<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Effecon Blog</title><description>Physical AI in practice: bin picking, palletizing, packing, and getting a robot cell into production.</description><link>https://effecon.be/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Setting up a cell by describing the job</title><link>https://effecon.be/resources/blog/set-up-a-cell-by-describing-the-job/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://effecon.be/resources/blog/set-up-a-cell-by-describing-the-job/</guid><description>No teach pendant, no robot programming. You tell the cell what the job is in plain language, and it composes the plan.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Engineering</category><category>Setup</category><category>Physical AI</category><author>Effecon</author></item><item><title>Packing an order without a fixed recipe</title><link>https://effecon.be/resources/blog/packing-without-a-fixed-recipe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://effecon.be/resources/blog/packing-without-a-fixed-recipe/</guid><description>When every order is a different mix, a fixed packing program does not cut it. Here is how a cell decides the layout on the spot.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Use Cases</category><category>Packing</category><category>Flexibility</category><author>Effecon</author></item><item><title>What &quot;ROI in under a year&quot; means for one cell</title><link>https://effecon.be/resources/blog/roi-of-one-cell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://effecon.be/resources/blog/roi-of-one-cell/</guid><description>A plain look at where the return comes from when you automate a single job, and how to prove it before you scale.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Insights</category><category>ROI</category><category>Deployment</category><author>Effecon</author></item><item><title>Why shiny parts break most bin-picking robots</title><link>https://effecon.be/resources/blog/reflective-parts-bin-picking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://effecon.be/resources/blog/reflective-parts-bin-picking/</guid><description>Reflective and metal parts defeat conventional 3D vision. Here is why, and how ThRiVer picks them anyway.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Insights</category><category>Bin picking</category><category>Vision</category><author>Effecon</author></item></channel></rss>