As in many industrial areas, automation is advancing in furniture production as well. One example of this is MAB Möbel AG from Switzerland: with the support of HOMAG Bohrsysteme GmbH and MVTec Software GmbH, this furniture manufacturer automated the loading process around a vertical CNC machining center with robotic handling. Using MVTec HALCON, a robot picks up wooden workpieces from a chaotically arranged stack, feeds them to the machining center, and removes them after processing. Read more
