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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
May. 07, 2019
Intelligrated Headquarters, Llc, Mason, OH (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Matthew R. Wicks, St. Charles, MO (US);
Michael L. Girtman, Imperial, MO (US);
Thomas M. Ferner, Lake Saint Louis, MO (US);
John Simons, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Herman Herman, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Gabriel Goldman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jose Gonzalez-Mora, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Katharina Muelling, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC, Mason, OH (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
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.