The present invention relates to a picking system for a job-related picking of goods in output bins, said picking system comprising a plurality of automated picking cells; comprising a first conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the supply bins to and/or from the picking cells; and a second conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the output bins to and/or from the picking cells, and a job management control for working through a plurality of picking jobs by controlling the first and second conveying systems and the plurality of picking cells, wherein at least one first picking cell has different goods handling properties than a second picking cell; and/or in that the job management control uses at least one first picking cell for working through different jobs and/or partial jobs than a second picking cell.

A method for automatically boxing ice cream type products allows, via an apparatus with simple mechanical configuration, a sequence of boxing steps to be performed, keeping constant the number of products boxed from one boxing sequence to another, in consideration of possible variations, from one boxing sequence to another, in the spatial distribution of absences of product on the transport system, operating between the apparatus for production of the products and the boxing unit, with the boxing unit being configured, for each boxing sequence, for picking up the products and transferring them into at least one box. The apparatus is configured to automatically perform the method.

A system for transferring articles, includes a plurality of gripping devices, configured to grip respective articles which pass along a first conveyor, wherein each gripping device is movable independently from the remaining gripping devices. A control unit is configured for controlling the gripping devices. A first detection sensor is configured to detect a first value indicating a position of an article on the first conveyor. The control unit is configured for receiving the first value; positioning a gripping device at the article, as a function of the first value; gripping the article with the gripping device; adjusting, as a function of the first value, a speed of the gripping device which grips the article, and releasing the article from the gripping device when the article reaches a release position.

Embodiments provide for systems and methods related to kiosks for personalizing a packaged article. The kiosks may also be used for storage, inventory management, retrieval, packaging, and/or personalization of packaged articles. The kiosks discussed herein differ from non-kiosk personalization systems, such as personalization systems installed on a factory or warehouse floor, in that the kiosks are self-contained personalization systems. In some embodiments, the kiosks are portable and can be moved between different sites or events. This portability allows the kiosks to personalize packaged articles for concerts, festivals, conventions, trade shows, and the like.

According to an embodiment, there is provided a handling system capable of handling a plurality of objects, the handling system including: a movable arm, a holder, a sensor, and a controller. The holder is attached to the movable arm and is capable of holding the object. The sensor is capable of detecting the object. The controller controls the movable arm and the holder. The controller determines whether or not to change an arrangement of the object before the object is held, on the basis of information acquired from the sensor. In a case where it is determined to change the arrangement of the object, the controller evaluates effectiveness of an arrangement change operation for each object, and decides on an arrangement change operation on the basis of an evaluation result.

A transport system includes: a mover on which a workpiece is mounted and which is movable in a first direction; a stator that has a plurality of coils arranged in the first direction and applies force to the mover by using the plurality of coils, the force transporting the mover in the first direction while floating the mover in a second direction crossing the first direction; a control unit that acquires a position and an attitude of the mover moving in the first direction while floating in the second direction and controls the current applied to the plurality of coils to control operation of the mover based on the acquired position and attitude; and a positioning part that limits the movement of the mover, wherein the positioning part includes a first positioning part that limits the movement of the mover in a direction of external force applied to the workpiece.

An information processing apparatus for controlling a conveying apparatus to convey a substrate to be processed by a substrate processing apparatus includes a processor that performs operations including controlling the conveying apparatus, according to teaching data, to perform a first movement operation including putting the substrate into a container configured to carry the substrate and a second movement operation including getting the substrate from the container, acquiring image data including an image of a placement position for the substrate in the container during the first movement operation and the second movement operation, performing image processing on the image data to quantify a relationship between a position of the container and a position of the substrate, determining the quantified relationship to yield a determination result, and outputting correction data for correcting the conveying apparatus with respect to the first movement operation and the second movement operation, based on the determination result.

A movable object holding system for holding a movable object including a body portion 11 and a protruding portion protruding from the body portion, comprising a hand part 40 holding a movable object, the hand part 40 comprising plural guide portions limiting movement of the movable object in a first axis direction and a second axis direction that are perpendicular to each other and a pair of positioning portions 43e limiting movement of the movable object in a third axis direction that is perpendicular to the first and second axis directions, wherein the hand part 40 holds the movable object with the protruding portion of the movable object disposed in a space surrounded by the plural guide portions and touching the pair of the positioning portions 43e and with a part of the body portion of the movable object exposed out of the hand part 40.

Disclosed herein is a robotic product unscrambler apparatus which is capable of operating with ultra high efficiency and with minimum environmental impact. Efficiency and energy saving are achieved thanks to the possibility of processing products regardless of their preliminary orientation, so to remit sorting of the products to a subsequent unscrambling device of the product unscrambler. This results in the substantial absence of non-processed products due to preliminary orientation reasons, and accordingly very little—if at all—energy input to recirculate non processed products.

A robot control system according to one or more embodiments may include a robot that performs a task in relation to a workpiece, a coordinate measuring machine that measures a three-dimensional shape of the workpiece, a control device that controls the robot in accordance with a measurement result from the coordinate measuring machine, and an image capturing apparatus that captures an image of the workpiece. An image capture interval for the image capturing apparatus is shorter than a measurement interval for the coordinate measuring machine. In a period after the coordinate measuring machine conducts a measurement and until the robot performs the task, the control device is configured to compute a position of the workpiece by referring to an image capture result from the image capturing apparatus.