Method of using a robotic containerization and palletizing system
US6866471B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S414/106
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A robotic containerization and palletizing system having a multiple-fingered end effector. In one embodiment, the system carries out a method of loading a tray in a container where the method includes creating a cell with a plurality of bays; assigning each bay a location; moving trays through the cell along a path; grasping a tray off the path with a robot positioned above the path; moving the robot, with the grasped tray, to the location of one bay; and instructing the robot to release the tray at the location of the one bay.
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