Pharmaceutical

Precision 3D Vision Systems for Pharmaceutical Bin-Picking

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3D vision in the Pharmaceutical industry

Automated inspection

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Accurately detect defects, irregularities, or inconsistencies in pharmaceutical products and packaging to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and patient safety.

Robotic pick and place

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Perform high-precision sorting, picking, and handling of small or variably oriented parts directly from containers, minimizing reliance on prearranged feeding systems and increasing flexibility.

Robotic kitting

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Automate the assembly of product kits by gathering and organizing specific components for packaging and distribution, ideal for clinical trials, personalized therapies, or treatment packs.

An example of challenging medical devices captured by a Zivid 3D camera.

What's possible with Zivid 3D cameras

High precision bin picking

Advanced 3D vision is essential in pharmaceutical manufacturing for accurately detecting small, irregularly shaped, and randomly placed medical devices.

Zivid cameras deliver high resolution point clouds with over 99 percent accuracy in position, dimensions, and orientation. This allows robots to reliably identify target objects and calculate precise pick positions directly from the 3D data, enabling efficient and consistent automation even in complex bin picking scenarios.

ESSERT partnered with Pickit for their robot cell bin-picking solution, including Zivid 3D camera.  Learn more →
A medical kitting and packaging cell with Yaskawa MOTOMAN GP7, Zivid 3D camera, and CapSen PiC.  Learn more →

Transparent and reflective object picking

Pick and place a wide variety of medical products with unmatched precision, whether they are large or small, matte, glossy, semi-transparent, or plastic-wrapped.

Powered by Zivid’s unique artifact reduction technology, native color imaging, and high dynamic range, the Zivid camera enables reliable robotic material handling and pharmaceutical bin picking - reducing manual errors and supporting automated kitting solutions for efficient medical supply sorting.

Robot-mounted 3D scanning

With the Zivid 3D camera, your robot can dynamically adjust its viewpoint — moving closer, pulling back, or changing angles — to always capture the best possible view. 

Weighing under 1000 g and featuring a compact footprint, Zivid cameras provide HD point clouds without compromising the robot's payload capacity or maneuverability. This makes robot-mounted 3D vision ideal for demanding automation tasks such as inspection, bin picking, assembly, machine tending, robot guidance, and material handling.

Robot-mounted 3D for medical industry

Customer Stories

Optimizing Put Wall Solutions for Order Fulfillment
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Optimizing Put Wall Solutions for Order Fulfillment

Siemens' Simatic Robot Pick AI is used for Teknics' put wall solution for efficient logistics processes in the pharmaceutical sector.
3D vision camera answers the call of medical kitting
Capsen

3D vision camera answers the call of medical kitting

CapSen Robotics employs Zivid 3D camera for super-high volume, ultra-fast cycle times, and diverse small product picking in 3D medical kitting.

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Picking transparent syringes with 3D vision
Essert

Picking transparent syringes with 3D vision

ESSERT’s robotic workstation with a 3D vision solution opened a new opportunity for pharmaceutical companies to handle challenging materials. 

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Zivid 3D machine vision enables smarter factories and warehouses of Industry 4.0. Our market-leading 3D color cameras and software enable customers to boost efficiency and productivity in a range of applications including robotic bin-picking, piece picking, material handling, welding, inspection and quality control.