학술논문

A Flexible Robotic Depalletizing System for Supermarket Logistics
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett. Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE. 5(3):4471-4476 Jul, 2020
Subject
Robotics and Control Systems
Computing and Processing
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Task analysis
Logistics
Pallets
Computer architecture
Microprocessors
Robot sensing systems
Control architectures and programming
logistics
intelligent and flexible manufacturing
AI-based methods
behavior-based systems
Language
ISSN
2377-3766
2377-3774
Abstract
Depalletizing robotic systems are commonly deployed to automatize and speed-up parts of logistic processes. Despite this, the necessity to adapt the preexisting logistic processes to the automatic systems often impairs the application of such robotic solutions to small business realities like supermarkets. In this work we propose a robotic depalletizing system designed to be easily integrated into supermarket logistic processes. The system has to schedule, monitor and adapt the depalletizing process considering both on-line perceptual information given by non-invasive sensors and constraints provided by the high-level management system or by a supervising user. We describe the overall system discussing two case studies in the context of a supermarket logistic process. We show how the proposed system can manage multiple depalletizing strategies and multiple logistic requests.