A system for removing unstable articles from an automated processing stream includes an automated processing stream with a plurality of processing units including a flow diverter and configured to carry a stream of articles, a vision system, and a control system interfacing with the automated processing stream and the vision system, wherein the vision system is configured to detect positions of an article and to transmit position data to the control system, and wherein the control system is configured, through operation of a processor, to determine an expected position of the article based on a first detected position, compare the expected position to a second detected position of the article, determine a deviation of the second detected position from the expected position, and control the flow diverter to divert the article based on the deviation.

A storage device (1′) for storing transport units (3′) includes a number of transport units (3′), a number of storage lines (12a′-12g′) which are configured to store transport units (3′), a feeding line (11′) which is connected by a respective first switch point (111′) to the storage lines (12a′-12g′), a measuring device (15′) which is arranged on the feeding line (11′) and which is configured to determine a respective extent of a transport unit (3′), and a controller (16′) which is connected to the measuring device (15′) and to the first switch pointes (111′) and which is configured to select a storage line (12a′-12g′) for storing the transport unit (3′) on the basis of the extent of the transport unit (3′) determined by the measuring device (15′).

A storage device (1′) for storing transport units (3′) includes a number of transport units (3′), a number of storage lines (12a′-12g′) which are configured to store transport units (3′), a feeding line (11′) which is connected by a respective first switch point (111′) to the storage lines (12a′-12g′), a measuring device (15′) which is arranged on the feeding line (11′) and which is configured to determine a respective extent of a transport unit (3′), and a controller (16′) which is connected to the measuring device (15′) and to the first switch pointes (111′) and which is configured to select a storage line (12a′-12g′) for storing the transport unit (3′) on the basis of the extent of the transport unit (3′) determined by the measuring device (15′).

An automatic identification and classification production line for mobile terminal liquid crystal display (LCD) screens includes a size and posture identification adjustment part, a model identification part, and a classification storage device. The size and posture identification adjustment part can transport a mobile terminal LCD screen, identify front and back surfaces of the mobile terminal LCD screen, size of the mobile terminal LCD screen, and orientation of the mobile terminal LCD screen, and adjust the front surface of the mobile terminal LCD screen to face up and the orientation of the mobile terminal LCD screen to be the same as the transportation direction during transportation. The model identification part transports the mobile terminal LCD screen after adjustment of the posture, and identifies model of the mobile terminal LCD screen according to the size during transportation. The classification storage device classifies and stores mobile terminal LCD screens according to different models.

A method and a system for detecting consignments or items which cannot be conveyed by a conveying system cost-effectively detect non-conveyable items for a materials handling system. A conveyor section and a light grid or curtain or comparable measuring assembly are configured and disposed in such a way that a consignment or item can be conveyed on the conveyor section through the light grid or curtain, so that a data structure characterizing the consignment or item can be generated by the light grid or curtain and fed into the detection system. The detection system is adapted to judge whether the consignment or item is conveyable or not based on the data structure.

A method and a system for detecting consignments or items which cannot be conveyed by a conveying system cost-effectively detect non-conveyable items for a materials handling system. A conveyor section and a light grid or curtain or comparable measuring assembly are configured and disposed in such a way that a consignment or item can be conveyed on the conveyor section through the light grid or curtain, so that a data structure characterizing the consignment or item can be generated by the light grid or curtain and fed into the detection system. The detection system is adapted to judge whether the consignment or item is conveyable or not based on the data structure.

Multidimensional Light Imaging, Detection, and Ranging (LIDAR) systems and methods optionally include a laser device configured to generate a plurality of light pulses emitted towards an object, a detector configured to receive a portion of the plurality of light pulses returned from the object, and a processor configured to generate a point cloud representing the object based on the plurality of light pulses received by the detector, the point cloud having a plurality of points, each point having a three−dimensional positional coordinate representing a location of the point on the object and having at least one additional value representing at least one of material information indicating a material of the object at the location of the point on the object or optical information indicating at least one optical characteristic of the plurality of light pulses returned from the surface of the object from the location of the point on the object.

Multidimensional Light Imaging, Detection, and Ranging (LIDAR) systems and methods optionally include a laser device configured to generate a plurality of light pulses emitted towards an object, a detector configured to receive a portion of the plurality of light pulses returned from the object, and a processor configured to generate a point cloud representing the object based on the plurality of light pulses received by the detector, the point cloud having a plurality of points, each point having a three−dimensional positional coordinate representing a location of the point on the object and having at least one additional value representing at least one of material information indicating a material of the object at the location of the point on the object or optical information indicating at least one optical characteristic of the plurality of light pulses returned from the surface of the object from the location of the point on the object.

Provided is a method for processing electronic and electrical device component scrap according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a smelting raw material sorting step of sorting a processing raw material containing valuable metals processable in a smelting step from the electronic and electrical device component scrap, wherein the method comprises removing lump copper wire scrap contained in the electronic and electrical device component scrap using a parallel link robot.

Provided is a method for processing electronic and electrical device component scrap according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a smelting raw material sorting step of sorting a processing raw material containing valuable metals processable in a smelting step from the electronic and electrical device component scrap, wherein the method comprises removing lump copper wire scrap contained in the electronic and electrical device component scrap using a parallel link robot.