Autor: Kolja Schmidt

Based on the specification of the European Pallet Association (EPAL) and GS1 the Pallet-Tagging-Robot (PaTRo) was developed. Special about the patented robot is that it can climb pallet stacks without additional equipment and can attach two RFID transponders to each pallet. During the whole process for tagging each pallet of the stack PaTRo is just supported by the stack. That is why PaTRo is very flexible and mobile for being moved to the location where the tagging should take place. For realizing the described features the construction of the robot is based on lightweight design.

Due to the increasing globalization of commodity flow a growth of mass good transportation is perceptible. Therefore automatic unloading of goods and their automatic transfer to logistic systems is one of the technical challenges. Opportunities arising from automatic goods unloading are explored in [1]. A system for unloading cubic goods automatically was developed and its introduction to market started last year. Changing environments and various operational areas are the motivation for research on a cognitive system for unloading goods. Hence, a concept for a cognitive system for unloading containers is introduced in this article. The components for such a system are image processing, robot control handling system and kinematics. For each of these components cognitive methods and technologies are proposed to be integrated in an overall system.