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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Robert S. Grams, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas Watson, Novi, MI (US);
Patrick Resch, Mayville, WI (US);
Gilbert Dominguez, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Robert S. Grams, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas Watson, Novi, MI (US);
Patrick Resch, Mayville, WI (US);
Gilbert Dominguez, Mukwonago, WI (US);
ABB Flexible Automation, Inc., New Berlin, WI (US);
Abstract
A robotic containerization and palletizing system having a multiple-fingered end effector. In one embodiment, the system carries out a method of loading a tray in a container where the method includes creating a cell with a plurality of bays; assigning each bay a location; moving trays through the cell along a path; grasping a tray off the path with a robot positioned above the path; moving the robot, with the grasped tray, to the location of one bay; and instructing the robot to release the tray at the location of the one bay.