Item picking robot works alongside people

It suits the requirements of e-commerce, pharmaceutical or spare parts logistics. It combines effectively Swisslog's existing intralogistics concepts such as CycloneCarrier or AutoStore with robot picking.

The solution design is based on a shared picking principle: The robot picks the items that he is able to pick – which can be up to 95% of the product range – and a worker finishes the order. Both can pick into the same bin or split orders into two lines depending on requirements.

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The core of the solution is the portable robot cell (ItemPiQ).

The cell is based on a shared picking principle. With KUKA’s LBR iiwa and its sensitive properties, humans and robots can work side by side. To enable a high performance the robot is mainly working in fast speed mode. Once a human enters the safety zone, it automatically switches into human robot cooperation mode for simplified error handling.

The robot has a multifunctional gripper.