Patent classifications
B65G47/965
Robots for three-dimensional sortation
Disclosed is a robot for performing three-dimensional (3D) or multi-plane sortation and/or order fulfillment. The robot may include a motorized base to move about a first plane, a lift that raises and lowers a dispensing receptacle atop the lift about a second plane, and one or more actuators that modify a position of the dispensing receptacle from an upright position to a first tilted position in which the dispensing receptacle is tilted towards a first side of the robot and to a second tilted position in which the dispensing receptacle is tilted towards an opposite second side of the robot. The robot may receive and carry items when the dispensing receptacle is in the upright position, and may dispense the items to a destination on either side of the robot by tilting the dispensing receptacle to the first tilted position or the second tilted position.
Apparatus for conveying horticultural products
An apparatus for conveying horticultural products, which includes a component for cyclic movement along an advancement direction of a number of rotating assemblies; at least some pairs of assemblies, which are consecutive, define respective conveyance units for corresponding horticultural products, which can be rested on the pairs substantially above the interspace between the assemblies. Each assembly includes at least four rotating and circular disks; in each unit the external disks of each assembly have a larger diameter than the internal disks of the same assembly and a first internal disk, which is larger, of each assembly has a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the other internal disk, which is smaller; moreover, the larger disks and the smaller disks are arranged so as to be mutually offset in the two assemblies of the same unit.