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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2020
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Ye Tian, Shanghai, CN;
Jiafan Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for handling twistlocks configured to lock a container onto a vehicle. The apparatus includes a gripper configured to grip one of the twistlocks to be mounted onto or dismounted from a corner fitting of a container. Further, the apparatus has a visual sensor configured to capture a first image of the corner fitting when the vehicle is moving in a twistlock handling station. The apparatus includes a control unit configured to obtain, from the visual sensor, the first image make some determinations based on the first image; and send a handling position such that the gripper moves to the handling position to handle the one of the twistlocks during the moving of the vehicle.
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