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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Solystic, Bagneux, FR;
Richard Blache, Lemps, FR;
Thierry Brisson, Mercurol Veaunes, FR;
Fabien Devise, Valence, FR;
Jean-Marc Roux, Chateauneuf-sur-Isere, FR;
Solystic, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for feeding unsorted parcels () conveyed on a feed conveyor onto a sorting conveyor, wherein a first camera arranged above the feed conveyor forms a digital image of the unsorted parcels, a control-and-monitoring unit identifies a parcel to be separated, which parcel has a gripping face at the top of same which is not covered by any other parcel in the digital image of the unsorted parcels, the control-and-monitoring unit being configured to servo-control a gripper robot (), which comprises a gripper hand () with a palm () from which suction cups () extend, so as to pick up the parcel to be separated identified in the digital image and deposit it on the sorting conveyor.