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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2021
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Jean-Marie Dettorre, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Nicolas Bard, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Quentin Deniau, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Mohamed-Abbas Konate, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Mickael Rouby, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A process for directing the movement of a robot () with a gripper () that picks a target tire (P*) from an arrangement of tires includes the following steps: providing a system () for picking one or more tires stored in the arrangement of tires, the robot forming part of this system; determining one or more parameters of the target tire in the arrangement of tires; determining the diameter of the target tire; determining the tire radius (R) and the rim radius (R) of the target tire; an approaching step whereby the robot approaches the target tire identified for picking; a picking step whereby the target tire is picked by the gripper; and extracting the target tire from the arrangement of tires in order to place it in a target location.