TouchSensor Technologies LLC (Wheaton, IL) manufactures nonmechanical control interfaces for appliances, fitness equipment, vending machines and beverage-dispensing machines.
Many OEMs offer used equipment at prices lower than new. This may be a viable way for companies to test automation in their facilities, or to increase capacity at a lower financial expenditure.
George Jetson would be ecstatic. First there was a robotic lawn mower. Then a robotic vacuum. Now comes the latest gizmo for dreary domestic duties: a robotic iron.