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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Symbotic Canada, Ulc, Montréal, CA;
Sylvain-Paul Morency, Laval, CA;
Marc Ducharme, Boucherville, CA;
Robert Jodoin, Mont Tremblant, CA;
Regis Metivier, Montréal, CA;
Jean-François Forget, Montréal, CA;
Maxime Lamy-Poirier, Montréal, CA;
Eric Lajoie, Montréal, CA;
Symbotic, Canada ULC., , CA;
Abstract
The problem of the lag time in picking and dropping mixed load products during a palletization process is solved by using a tool having i) a gripping member that can be partially closed in a first fast movement while it is moved by a robot towards a product and then closed onto the product in a second shorter movement and ii) a product abutting plate that is movable in unison with the tool in opposite direction thereof as the tool is moved by a robot towards and away the mixed load pallet.