Flexxbotics, the autonomous manufacturing platform leader, today announced that Stryker, a global leader in medical technologies, has deployed Flexxbotics for advanced robotic production with automated manufacturing compliance, process trend intelligence, and autonomous process control in factory operations. Flexxbotics is enabling Stryker to increase throughput, optimize utilization, and minimize unplanned downtime across production workflows.
Stryker is using Flexxbotics software-defined automation to orchestrate production-critical assets in high mix volume production requiring automated changeovers. Flexxbotics platform delivers interoperability and closed-loop control across a wide range of factory equipment including production machines, robotic automation, rail systems, and numerous other advanced manufacturing technologies. This integration powers continuous operations during automated production with digital thread traceability to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while improving operational agility.
The Flexxbotics deployment enables Stryker to proactively identify process deviations and performance anomalies which improved production consistency for a 41% throughput increase with significant reductions in scrap and rework. Real-time visibility into process conditions drove a 53% improvement in utilization and a 62% reduction in unplanned downtime to increase overall equipment effectiveness and create additional production capacity.
In addition, Flexxbotics establishes a real-time data layer by integrating multi-source data from plant equipment and automation systems which establishes the closed-loop process control required for highly regulated medical device manufacturing. Parallelized data pipelines aggregate high-frequency, multimodal production data into a contextualized data foundation including machine operating conditions, robot execution data, and in-process sensor measurements. This unified dataset powers automated process adjustments, real-time compliance verification, and is structured to support Industrial AI training, validation, and inference.
Flexxbotics establishes a scalable foundation for future automation and digitalization initiatives with open connectivity to a broad range of industrial protocols and IT systems. New equipment and workflows can be integrated rapidly, transforming automation deployment into a repeatable, standardized, and sustainable process.
“Software-defined automation is fundamentally changing how smart factories operate,” said Tyler Bouchard, CEO & Co-Founder of Flexxbotics. “We’re proud to partner with global companies like Stryker to intelligently orchestrate plant machines, robotics, and automation in real-time to achieve a more flexible and scalable foundation for autonomous manufacturing.”
About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside our customers around the world, we impact more than 150 million patients annually. More information is available at www.stryker.com.
About Flexxbotics
Flexxbotics enables manufacturing autonomy at scale through software-defined automation. Flexxbotics autonomous manufacturing platform provides interoperable communication and orchestration across plant equipment, robotics, and enterprise IT systems. Built to be open and extensible, Flexxbotics digitalizes autonomous process control for continuous operations in next-generation smart factory environments. Visit www.flexxbotics.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn.