Picking system having an articulated arm gripper

A picking system for the automated picking of articles comprising a detection station for detecting the position of an article to be picked on a supplying conveyor unit and comprising an articulated arm gripper for picking up the article from a storage loading implement from the supplying conveyor unit and for depositing the article in an order loading implement on a discharge unit, wherein the articulated arm gripper can be positioned by a kinematic unit of the picking system within an operational range of the kinematic unit and wherein the articulated arm gripper comprises an essentially upright longitudinal arm and an articulated arm which can be bent about an angle of articulation and on which a gripping device for gripping the article is provided,

• wherein the articulated arm gripper is designed for picking up the at least one article to be picked from the storage loading implement which is transported on the supplying conveyor, wherein the longitudinal arm of the articulated arm gripper is at least twice as long and in particular at least five times as long as the articulated arm of the articulated arm gripper and wherein detection station is designed for detecting the three-dimensional position of the article in the storage loading implement and the angle of articulation of the articulated arm and an angle of rotation of the articulated arm gripper are freely adjustable about the longitudinal arm, depending on the detected position for gripping the article.