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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Liebherr-verzahntechnik Gmbh, Kempten, DE;
Thomas Mattern, Rieden, DE;
David Haenschke, Altusried, DE;
Bernhard Riedmiller, Wertach, DE;
Alois Mundt, Kempten, DE;
Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH, Kempten, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container comprising a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces and a first gripper for picking and removing the workpieces from the container; and a control for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for track planning and for controlling the first gripper; wherein an intermediate station on which the first gripper places the workpiece after the removal from the container; and a positioning apparatus which positions the workpieces more accurately starting from the intermediate station and/or singularizes them.