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EYE EYE: Biko has its eye well focused Laundry Robotics’ innovations
industrial laundries to enhance their efficiency, improve service quality, and contribute to a more sustainable future. Furthermore, it is essential to remain competitive amidst these impending developments in robotics and AI.”
Laundry Robotics exhibited its initial version of the Robin automated towel system almost a decade ago and has moved from strength to strength in the years since. The machine has changed dramatically since those early days with the company working closely with its clients to improve upon that original model. And not wanting to rest on their laurels it then released a baby brother for Robin, called Roy, at Expo Detergo in 2022. Philip Ghosh of Biko UK, distributor for Laundry Robotics in the UK and Ireland, says: “With Texcare fast approaching in November, I am looking forward to seeing what fresh and exciting ideas will be on the stand.”
with AI, will increasingly play a larger role in industrial laundries. In the coming years, we will witness significant deployment of autonomous robots (such as feeding robots and transport robots) in industrial laundries. In Europe, it is projected that within three years, robots using AI will handle 20% of the towel feeding and the laundry sorting tasks, rising to 80% within seven years. AI-driven quality control will significantly increase due to this robotic integration. Subsequently, there will be a shift towards more sophisticated robot solutions capable of executing complex tasks.
“Sustainability will remain a central theme in the industry, with AI being leveraged to further optimize resource usage. From reducing water consumption to minimising chemical waste, technological innovations will be harnessed to diminish the ecological footprint of industrial laundries. In conclusion, the rise of AI has transformed the industrial laundry industry over the past decade, and the pace of change is expected to accelerate in the coming years. Investing in AI and robotics now will enable
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Organiser of Texcare 2024, Messe Frankfurt, says: “Despite the rapid advances in automation, the textile service industry is inconceivable without human beings. Their cognitive skills are required, in particular, for coding, individualisation (applying name badges or patches), length adjustment and repair, as well as for cleaning private laundry. In many cases, a trained eye is
often faster than cameras and artificial intelligence when it comes to quality control and assessment. However, as such activities quickly lead to fatigue, it is likely that the next wave of automation will be in this area of textile care.” (See page 7 news story.)
Andreas Langer, Kannegiesser’s marketing manager, agrees wirth Messe Frankfurt’s statement as he explains the reasons behind the development of Kannegiesser’s fully automated dry laundry line: “Due to fatigue, the operator’s input performance naturally fluctuates and decreases over the course of a shift. Automation prevents input from becoming a bottleneck and slowing down the laundry process. This arduous task is performed by state- of-the-art equipment. Working with advanced technology, such as robots and intelligent control systems, has another advantage: it makes it easier for a modern laundry to attract tech- savvy employees and specialists who find working with innovative and future- oriented technologies exciting and want to be part of a modern company.” Kannegiesser says, for example, AI results in an hourly folding rate between 600 and 700 items, depending on the variety of items to be processed. For example, a person is still faster than a machine when folding smaller items of laundry, such as flannels.
BABY BROTHER: Laundry Robotics developed Roy, baby brother to Robin
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