Robotic Pick and Place Automation
Accurate, fast and fully automated handling.
Optimus is an excellent solution for pick and place applications in a factory. By using advanced camera and sensor technology, it can accurately and efficiently identify and handle objects.
How an AI pick and place robot works
Optimus connects 2D and 3D industrial cameras to AI detection models that locate every object on the line, estimate its position, orientation, and best grip point, and stream pick coordinates to the robot in real time. Conveyor tracking keeps the coordinates accurate at full line speed, and rotation detection tells the robot exactly how each item is oriented — so products are picked correctly even when they arrive densely packed or at random angles.
Bin picking and unstructured products
Bin picking — finding and extracting items that lie jumbled in bins, crates, or containers — is one of the hardest tasks in robotic automation. Byte Motion builds pick and place systems specifically for these unstructured, variable environments where traditional rule-based vision fails: overlapping food products on a fast conveyor, mixed waste bags in a container, or fresh produce that differs in shape, ripeness, and placement. 3D vision and AI pose estimation give the robot a reliable, collision-free pick even when no two items look alike.
Proven in live production
Our robotic pick and place automation runs in factories today. An AI vision system guides six ABB FlexPicker robots picking sausages with 360-degree rotation detection and a custom gripper. A rail-mounted ABB IRB 6700 sorts up to four waste bags per cycle at a Norwegian municipal facility. In a multi-year, production-tested R&D project, a robotic cell picked delicate piccolo tomatoes from harvest crates while avoiding stems and branches. The same Optimus platform adapts to your products, robots, and line layout.
Which robots and cameras are supported?
Optimus is camera-agnostic and robot-agnostic. It supports 2D area-scan, 3D structured light, Time-of-Flight, and line-scan cameras, and integrates with ABB and other major robot brands through ROS2 and standard industrial protocols. In most cases pick and place automation is added around your existing conveyors, robots, and PLCs — no full line replacement required.
Can irregular or delicate products be automated?
Usually, yes. Products that defeat conventional vision systems — food that varies with the season, deformable packaging, mixed waste — are exactly what our AI models are trained on, and custom gripper design handles fragile items without damage. A short pre-study using image data from your line confirms achievable pick rates and accuracy before you commit to a full project.
Key benefits
- Assembly — Automated assembly operations where components are picked and placed onto another location, creating a final product.
- Packaging — Picks up products such as bottles or boxes and places them into packaging like cartons or crates.
- Sorting — Picks items and places them into specific locations based on their shape, size, or other properties.
- Material Handling — Moves items from one location to another, e.g. loading and unloading pallets or bins.
- Bin Picking — Locates and extracts items from bins, crates, and containers using 3D vision and AI pose estimation — even when parts overlap or lie in random orientations.
- Vision-Guided Accuracy — Real-time detection, conveyor tracking, and 360-degree rotation data keep every pick fast, accurate, and gentle on the product.