Robots keep social distance

摘要

Fewer people on the packing line makes social distancing easier. That's what Hayden Dooney, general manager of the Norfolk Fruit Growers' Association, learned from the coronavirus pandemic. The Simcoe, Ontario, company had been planning to upgrade its packing facility with a robotic arm that lifts bagged apples into shipping boxes sometime in the coming years. The coronavirus pandemic convinced the company to pull the trigger a little early.