Scanvaegt International A/s

Beumer Group A/s

Marel A/s

Henrik F Skyum

Ulrich Carlin Nielsen

Henrik Grundtvig

Mikael Krogh

Bjorn Heide Pedersen

Bjørn Heide Pedersen

Andreas Werner

Jørgen Staun

Jorgen Staun

Svend Bækhøj Jensen

Mads Dahlerup Piculell

René Knudsen

Ejnar Nielsen

Rene Knudsen

Svend Baekhoj Jensen

A robot system for picking randomly shaped and sized object from a continuously moving stream of objects in bulk, e.g. a 3D bulk, and placing the object singulated and aligned on an induction or directly on a sorter. A pick and place robot has a robotic actuator for moving a gripper with a controllable gripping configuration of its gripping members, e.g. four suction cups, to adapt the gripper for various objects. A control system processes a 3D image of objects upstream of a position of the pick and place robot, identifies separate objects in the 3D image, and selects which object to grip, based on parameters of the identified separate objects determined from the 3D image. Based on e.g. size and shape of the selected object to grip, the gripping configuration of the gripper is adjusted to match the surface of the object to grip for optimal gripping. The robotic actuator, e.g. a gantry type robotic actuator, is then controlled to move the gripper to a position for gripping the object, and afterwards move the gripper with the gripped object to a target position and with a target orientation to release grip of the object and thus place the object on an induction or directly on a sorter. An image after placing the object along with properties of the object determined from the 3D image can be used as input to a machine learning for online improving pick and place performance of the robot system, e.g. for online improving the algorithm for selection of which object to pick, and also for selection of the appropriate gripping configuration to match the object.

Pick and place robot system, method, use and sorter system

A mobile, in particular autonomous, sorting unit, for transporting cargo to be transported in a logistics area, a production area or the like, having a cargo receiving unit which has a plurality of cargo carriers for receiving a plurality of cargo items, the cargo receiving unit being configured for autonomous discharging of the cargo items in any desired order by moving the cargo carriers to be unloaded to a discharging position. The invention further relates to a respective method for delivering cargo items to at least two different stations in a logistics area, a production area or the like with an autonomous mobile sorting unit.

Mobile sorting unit

A method and system for the processing of items that are supplied to a batching apparatus, where the batching apparatus comprises at least one handling means of the robotic type. By means of the batching apparatus a first process is performed, according to which items are selectively batched in consideration of measured, detected and/or estimated data for the individual items and in consideration of at least one predefined criterion. Particular items are identified and led to another process, the particular items being items that are deviant in relation to one or more predefined parameter(s) relating to the batching and/or items that have not been selected to be batched during the first process.

Method and system for processing of food items

Method and system for batching of supplied objects in batches in such a manner that a batch fulfils predefined criteria as regards the number of objects, weight, orientation and/or type(s) of objects, wherein

Method and a system for batching of objects

The invention relates to a method and a system for batching of supplied objects in batches in such a manner that a batch fulfills predefined criteria as regards for example the total weight range and optionally the number of objects, weight, orientation and/or type(s) of objects. A selective transferal of the objects from means for object transport to batching means is performed by means of one or more handling means of the robot type in as a batch of objects is produced in consideration of said predefined criteria. The batches are produced on said batching means that are moved around said one or more handling means of the robot type.

Method and system for batching of supplied objects in batches using one or more robots and a plurality of conveyors in such a manner that a batch fulfils predefined criteria as regards the number of objects, weight, orientation and/or type(s) of objects.

For a weight controlled building up of batches of foodstuff pieces, the pieces are supplied serially with mutual spacing and are weighed-in on a dynamic weigher using a &ldquo;single weighing algorithm&rdquo;. Quite similar weighers are known operating for &ldquo;summation or flow weighing&rdquo;, which does not require the supplied pieces to be supplied one by one while making use of a special algorithm. With the invention these technics are combined with the aim of handling an unorderly supply flow, in which there are both separated and non-separated pieces, in that by means of a detector it is determined whether the pieces are sufficiently separated for being &ldquo;single weighed&rdquo; for batching purposes, while the pieces will otherwise be flow weighed e.g. for the formation of large batches. One and same weigher may be used in both instances, inasfar as based on the said detection it is currently decided whether the weighing signal should be processed in accordance with one algorithm or the other, all according to what is most suitable in the actual operational situations.

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Henrik F Skyum