As demand for ready-to-eat and pre-portioned foods grows, so does the need for interleaved and/or stacked protein patties, deli meats, sandwich kits and other products. Many companies continue to rely on manual labor to perform these tasks, but automated systems are not uncommon.
What is uncommon is robotic automation of interleaving and stacking. That could change quickly with the latest generation of robots on the market due to the flexibility the technology offers to precisely and consistently pick and place one or more items and quickly redeploy to new tasks.