Depalletizing Robot Capable of Handling Randomly Stacked Parcels in Logistics Center

Abstract

In the logistics business field, the demand for the introduction of automated process using robots has been increasing in order to solve a critical labor shortage due to the spread of e-commerce. To meet customers’ requirements for labor-saving and productivity improvement in logistics centers, we have now developed a depalletizing robot to handle randomly stacked parcels incorporating the following technologies; a prediction of collision with parcels and a control algorithm to parallelize the process of depalletizing. The purpose of this study is to show the outline and effect of the newly developed robot.