In a special section from Automated Warehouse, reporter Eugene Dematrie pulls from his wide-ranging interview with Fizyr CEO Ken Fleming to highlight “why AI vision is essential for handling real-world packaging variability, and how providers including Fizyr and Epson Robots are pushing the technology toward scalable, high-speed mixed-goods handling.”
Some highlights from the article:
Another technology provider cited “perfect” boxes at trade shows as misleading.
“This might be controversial, but at MODEX, I thought many exhibits were mediocre,” observed Ken Fleming, CEO of AI vision provider Fizyr. “There were demonstrations with perfect, square boxes; grippers that can grab anything and don’t need a tool changer but can’t go fast; and slowed singulation.”
When applied correctly, AI can help reduce the number of steps required for sortation, further hastening the supply chain and avoiding errors, said Fleming.
“We saw some attempts at singulation before stacking and palletizing, but we need to sit down with key business partners in the U.S. and Canada,” he said. “The logic and algorithms are done; now Fizyr needs to sit down with partners and ask, ‘Can you handle palletization of mixed goods as they come in?’ We don’t have to sort things downstream.”
The article also mentions the AI4Pallets solution, highlighting its ability to quickly and accurately classify, segment, and sort palletized items. The technology was recently unveiled at LogiMAT with partners Pallet Sorting Systems and Automated Machine Systems.
The article follows on the heels of Automated Warehouse’s report, “How Vision and AI are Changing Picking Operations,” in which Fizyr was heavily featured (pages 10-13). Fizyr continues to push the boundaries of robotic automation with our advanced vision AI, unlocking the full capabilities of deployed solutions and solving even the most-difficult automation challenges.
Read the full article in Design World’s June 2026 issue (pages 48-50).
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