GB2616510B - System and method for sorting and/or packing items - Google Patents

System and method for sorting and/or packing items Download PDF

Info

Publication number
GB2616510B
GB2616510B GB2300659.6A GB202300659A GB2616510B GB 2616510 B GB2616510 B GB 2616510B GB 202300659 A GB202300659 A GB 202300659A GB 2616510 B GB2616510 B GB 2616510B
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
sorting
packing items
packing
items
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
GB2300659.6A
Other versions
GB2616510A (en
GB202300659D0 (en
Inventor
Opoku Jesse
Morini François
Beckwith Mark
Syed Atif
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Wootzano Ltd
Original Assignee
Wootzano Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Wootzano Ltd filed Critical Wootzano Ltd
Priority to GB2300659.6A priority Critical patent/GB2616510B/en
Priority claimed from GB2017042.9A external-priority patent/GB2600420B/en
Publication of GB202300659D0 publication Critical patent/GB202300659D0/en
Publication of GB2616510A publication Critical patent/GB2616510A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2616510B publication Critical patent/GB2616510B/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J19/00—Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
    • B25J19/02—Sensing devices
    • B25J19/028—Piezoresistive or piezoelectric sensing devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L5/00—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes
    • G01L5/22—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring the force applied to control members, e.g. control members of vehicles, triggers
    • G01L5/226—Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes for measuring the force applied to control members, e.g. control members of vehicles, triggers to manipulators, e.g. the force due to gripping
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J11/00—Manipulators not otherwise provided for
    • B25J11/0045—Manipulators used in the food industry
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J13/00—Controls for manipulators
    • B25J13/08—Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices
    • B25J13/081—Touching devices, e.g. pressure-sensitive
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J13/00—Controls for manipulators
    • B25J13/08—Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices
    • B25J13/087—Controls for manipulators by means of sensing devices, e.g. viewing or touching devices for sensing other physical parameters, e.g. electrical or chemical properties
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J15/00—Gripping heads and other end effectors
    • B25J15/08—Gripping heads and other end effectors having finger members
    • B25J15/10—Gripping heads and other end effectors having finger members with three or more finger members
    • B25J15/103—Gripping heads and other end effectors having finger members with three or more finger members for gripping the object in three contact points
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J19/00—Accessories fitted to manipulators, e.g. for monitoring, for viewing; Safety devices combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with manipulators
    • B25J19/02—Sensing devices
    • B25J19/021—Optical sensing devices
    • B25J19/023—Optical sensing devices including video camera means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/0093—Programme-controlled manipulators co-operating with conveyor means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/16—Programme controls
    • B25J9/1612—Programme controls characterised by the hand, wrist, grip control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/16—Programme controls
    • B25J9/1679—Programme controls characterised by the tasks executed
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00—Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/16—Measuring force or stress, in general using properties of piezoelectric devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00—Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/18—Measuring force or stress, in general using properties of piezo-resistive materials, i.e. materials of which the ohmic resistance varies according to changes in magnitude or direction of force applied to the material
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/39—Robotics, robotics to robotics hand
    • G05B2219/39533—Measure grasping posture and pressure distribution
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/39—Robotics, robotics to robotics hand
    • G05B2219/39543—Recognize object and plan hand shapes in grasping movements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/40—Robotics, robotics mapping to robotics vision
    • G05B2219/40078—Sort objects, workpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/40—Robotics, robotics mapping to robotics vision
    • G05B2219/40591—At least three cameras, for tracking, general overview and underview

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Robotics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Packaging Of Special Articles (AREA)
GB2300659.6A 2020-10-27 2020-10-27 System and method for sorting and/or packing items Active GB2616510B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2300659.6A GB2616510B (en) 2020-10-27 2020-10-27 System and method for sorting and/or packing items

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2017042.9A GB2600420B (en) 2020-10-27 2020-10-27 System and method for sorting and/or packing items
GB2300659.6A GB2616510B (en) 2020-10-27 2020-10-27 System and method for sorting and/or packing items

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB202300659D0 GB202300659D0 (en) 2023-03-01
GB2616510A GB2616510A (en) 2023-09-13
GB2616510B true GB2616510B (en) 2024-06-26

Family

ID=87572508

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB2300659.6A Active GB2616510B (en) 2020-10-27 2020-10-27 System and method for sorting and/or packing items

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (1) GB2616510B (en)

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH06182688A (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-07-05 Toshiba Corp Tactile sensor device
JP2003094377A (en) * 2001-09-25 2003-04-03 Ricoh Co Ltd Hand for working robot, working robot, working robot controlling device, and external memory device storing processing program for working robot
EP3643459A1 (en) * 2017-06-21 2020-04-29 Saito Inventive Corp. Manipulator and robot

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH06182688A (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-07-05 Toshiba Corp Tactile sensor device
JP2003094377A (en) * 2001-09-25 2003-04-03 Ricoh Co Ltd Hand for working robot, working robot, working robot controlling device, and external memory device storing processing program for working robot
EP3643459A1 (en) * 2017-06-21 2020-04-29 Saito Inventive Corp. Manipulator and robot

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2616510A (en) 2023-09-13
GB202300659D0 (en) 2023-03-01

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB2613946B (en) System and Method for Sorting and/or Packing Items
GB201900895D0 (en) System and method for picking items
SG10201910266PA (en) System and method for handling items using movable-bots
GB202305680D0 (en) Item sorting system and method
EP3856662C0 (en) System and method for automated storage, picking, and packing of items
PL3668658T3 (en) System and method for sorting articles using mobile sorter platforms
EP4033315A4 (en) Goods processing system and goods processing method
GB201905082D0 (en) System and method for picking items
EP4126719C0 (en) Method for sorting articles, and sorting device
GB201901727D0 (en) A method and system for classifying food items
GB201908848D0 (en) Article handling system and method
GB2616509B (en) System and method for sorting and/or packing items
GB2616507B (en) System and Method for Sorting and/or Packing Items
GB2616508B (en) System and method for sorting and/or packing items
GB2616510B (en) System and method for sorting and/or packing items
EP3912737C0 (en) System and method for sorting packaged products
KR102328162B9 (en) Goods classification system and goods classification method
GB202000063D0 (en) Method and system for geotracking objects
EP3854731C0 (en) Device and method for separated piece goods
SG11202011529YA (en) System and method for inspecting items
EP3702966A4 (en) Automation system and method for sorting returnable racks
EP4115994C0 (en) Sorting arrangement for sorting objects and corresponding method
GB201712548D0 (en) System and method for transporting items
GB2612873B (en) Robotic system and method for picking and/or sorting objects
GB202109078D0 (en) Container processing system and method