Pillar 05 · RobertaThe right knowledge, at the right place

The right knowledge, at the right place, at the right time

Roberta is a mobile robot powered by the PackGuru AI Field Production Advisor. She patrols the line, responds to "Hey PackGuru", and brings the right procedure to the machine that needs it — before anyone has to walk the floor

Roberta — PackGuru AI Field Production Advisor on the factory floor
[ on the floor · voice-activated · "Hey PackGuru" ]
01 /The problem

The knowledge is in the building. It's just never at the machine

Night shift: one senior technician covering four lines. An alarm fires on the far one. Nobody notices for twenty minutes — then someone walks over, looks at it, and calls the person who actually knows. The knowledge existed the whole time. It was just 400 metres and two phone calls away

STALE · MINUTES

Alarms wait for legs

An unattended stoppage costs its full duration — and on a night shift, "unattended" is the default, not the exception

STALE · KNOWLEDGE

Expertise doesn't scale across a hall

Your best troubleshooter can stand at one machine at a time. Every other machine gets whoever happens to be closest

STALE · EVIDENCE

Nobody records what happened

By the time the fault is cleared, the evidence is gone. The same jam returns next week as a brand-new mystery

02 /What changes

Same processes, measured before and after

PROCESS KPI TODAY WITH ROBERTA
Response to an unattended alarm time to first action unmeasured — often 20+ min at night capped at 5 min — Roberta responds when no one else does
Troubleshooting at the machine time to correct procedure find the person who knows, or guess procedure on screen at the machine, in the operator's language
Changeover knowledge transfer deviations vs standard every operator does it slightly differently full sequence recorded, compared, turned into training material
Incident evidence documented root causes cleared before anyone records it situation filmed and tagged — a growing root-cause dataset
03 /The five-minute rule

What happens when nobody responds

Alarm fires T+0:00 no operator action detected Roberta departs T+5:00 At the machine procedure on screen Documented video + tags
04 /Four modes

What Roberta does on the floor

01

Patrol

Rounds along the line with scheduled observation stops. When a machine stops and no operator action is detected, she navigates to the area, records the situation and documents fault and response

Output → root cause dataset
02

Changeover assist

Records the full action sequence during changeovers — compared against the standard procedure to create real-floor training material

Output → standardisation, shorter changeovers
03

Troubleshooting

If no operator action 5 minutes after a stoppage, Roberta navigates to the problem area and displays the correct procedure at the machine

Output → right knowledge, right place, right time
04

Weak-point monitoring

Stations herself at the highest-risk point of the process — defined by known jam areas and the SKU currently running

Output → earlier detection, contextual guidance
05 /Architecture

Three layers, one advisor

L3 NVIDIA edge module On-device inference · low-latency · keeps working when WiFi doesn't L2 PackGuru AI engine Voice interaction · SOP retrieval · video streaming to remote experts · incident tagging L1 Mobile platform Navigation · 3D LiDAR · cameras · microphones · 14" touchscreen · safety sensors
BATTERY
12–14 h
a full shift and change
SCREEN
14"
procedures readable at arm's length
WAKE WORD
"Hey PackGuru"
noise-optimised microphones
PILOT
40 days
robot + integration + first 10 weak-point rules

Roberta is a separate product with its own scope: hardware per unit, integration and annual subscription are priced openly — never hidden inside a platform licence. She requires the PackGuru knowledge base on site: the robot is the delivery vehicle, the knowledge is the cargo.

Humanoid robot performing a changeover on a cosmetics packaging line
ON THE ROADMAP
Roberta is step one. The PackGuru AI engine is platform-agnostic — as humanoid robotics matures, the same knowledge runs the same line. New hands.

Bring Roberta to your factory floor

Pilot agreement in 40 days. We bring the robot, the integration team and the first 10 weak-point rules