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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Liebherr-verzahntechnik Gmbh, Kempten/Allgaeu, DE;
Alois Mundt, Kempten, DE;
Thomas Mattern, Rieden, DE;
David Haenschke, Altusried, DE;
Berhard Riedmiller, Wertach, DE;
Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH, Kempten/Allgaeu, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container; having an object recognition device for detecting the workpieces and having a gripper for gripping and removing the workpieces from the container; having a control for evaluating the data of the object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the gripper; and having a buffer station on which the gripper places the workpieces after the removal from the container, wherein the workpieces are picked up from the buffer station by a gripper and are placed down in a target placement area, with the buffer station having at least two different workpiece placement areas for placing down the workpiece in at least two different, defined placement positions.