Introducing
the Universal
food gripper

A transformative robotic gripper and vision system that enables the robotic assembly of food ingredients, fully autonomously, hygienically and cost effectively.
Salad and bun
Burger stack
Salad

Designed for use in ready meal factories and retail food outlets alike, the Industrial Robotic Solutions system can continuously assemble sandwiches, burgers, salads and hundreds of other ready meals.

Ingredients the gripper can pick and place

Chicken

Meat

  • Chicken
  • Ham
  • Beefburger
  • Salami
  • Bacon
  • Turkey
Tomatos

Vegetables

  • Tomato
  • Cucumber
  • Lettuce
  • Mushroom
  • Onion
  • Potato
  • Peppers
Apple slices

Fruit

  • Pineapple
  • Melon
  • Watermelon
  • Apple
  • Kiwi
  • Strawberries
Eggs

Dairy

  • Cheese
  • Mozarella
  • Feta
  • Boiled egg
Buns

Grain

  • Sliced bread
  • Burger bun
  • Roll
  • Wrap
  • Flatbread
  • Pizza base

The team

Peter Schwabach

Peter Schwabach

  • Founder and CEO.
  • Ex Goldman Sachs.
  • Ex Private Equity.
  • Ex Chairman of the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics.
Rodolfo Cuan Urquizo

Rodolfo Cuan
Urquizo

  • Chief Scientific Officer.
  • Robotic vision and software specialist.
  • Graduate of the Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico.
Wade Newmark

Wade Newmark

  • COO and CFO.
  • Ex Lazards Brothers.
  • Specialist in asset finance and healthcare.
  • Graduate of Oxford and Wharton Business School.
Carl Griffiths

Carl Griffiths

  • Chief Engineer.
  • 30 years experience in mechanical engineering for clients ranging from GE Healthcare to NASA.
José Antonio Rosales Medina

José Antonio Rosales Medina

  • Robotic Engineer.
  • MSc Intelligent Systems and Robotics (University of Essex).
  • BS Innovation and Development Engineering (ITESM, Mexico).
  • Specialist in prototyping.

Partners and sponsors

The Universal Food Gripper (patent pending) was developed with KTP funding from Innovate UK, in collaboration with the University of Essex, with technical support from Kuka Robotics UK. All rights and IP fully owned by Industrial Robotic Solutions Ltd, company number 11711528.
Innovate UK
University of Essex
KUKA
Britbots
UKRI

Awards

  • Winner Best KTP Associate 2022
  • Innovate UK national KTP leader prize awarded to Rodolfo Cuan Urquizo October 2023
  • Innovate UK, IRS awarded winner of the Smart Innovation: Industry ready robotics and automation competition June 2023

Contact

  • Industrial Robotic Solutions
  • Unit 2, Block C
  • Parkside Office Village
  • Nestfield Road
  • Knowledge Gateway
  • Colchester
  • CO4 3ZL
07734 365705
Email
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