The disclosure discloses an apparatus for online volumetrically detecting grain yield based on weight calibration comprising left volumetric granary, right volumetric granary and push board. The left volumetric granary is provided on its bottom with first weighing sensor, and in its side with unload grain port opening and first closing door, the right volumetric granary is provided on its bottom with second weighing sensor, and in its side with unload grain port opening and second closing door, the left volumetric granary and the right volumetric granary are provided on their tops with the push board, the push board is a hollow box structure with a top side and a bottom side both opened, and is slidably mounted to a top of the left volumetric granary and the right volumetric granary through a slide driving mechanism.

A control system for a device for continuously conveying material is provided for at least one conveyor belt device adapted for continuously conveying the material and having at least one conveyor belt. The conveyor belt device can be operated by one or more drives in working processes to provide a predeterminable setpoint conveyor flow. The control system is configured to register at least one value of a power and/or energy consumed by at least one of the drives during a working process and to determine an energy efficiency for the respective working process and for the predetermined setpoint conveyor flow with the aid of the at least one value of the consumed power and/or energy. The control system also configured to provide control data relating to drive speed for the at least one drive as a function of the energy efficiency.

A method for picking objects is specified, in which at least one object is removed from a source loading aid and placed into a target loading aid using a robot. After the operation of removing the object, a first sensor system of the robot is used to check whether at least one object is held by the robot. A number and/or a type of the at least one removed object is ascertained using the second sensor system. The operation of placing the at least one object into the target loading aid is aborted or modified if no object is held by the robot or the number and/or the type of the at least one removed object does not contribute to completing the picking order, which defines a desired number and/or desired type of objects in the target loading aid. Furthermore, a device and a computer program product for performing the presented method is specified.

The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling a steep conveyor, comprising a control unit (15), a conveyor drive system (5) for driving a conveyor belt (2), and a sensor unit for determining a weight G.sub.1-n of the material to be conveyed (4) assigned to a predetermined section T.sub.1-n of the conveyor belt (2), wherein the sensor unit is adapted to transmit information about the weight to the control unit (15), wherein the control unit (15) is adapted to determine from the information about the weight G.sub.1-n a length L.sub.1-n assigned to the predetermined section T.sub.1-n in a steep conveyor region S of the conveyor belt (2) and to adjust a strain of a drive belt (2) of the conveyor drive system (5) based on the determined lengths L.sub.1-n assigned to the predetermined sections T.sub.1-n.

A belt conveyor comprises a belt with a drive roller, a deflection roller that can be adjusted relative thereto upwardly and/or downwardly, and an upper run extending therebetween for transporting the food products. The belt conveyor comprises a deflection element arranged between the drive roller and the deflection roller and configured for adjustment in the direction of transport. The upper and/or the associated lower run of the belt transitions from a first longitudinal section running in the direction of transport to a second longitudinal section tilted relative thereto when the deflection roller has been adjusted. The second longitudinal section can be quickly tilted and flexibly adapted to the dimensions of the food products and their transport distances inbetween.

A robotic system is disclosed. The system includes a communication interface that receives, from a sensor(s) deployed in a workspace, sensor data indicative of a current state of the workspace, the workspace comprising a pallet or other receptacle and a plurality of items stacked on or in the receptacle. The system includes one or more processors that control a robotic arm to place a first set of items on or in, or remove the first set of items from, the pallet or other receptacle, update a geometric model based on the first set of items placed on or in a receptacle, use the geometric model in combination with the sensor data to estimate a stack of one or more items on or in the receptacle, and use the estimated state to generate or update a plan to control the robotic arm to place a second set of items.

Described herein are systems and methods for storing items in storage facilities. The method can include receiving, by a computing system, a request to identify a destination location for a storage item, identifying a set of available storage locations from among a plurality of storage locations, and determining a score for each respective storage location of the set of available storage locations based on multiple sub-scores specific to the respective storage location, to generate a set of scores corresponding to the set of available storage locations. The method also includes selecting a selected storage location from among the available storage locations based on the selected storage location having a most favorable score from among the set of scores corresponding to the set of available storage locations, and providing instructions to cause a mechanical moving system to route the storage item to the selected storage location.

A system for moving items in a facility may be described herein. The system may instruct components of the system to move the items at different speeds or velocities based on an item's fragility rating. A fragility rating may indicate an amount of force that an item withstands prior to damaging the item. A fragility rating for an item may be determined based on known fragility ratings of items with similar item metrics.

The present invention relates to a vacuum conveyor for conveying granulate and/or powdery material, the conveyor comprising: a main body having an upper end and a lower end; a cavity inside the main body, said cavity comprising an opening arranged at the lower end of the main body; a valve arranged at the opening position between an open position allowing a flow of granulate and/or powdery material out from the cavity through said opening and a sealing position sealing said opening; an inlet arranged at the upper end of the main body forming an inlet passage into the cavity; a venturi inside the main body at a position being distinct from the cavity, said venturi comprising an inlet and an outlet; and a suction channel fluidly connecting the throat of the venturi with the interior of the cavity at a position at or above the inlet.

Disclosed is a belt tensioner having a single-piece plastic body, having a fastening section, that has an adjustment mechanism via which the plastic body can be adjustably fastened, to the carrier; a pressing section configured to press against the drive belt in order to tension the drive belt; and a spring joint device which connects the fastening section and the pressing section to one another, and via which the pressing section is displaceably supported at the fastening section along the deflection direction so that, when the pressing section presses against the drive belt, the amount of the displacement of the pressing section along the deflection direction is dependent on the respective set drive belt tension, wherein the belt tensioner has a setting aid that indicates when the predefined drive belt tension is set by the belt tensioner.