Depalletizing cartons

Customer demand

This customer is a large pharmaceutical factory. In its warehouse there are countless SKUs with many different varieties, most of which are heavy, expensive and unwieldy. However, manual depalletizing is inefficient, costly and error-prone. Therefore, the customer decided to use the 3D Vision guided robots to increase efficiency while reducing labor costs.

Challenges

• Many variants of cartons
• A wide variety of palletizing patterns must be recognized and applied
• Foils, tapes and graphic patterns on the cartons must be recognized

The Mech-Mind Solution

The implementation of Mech-Mind's 3D vision system enables this customer to precisely locate cartons of any size. The system then guides the robots in depalletizing the required number of cartons. Here are the advantages that the system offers:

• Rapid adaptability: the Mech-Mind 3D vision system can quickly and easily adapt to new carton variants, ensuring flexibility and efficiency in operation.
• Precise positioning: by generating accurate point clouds and applying AI algorithms, the system can position the suction cup at the ideal position to accurately pick up one or more cartons, ensuring greater accuracy and effectiveness in product handling.
• Independence from palletizing patterns: the Mech-Mind 3D vision system can also handle arbitrary palletizing patterns. It doesn't matter if the boxes are tightly stacked, if they have straps, patterns or reflective foils - the system can identify all patterns and act accordingly.
• Stability: Thanks to intelligent collision detection and motion planning algorithms, the Mech-Mind 3D vision system provides excellent stability, enabling safe and reliable product handling.

Results

Mech-Mind's depalletizing solution allows robots to operate 24 hours a day without interruption, dramatically increasing overall productivity.