In this paper, a mobile manipulation system for automatized logistic applications is presented. The robotic system is specifically designed for depalletizing/palletizing tasks, namely is product extraction from homogeneous pallets and assembly of new heterogeneous pallets. The robotic system is mainly composed by an autonomous vehicle, a collaborative robotic arm and a lifting device, which is able to collect products from different pallet layers. The handling strategy is not based on lifting items, as in classical pick-and-place operations, but on dragging them aboard the mobile vehicle. As the payload weight is not supported by the arm, the overall robotic system is very light compared to the manipulated items, which is a paramount benefit for a mobile collaborative application. This paper presents the mechanical design, the hardware selection and the experimentation in a laboratory scenario, thus demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed manipulation strategy.


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    Title :

    A Mobile Robotized System for Depalletizing Applications: Design and Experimentation



    Publication date :

    2021-01-01



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629



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