AUTONOMOUS TRUCK LOADER AND UNLOADER

Embodiments include a robotic carton unloader (100) for unloading and loading articles, the robotic carton unloader (100) comprising: a mobile body (120) sized for driving in and out of a truck (10); a robotic arm (140) coupled to the mobile body (120) and configured to load and unload articles; a v...

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Hauptverfasser: GIRTMAN, Michael, MCCOLLUM, Joshua, SIMONE, Thomas S
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Embodiments include a robotic carton unloader (100) for unloading and loading articles, the robotic carton unloader (100) comprising: a mobile body (120) sized for driving in and out of a truck (10); a robotic arm (140) coupled to the mobile body (120) and configured to load and unload articles; a vision camera (127) configured to capture one or more images of one or more of a first location (16) and a second location (17) in the truck (10); a system control box (124) configured to determine an appropriate loading or unloading sequence for the robotic carton unloader (100) based on the captured one or more images of the first location (16) and the second location (17); and a manipulator (142) attached to a movable end of the robotic arm (140) to reconfigure to match an orientation of articles in the first location (16) and the second location (17) for unloading and loading articles based on the loading or unloading sequence.