Fast Picker This new sorting robot from ZenRobotics, Helsinki, is targeted at light material, such as plastic packaging and dry mixed recyclables. The high-speed picker has a robust and compact design suited to demanding environments. It uses the company's ZenbrAIn artificial intelligence software, which is designed to constantly learn, enabling operators to quickly react to changes in the material stream. The Fast Picker includes a sensor unit, control system, robot arm, suction gripper and safety panels. It is available through its U.S. distributor, Plexus Recycling Technologies.

What's new? The robot. Fast Picker can pick up objects weighing up to 2.2 pounds and features the same technology as the company's Heavy Picker sorting robot, which can handle items weighing up to 66 pounds.

Benefits Fast, accurate picking around the clock. The robot can perform 4,000 picks per hour, replaces manual sorters and increases product recovery rates. It can be installed into existing sorting facilities and retrofitted to different conveyor widths.

Plexus Recycling Technologies, Denver, 720-890-9090, www.plexusrecyclingtechnologies.com, www.zenrobotics.com