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The Right Automation Boundary

How Much Should a Picking Robot Actually Do?

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the right automation boundary

Just because a robot can perform a task doesn’t always mean it should.

In this white paper, Sanath Vurelli, Senior Product Development Engineer at Berkshire Grey, explores one of the most important design decisions in robotic piece-picking: where to draw the automation boundary.

Learn how assigning the right work to robots, surrounding automation, software, and people can improve throughput, reduce unnecessary complexity, and strengthen the economics of the entire fulfillment operation.

Download the white paper to learn how to:

  • Identify when additional robot tasks are consuming valuable picking capacity.
  • Evaluate throughput based on completed orders and system constraints, not just peak pick rates.
  • Decide which tasks belong with robotic manipulation versus simpler automation, software, or people.
  • Use buffers and decoupling to keep downstream processes from unnecessarily interrupting picking.
  • Compare robotic architectures based on labor, capital cost, resilience, floor space, and end-to-end economics.
  • Determine the right level of autonomy for your operation.