Introducing
the Universal
food gripper

A transformative robotic gripper and vision system that enables the robotic assembly of food ingredients, fully autonomously, hygienically and cost effectively.

Designed for use in ready meal factories and retail food outlets alike, the Industrial Robotic Solutions system can continuously assemble sandwiches, burgers, salads and hundreds of other ready meals.

Ingredients the gripper can pick and place

Meat

Chicken
Ham
Beefburger
Salami
Bacon
Turkey

Vegetables

Tomato
Cucumber
Lettuce
Mushroom
Onion
Potato
Peppers

Fruit

Pineapple
Melon
Watermelon
Apple
Kiwi
Strawberries

Dairy

Cheese
Mozarella
Feta
Boiled egg

Grain

Sliced bread
Burger bun
Roll
Wrap
Flatbread
Pizza base

‘‘We are excited to be working with Industrial Robotic Solutions in building the world’s first fully autonomous multi-ingredient robotic sandwich production line.’’

Matt Raynor, Raynor Foods

The team

Peter Schwabach

Founder and CEO.
Ex Goldman Sachs.
Award-winning VC fund manager.
Chairman of the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics.
Oxford graduate.

Professor Klaus
Mcdonald-Maier

CSO.
Professor in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex.

Dr Vishwanathan
Mohan

CTO.
IRS software and vision systems designer.
Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Essex.

Rodolfo Cuan
Urquizo

Robotic gripper designer.
Graduate of the University of Essex and the Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico.
IRS Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate.

Wade Newmark

COO and FD.
Ex Lazards.
Specialist in asset finance.
International care homes owner and operator.
Oxford graduate and Wharton MBA.

Carl Griffiths

Chief Engineer.
30 year international career in product design, development and integration.
Specialist in industrial manufacturing robotic applications.

Partners and sponsors

The Universal Food Gripper (patent pending) was developed with KTP funding from Innovate UK, in collaboration with the University of Essex, with technical support from Kuka Robotics UK. All rights and IP fully owned by Industrial Robotic Solutions Ltd, company number 11711528.