Picking station and method for automatic picking of goods

US12098037B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TGW Logistics GmbH · AT

Inventors

• Christoph DOPPLER · Wolfsegg, AT
• Stefan Holzner · Zaisering, DE
• Sebastian Maximilian FEISTL · Schoßrinn, DE
• Christian Prechtl · Ziegelwies, AT
• Harald Johannes Schroepf · Wels, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2203/041
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A picking station for picking goods has a source container conveyor for automated transporting of source containers, a target container conveyor for automated transporting of target containers and a fully automated robot system. The source container conveyor includes a first removal area, where a first source container is provisioned, and a second removal area, where a second source container is provisioned. The target container conveyor includes a first loading area, where a first target container is provisioned, and a second loading area, where a second target container is provisioned. The robot system includes a robot having a gripping unit configured to remove goods according to different orders from the first source container and/or second source container and place them into the first target container and/or second target container, and a sensor system for capturing the goods in the first and second source containers. A method automatically picks goods.