Accession Number:

ADD010537

Title:

Robotic Order Picking.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Reuter,Howard A.

Report Date:

1983-07-28

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

This invention relates to a system for, and a method of, automatically filling an order for a kit of a plurality of constituent smal component parts and more particularly to picking said kit parts, and thereby filling said order, with the use of a robot arm having gripping hand finger members. Thus, the order for the kit of parts is filled accurately, quickly, easily and without the cost-ineffective use of a human parts of picker-order filler.

Descriptors:

• *Patent applications
• *Robots
• *Robotics
• *Manipulators
• Kits
• Parts
• Assemblers
• Fingers
• Assembly
• Automatic
• Cost effectiveness
• Accuracy
• Efficiency
• Productivity

Subject Categories:

• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems
• Machinery and Tools

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE