Robot picking assembly

A robotic picking assembly comprising:

• an arm support arrangement configured to move vertically and to rotate about a vertical axis;
• a horizontally extendable arm supported in the arm support arrangement;
• a gripping tool arranged at a free end of the horizontally extendable arm;
• wherein the horizontally extendable arm comprises a plurality of arm modules linked together in a chain, and wherein the plurality of arm modules comprise:
• a hinge linking adjacent arm modules together in a pivoting manner;
• and
• a pivot restriction means limiting curving of the horizontally extendable arm to only one direction;
• wherein the arm support arrangement comprises:
• an arm guiding arrangement configured to guide the horizontally extendable arm between an extended position and a retracted position;
• an arm drive arrangement configured to move the horizontally extendable arm between said extended and retracted positions;
• and
• wherein when the horizontally extendable arm is in the retracted position, a portion of the horizontally extendable arm exhibits an upwardly curved shape, extending upwards from a horizontal portion of the horizontally extendable arm, between the free end and a back end, wherein the back end of the horizontally extendable arm is fixed to an end unit of the arm support arrangement.