Manual / volumetric mode weighs (or eyeballs) a poured batch and divides by the average pill weight to estimate the count β fast, but pill-to-pill weight variance and time pressure mean the number of pills that actually land in the bottle can drift from the number ordered, and the error grows with order size.
Robotic vision-counted mode singulates pills one at a time through an optical gate: each pill is individually detected and tallied, and the feeder physically stops the instant the tally equals the order β so the dispensed count is exact regardless of batch size or speed.
- Exact β dispensed count equals the order exactly.
- Under β patient receives fewer pills than prescribed (early refill risk).
- Over β patient receives more than prescribed (inventory / controlled-substance safety issue).