System and method for robotic horizontal sortation
AssigneeAmbidextrous Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsDavid Gealy, Stephen McKinley, Matthew Matl, Jeffrey Mahler, Aaron Smith
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Abstract
A system and method for item sorting that can include an item selection unit with a robotic pick-and-place machine positioned adjacent to a defined input item region; an item sortation unit comprising a horizontal multi-degree-of-freedom gantry system and an item tote array, wherein the horizontal gantry system is positioned above the item tote array; wherein the item sortation unit further comprises an item holding and depositing system that is coupled to and actuated by the gantry system. The system and method can singulate an item from a collection of items and sort into one of a set of item totes.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an item selection unit with a robotic pick-and-place machine positioned adjacent to a defined input item region;
- an item sortation unit comprising a horizontal multi-degree-of-freedom gantry system and an item tote array, wherein the horizontal gantry system is positioned above the item tote array;
- wherein the item sortation unit further comprises an item holding and depositing system that is coupled to and actuated by the gantry system;
- and
- a control system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the item selection unit to grasp an item, orient the item into a transfer position, transfer the item to the item sortation unit, translate the item to a designated item tote in the item tote array, and deposit the item into the item tote.
A method comprising:
- picking an item from an item input region from a statically positioned robotic system;
- orienting the item, using the robotic system, into a transfer position;
- transferring the item to a receiving mechanism of an item sortation unit;
- translating the item, using the item sortation unit, to a designated item tote of an array of item totes;
- and
- depositing the item into the item tote.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a computing platform, cause the computing platform to:
- picking an item from an item input region from a statically positioned robotic system;
- orienting the item, using the robotic system, into a transfer position;
- transferring the item to a receiving mechanism of an item sortation unit;
- translating the item, using the item sortation unit, to a designated item tote of an array of item totes;
- and
- depositing the item into the item tote.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.