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Parcel induction

Parcel volumes continue to grow while labor availability becomes less predictable. Manual induction is boring and repetitive, creates inconsistencies, and make operations difficult to scale. Robotic parcel induction creates a stable, predictable flow into sortation systems, helping operations increase capacity, reduce dependency on manual labor, and maintain consistent performance.

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What is parcel induction?

Robotic parcel induction is the process of picking parcels from a bulk flow and placing them onto a conveyor in a controlled, traceable manner. It addresses variability in parcel size, shape, materials and arrival patterns. AWL ensures a stable input for downstream sortation and improves overall system performance, while employees can do more varied and meaningful tasks.

Labor shortages

Mixed parcel variability

Repetitive work

Volume fluctuations

Solution

System approach to these challenges

A structured combination of robotic picking, vision-based recognition, and flow control ensures predictable parcel handling. The system balances speed and precision, stabilizing upstream variability to create a consistent feed for sortation systems.

High & stable throughput
High picking accuracy through integrated vision
Controlled singulation and orientation for reliable downstream processing

Approach

A proven approach to robotic automation

The success of robotic automation depends on more than the technology itself. The way requirements are defined, engineering decisions are made, and systems are supported after commissioning all influence long-term operations performance.

Bringing together expertise across engineering, integration, commissioning, and support helps create solutions that perform reliably in operation.

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“The first results are positive, and the team is pleased with the solution. They only need to feed the parcels into ROSI and no longer worry about them.”

Tom Hartmans, Project Lead at GLS

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''We're still learning and the team is still getting more comfortable with it, but at the end of the day we really starting to see the productivity, the benefits that we were expecting.''

Bill Monk, Vice President of Distribution at GNC