METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDLING PIECE GOODS WHICH ARE MOVED ONE AFTER ANOTHER IN AT LEAST ONE ROW

The invention relates to a method and device for handling piece goods (2) which are moved one after another and are transported to a capture area (4) of at least one manipulator (5). In the capture area, at least one transported piece good (2) is captured by the at least one manipulator (5) from the closed formation (F) in a clamping and/or force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner, separated physically from the following piece goods (2) of the closed formation (F) and moved into a defined relative target position (P1) and/or target alignment with respect to following piece goods (2). At least spatial coordinates and/or a position of the piece good (2), which is located in the frontmost position in the direction of transport (TR), of the closed formation (F) transported to the capture area (4) and/or spatial coordinates and/or a position of at least one contour edge (30) pointing forward in the direction of transport (TR) of the closed formation (F) transported to the capture area (4) are detected by sensors and are provided as a position value to a control and/or evaluation unit (15) in order to control the movement of the at least one manipulator (5) in the capture area (4) on the basis of said data.