Mp Zenrobotics Oy

Harri Holopainen

Tuomas Lukka

A waste sorting manipulator can include a gripper assembly for interacting with one or more waste objects to be sorted within a working area. There is at least one servo for moving the gripper assembly between the manipulator and the working area. There is also at least one slidable coupling mounted between the at least one servo and the gripper assembly for allowing relative movement between the at least one servo and the gripper assembly.

Waste sorting gantry robot

A waste sorting robot comprises a manipulator moveable within a working area. A suction gripper is connected to the manipulator and arranged to selectively grip a waste object in the working area. An air supply is in fluid communication with the suction gripper and configured to generate an airflow along an airflow path in the suction gripper. A solvent outlet in fluid communication with a solvent supply wherein the solvent outlet configured to dose the airflow with the solvent.

Waste sorting robot

It A waste sorting robot () comprises a manipulator () moveable within a working area (). A gripper () is connected to the manipulator () and arranged to selectively grip a waste object () in the working area (). A controller () is in communication with a sensor () and is configured to receive detected object parameters, and determine a throw trajectory () of the gripped waste object () towards a target position () based on the detected object parameters of the gripped waste object (). The controller () is configured to send control instructions to the gripper () and/or manipulator () so that the gripper () and/or manipulator () accelerates the gripped waste object () and releases the waste object () at a throw position with a throw velocity and throw angle towards the target position () so that the waste object () is thrown along the determined throw trajectory (). A related method of controlling a waste robot is also disclosed.

Waste sorting robot with gripper that releases waste object at a throw position

A waste sorting robot can include a manipulator comprising a suction gripper for interacting with one or more waste objects to be sorted within a working area, and wherein the manipulator is moveable within the working area. There is a controller configured to send control instructions to the manipulator. At least one pressure sensor is in fluid communication with the suction gripper and configured to generate a pressure signal in dependence on a fluid pressure in the suction gripper. The controller is configured to receive the pressure signal and to determine manipulator instructions in dependence on the pressure signal.

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Espoo, Finland

Harri Holopainen