Citation
(2008), "Adept wins $1.2 million robotics order for use in prescription drug fulfillment system", Industrial Robot, Vol. 35 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2008.04935aab.006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Adept wins $1.2 million robotics order for use in prescription drug fulfillment system
Adept wins $1.2 million robotics order for use in prescription drug fulfillment system
Adept Technology, Inc. a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced that their robotics have been selected for an automated prescription drug fulfillment system that will use their Adept Cobra™ SCARA and Adept Viper™ 6-Axis robots. The $1.2 million order represents Adept's second major customer win in the past six months in the growing market for the automated fulfillment of prescription drugs.
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2 The speed and flexibility of the Adept Quattro s650 robot make it a
cost-effective alternative to manual packaging
The Adept Cobra and Viper robots will be integrated into systems that will be deployed regionally in automated pharmacy fulfillment centers. According to BCC Research, a 35-year old market research firm serving the Healthcare industry, the US pharmacy automation market will grow from $1.4 Billion in 2003 to $2.5 Billion by 2008 (Figure 2).