Robotic device for sleeving potted plants and a method for sleeving potted plants with the robotic sleeving device
AssigneesSpisa Holding AB, Createch Co., Ltd.
InventorPaul VAN DER LAAN
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Abstract
A robotic device for sleeving potted plants. The robotic device includes a vertical shaft, at least two upper arms arranged on the vertical shaft, each one of the at least two upper arms having a gripping unit for gripping and releasing potted plants, a first picking area located at a first position radially outwards from the vertical shaft, a sleeving area located at a second position radially outwards from the vertical shaft, and a sleeving unit arranged at the sleeving area. The at least two upper arms are rotatable between the first and the second position about the vertical shaft, wherein the at least two upper arms are arranged to be movable along the vertical shaft.
Claims15
A robotic sleeving device for potted plants, said device comprising:
- a vertical shaft;
- at least two upper arms arranged on said vertical shaft, each one of said at least two upper arms having a gripping unit for gripping and releasing potted plants;
- a first picking area located at a first position radially outwards from said vertical shaft;
- a sleeving area located at a second position radially outwards from said vertical shaft;
- a sleeving unit arranged at said sleeving area;
- wherein said at least two upper arms are rotatable between said first and said second position about said vertical shaft, wherein said at least two upper arms are arranged to be movable along said vertical shaft.
A method for sleeving potted plants with a robotic sleeving device, said method comprising:
- gripping a first potted plant at a first position radially outwards from a vertical shaft with a first gripping unit attached to a first arm arranged on said vertical shaft;
- releasing a second potted plant at a second position, from a second gripping unit attached to a second arm to a sleeving unit;
- rotating said first and second arms about said vertical shaft;
- gripping a third potted plant with said second gripping unit, and releasing said first potted plant from said first gripping unit into said sleeving unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.