RBC Robotics

rbc robotics GmbH, headquartered at Dieselstrasze 5, 65520 Bad Camberg, Germany, is a specialist developer and manufacturer of camera-guided robotic automation systems for industrial component handling. Founded in 1996 as rbc Fordertechnik GmbH, the company adopted camera-guided robot technology as early as 1999 and grew to become an experienced integrator of vision-based picking, loading, and packing cells. The main office relocated to Bad Camberg in 2014, and the modular FX automation platform was launched shortly thereafter. In 2018 the DVS TECHNOLOGY GROUP — a German machine tool group whose subsidiaries include BUDERUS Schleiftechnik, PITTLER T&S, and Prawema Antriebstechnik — acquired rbc Fordertechnik. The company formally renamed itself rbc robotics GmbH in 2020 to reflect the shift of its core business from general conveyance to robot and camera systems. Contact: +49 (0)6434 20791-0; [email protected].

Product platform — FX Series:

All products are built on the modular FX platform, combining industrial robot arms (from partners including ABB and KUKA) with multi-tier machine vision and modular mechanical structure:

SMART PICKER (FX PICK 800 / FX PICK 1200): Camera-guided picking cells for orderly and disordered (bin-pick / random) workpieces. Vision options span 2D, 2.5D, and 3D random.

SMART PACKER (FX PACK 600 / FX PACK 800 / FX PACK 1200): Robotic packing systems for placing workpiece layers into trays or carriers, including interlayer stacking.

SMART LOADER (FX LOAD 600, FX LOAD-A, FX LOAD-T, FX LOAD-F, FX LOAD-S, FX LOAD-M): Machine-tending cells for loading and unloading CNC machine tools and grinding machines. Handles rotationally symmetrical parts, fasteners, cubic components, and partially symmetrical components.

SMART FLEX: Customised robot cells including robots on linear travel axes, loading docks, and bespoke robot cell designs for complex multi-step processes.

Vision technology: rbc develops its own component recognition systems across Vision 2D, Vision 2.5D, Vision 3D Cartesian, and Vision 3D Random (bulk bin-picking). The vision system is described as the intelligence core that makes the entire process economically viable.

Primary sectors served are automotive supply chain (T1/T2 suppliers), precision machined components, and high-volume manufacturing. Note: the 'Mobile Robot (AGV/AMR)' tag in the source directory data does not match verified product lines; rbc robotics does not manufacture mobile robots.