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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Henrik Knobel, Täby, SE;
Roy Fraser, Lymm, GB;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method for picking and placing items includes the steps of: providing a picking conveyor transporting items to be picked; providing a placing conveyor to which the items are to be placed; and providing a plurality of robots configured to move the items from pick positions on the picking conveyor to place positions on the placing conveyor. For at least one of the plurality of robots there is defined an actual work area Athat fulfils the condition A<A−(A+A), wherein Ais a theoretical work area, Ais an overlapping work area and Ais an excessive work area of the respective robot. By limiting the actual work area Aof the robots more than what is done conventionally, the total workload between the robots in pick and place systems may be balanced.