Gripper for picking device and method for operating a picking device having this gripper
AssigneeBecton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
InventorChristoph HELLENBRAND
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Abstract
A picking system is provided that includes a plurality of shelves configured to store small piece goods and a gripper, the gripper including a transport device having two gripping jaws arranged above a drop table and having inner surfaces facing each other, at least one of the two gripping jaws being coupled to a slide, and a sensor device having a plurality of detection regions covering a vertically extending space in front of a dispensing end face of the drop table. Other pickings systems are also provided.
Claims20
A picking system for small piece goods, the picking system comprising:
- a plurality of shelves configured to store small piece goods;
- and
- a gripper, the gripper comprising:
- a transport device comprising two gripping jaws arranged above a drop table and having inner surfaces facing each other, at least one of the two gripping jaws being coupled to a slide;
- and
- a sensor device having a plurality of detection regions covering a vertically extending space in front of a dispensing end face of the drop table.
A picking system for small piece goods, the picking system comprising:
- a plurality of shelves configured to store small piece goods;
- a gripper;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the picking system to:
- move the gripper arranged above a drop table to a first shelf having at least one small piece good;
- determine, based on a sensor device having a plurality of detection regions covering a vertical space in front of an end face of the drop table, whether a current alignment of the gripper at the first shelf in relation to a vertical position corresponds to a specified alignment;
- determine there is a deviation between the current alignment and the specified alignment;
- and
- move the gripper to a new alignment based on the determined deviation.
A picking system for small piece goods, the picking system comprising:
- a plurality of shelves configured to store small piece goods;
- and
- a gripper, the gripper comprising:
- a transport device comprising two gripping jaws arranged above a drop table and having inner surfaces facing each other;
- and
- a sensor device having a plurality of detection regions covering a vertically extending space in front of a dispensing end face of the drop table,
- wherein the gripping jaws are each coupled to a retractable clamping jaw slide having a restoring force, wherein the restoring force is configured to move the gripping jaw back to a specific position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.