Hindustan Lever's warehouse in Chennai. The company wanted to leverage automation to reimagine their distribution model in the grocery delivery space. Noida-based robotics firm Addverb implemented an automation solution utilizing technologies such as carton shuttle, pick-to-light, box-it, and warehouse control system.