Method of using a robotic containerization and palletizing...

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2005-03-15

2005-03-15

Lillis, Eileen D. (Department: 3652)

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Of charging or discharging plural static structures for...

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ABSTRACT:
A robotic containerization and palletizing system having a multiple-fingered end effector. In one embodiment, the system carries out a method of loading a tray in a container where the method includes creating a cell with a plurality of bays; assigning each bay a location; moving trays through the cell along a path; grasping a tray off the path with a robot positioned above the path; moving the robot, with the grasped tray, to the location of one bay; and instructing the robot to release the tray at the location of the one bay.

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