Tauranga s Robotic Plus receives up to $15 million in ACC investment to protect high-risk workers
23 Feb, 2021 05:46 AM
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Robotic s Plus has created the Robotic Scaling Machine (RSM) that more quickly and accurately measures the volume of timber on logging truck. Photo / Supplied
Robotic s Plus has created the Robotic Scaling Machine (RSM) that more quickly and accurately measures the volume of timber on logging truck. Photo / Supplied
Bay of Plenty Times
Tauranga s Robotic Plus is set to benefit from ACC investment of up to $15 million to improve the wellbeing of employees in the country s most dangerous industries.
ACC s Impact Investment Fund has taken a share in the globally-recognised company to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of New Zealanders and provide a strong investment return that helps Kiwis pay less in levies for accident cover.
The technology by Kiwi company Robotics Plus has cut scaling time from around 40 minutes per truck to just four-and-a-half. It starts at the back-end of the truck and works forward and it scans each face of the logs. and then we apply some machine learning algorithms that do the scaling or the circumference of the log, co-founder Steve Saunders said.
Port logistics company ISO Limited s general manager Neil Weber told Newshub they have previously had slips, trips and falls type of injury. but there s always that risk of a big fall .
But since they first introduced Robotics Plus technology in 2018, it s reduced scaling-related injuries to zero.
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