Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC

Other

Carnegie Mellon University

John E Simons

Matthew R Wicks

Michael L Girtman

Grant Repke Jeremiah

Steven W Griggs

Benjamin H Baer

John Hamer

Nathan Blough

Dean Roper

Herman Herman

James D Wilson, Ii

Gabriel Goldman

Thomas Michael Ferner

Michael J Roth

Jose Gonzalez-Mora

Katharina Muelling

Cole Emerson

Michael W Mayhall

Benjamin Baer

Michael Jacober

Jeffrey A Marsh

Jose Gonzales-Mora

Various example embodiments described herein relates, to an item manipulation system that can include a control system and an end effector. The end effector can include a tube defining a channel between a first end and a second end. The tube can include, a flexible suction cup that can be disposed within the channel of the tube. In some examples, the flexible suction cup can engage a surface of the item based on suction force generated through the flexible suction cup. The end effector also includes a linear actuator that can be mechanically coupled to the flexible suction cup. The end effector can be configured to: extend, the flexible suction cup towards the second end of the channel to position at least a portion of the flexible suction cup outside the tube and retract, the flexible suction cup within the channel to position the flexible suction cup within the tube.

Method and system for manipulating articles

The present disclosure relates to a material handling system for manipulating items. The material handling system includes a repositioning system comprising a robotic tool which includes a robotic arm portion and an end effector. The robotic tool is configured to manipulate an item in a first orientation and reorient the item to a second orientation. The material handling system further includes a vision system having one or more sensors positioned within the material handling system. The vision system is configured to generate inputs corresponding to the characteristics of the items. The material handling system may further include a controller executing instructions to cause the material handling system to identify the item in the first orientation, based on the one or more characteristics of the item, initiate, by the repositioning system, picking of the item in the first orientation, and re-orient the item in the second orientation.

Method and system for manipulating items

Various example embodiments described herein relate to an item conditioning assembly, which includes a support frame and a conditioning belt supported by the support frame so that a first portion of the conditioning belt is supported by the support frame at a first tension and a second portion of the conditioning belt is supported by the support frame at a second tension relatively lower than the first tension. The second portion of the conditioning belt can be suspended over a conveyor such that an item received between the conditioning belt and the conveyor, enters in an unconditioned state and is released in a conditioned state.

Belt package conditioner

A material handling system comprising one or more sub-systems and one or more sensing panels is provided. Each sensing panel may determine whether a mode control token is within a vicinity of the respective sensing panel. When the mode control token is within the vicinity of the respective sensing panel, the sensing panel may generate a signal, and when the mode is outside of the vicinity of the respective sensing panel, the generation of the signal is halted. The material handling system may further include a processor that enables at least one of the one or more sub-systems of the material handling system in response to the generated signal and disables each of the one or more sub-systems of the material handling system in response to a halting of the generation of the signal.

Methods and systems for operating a material handling system

A self-aligning interface () is attached to a robotic carton unloader () and provides an interface between an extendable conveyor () and the robotic carton unloader (). The self-aligning interface () can include a positional measurement device () mounted on the robotic carton unloader () and operatively engaged with the extendable conveyor () to provide positional information about the location of the extendable nose conveyor () relative to the positional measurement device (). A control unit () is attached to the robotic carton unloader () for full robotic control of robotic carton unloader () and the unloading process. The control unit () is connected to the positional measurement device () and the extendable conveyor (). The control unit () uses positional information to calculate and control extension and retraction movements of the extendable conveyor () in unison with the forward and reverse movements of the robotic carton unloaderto ensure unloaded cartons () exiting the moving truck unloader are received on the extendable conveyor ().

Carton unloader with self-aligning interface

Robotic carton unloader has right and left lower arms of robotic arm assembly that are pivotally attached at lower end respectively to mobile body on opposing lateral sides of conveyor system passing there between. Upper arm assembly has rear end pivotally attached at upper end respectively of right and left lower arms to pivotally rotate about upper arm axis perpendicular to longitudinal axis of conveyor system and parallel to lower arm axis. Manipulator head attached to front end of upper arm assembly engages carton/s from carton pile resting on floor for movement to conveyor system. Upper arm axis is maintained at a height that enables carton/s to be conveyed by conveyor system without being impeded by robotic arm assembly as soon as manipulator head is clear. Lift attached between mobile body and front portion of conveyor system reduces spacing underneath carton/s during movement from carton pile to conveyor system.

Autonomous controls for a robotic carton unloader

A business recovery system includes an array of modular work stations, a central communications center, modular cables, and a trellis structure for establishing a data and power link between the work stations and communications center. The trellis structure is used for channelling cables from the communications center overhead to conduits, or pods, located at each group. The pods are fastened to walls of cubicles housing the work stations. A series of modular jacks on the conduit are used to connect localized data and power links to each work station, thus providing a direct data and power link between the work stations and the communications center.

Business recovery installation and method for its erection

Growing community of inventors

St. Louis, MO, United States of America

John E Simons