System and method for picking flatpack articles

Abstract

There are disclosed method and system () for picking of articles (), in particular flat-pack articles (), in accordance with picking orders, wherein the system () comprises: a rack () extending substantially along longitudinal and height directions (X, Y) of the system () and comprising a plurality of storage locations () configured to store source pallets (); a gantry robot () including a manipulation unit () configured to transfer the articles (); a packing position () configured to buffer a target pallet (); a plurality of conveyors (); and a control (), which is preferably configured to determine, for each of the orders, an order-specific packing pattern for automatically packing, by the gantry robot (), several of the articles () in accordance with the respective order from one or more of the source pallets () on a target pallet () in the packing position (); wherein each of the conveyors () comprises a receiving position (), which is positioned within the rack () and configured to receive the source pallets (), as well as a delivering position (), which is positioned within an action space of the gantry robot () and configured to provide, preferably dynamically, the source pallets (); wherein the gantry robot () defines the action space, within which the manipulation unit () is movable and which contains the packing position () and the delivering positions () the conveyor (); and wherein the control () is further configured to cause that such of the source pallets () are transported from the storage locations () via the receiving positions () to the delivering positions (), which include the articles () required for the packing in accordance with the respective packing pattern.