Picking device for picking from a storage container into an order container, and corresponding method
AssigneeDematic Corp.
InventorsMatthias Wehner, Hartwig Reckemeier, Tobias Polanz, Armin Jung, Sören Mushack
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Abstract
A picking device and method for increasing the through-put of picking an order from a storage container into an order container. The picking device includes a mobile platform capable to travel along a guide rail and a robotic gripping arm. The mobile platform includes a receiving location for each of a storage container and an order container, which are both reachable by the robotic gripping arm. The robotic gripping arm is actuated by a platform-supported image acquisition and evaluation unit and by a platform-supported controller.
Claims14
A picking device for picking from a storage container into an order container comprising:
- a mobile platform configured to travel along a guide rail and comprising a robotic gripping arm and receiving locations for each of a storage container and an order container, wherein the storage container and order container comprise goods containers, wherein the storage container and order container are both disposed to be reachable by the robotic gripping arm when disposed at the respective receiving locations, and wherein the robotic gripping arm is configured to be actuated by an image acquisition and evaluation unit supported on the mobile platform and a controller supported on the platform, and wherein the robotic gripping arm comprises an exchangeable gripping head.
A method for picking from a storage container into an order container comprising:
- locating a storage container and an order container on a mobile platform, wherein the mobile platform is configured to travel along a guide rail and includes a robotic gripping arm and a receiving location for each of the storage container and the order container, wherein the robotic gripping arm is configured to reach both the storage container and the order container;
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- picking from the storage container into the order container by actuating the robotic gripping arm by an image acquisition and evaluation unit supported on the mobile platform and a controller supported on the mobile platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.