Robotics in food industry
The Conference on Robots in the Food Industry. The Code of Security and Profitability has opened within the conference programme of Agroprodmash 2026. The event is organised by the Russian Association of Robotics (RAR) and EXPOCENTRE AO.
Today, robotics is becoming a practical tool for solving key production tasks such as compensating for personnel shortages in heavy and monotonous operations, increasing productivity and quality stability, reducing sanitary risks, reducing losses, and creating a reserve of capacity without proportional expansion of staff.
The central theme of the conference is the transition from single robotic cells to integrated solutions for food production: technological lines in which equipment, robots, machine vision systems, software, production data and personnel work as a single system. Special attention is paid to cooperation between manufacturers of food equipment and robotics companies, requirements for hygienic performance and safety, personnel transformation, support measures, and implementation economics.
The first block of the conference is devoted to the creation of turnkey robotic lines from the development of technical specifications and joint design to commissioning, service support and confirmation of KPIs. The participants discuss the distribution of responsibility between the line manufacturer, the integrator and the customer, standardization of interfaces, sanitary performance, assortment management, and the possibility of replicating standard solutions.
In the second part, there will be a panel session on the priorities of robotization of food production, increasing the productivity and sustainability of the industry, introducing robots into the digital contour of the enterprise, and developing Russian food engineering and industrial robotics.
The conference concludes with a case study session for customers based on the real experience of food companies. The focus is on robotic stacking and packaging, palletizing, solutions for dairy and meat processing industries, machine vision, quality control, in-house logistics, and upgrade of existing lines.
Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO
