Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1991-05-24
1992-12-29
Ruggiero, Joseph
Boots, shoes, and leggings
364471, 901 7, 414900, 414902, G06F 1520
Patent
active
051756927
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are described for automatically palletizing parcels of various sizes, shapes and contents which arrive in random order at a pickup point to be transferred onto a pallet. A system is disclosed including a digital computer operating under an expert computer program which takes information about attribute factors of the parcels and applies predetermined rules to assign a space for the parcel on the pallet, and communicates coordinates of the assigned space to a flexible material handling robot.
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Hall Ernest L.
Huston Ronald L.
Mazouz Abdel-Kadar
Shell Richard L.
Slutzky Gale D.
Gordon Paul
Ruggiero Joseph
University of Cincinnati
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