Take a look at Ocado's new robot that can recognise 50,000 different shopping items and pack them ready for delivery
- Ocado Technology has developed a robot that can recognise and sort over 50,000 unique items from its storage crates.
- The online supermarket makes over 260,000 deliveries per week.
- The robot uses AI and computer vision to recognise each item and find the optimal way to grab it.
- The arm is equipped with sensors so groceries are not crushed.
Ocado Technology has developed a robot that can recognise and sort over 50,000 unique items from its storage crates.
The robot pick station consists of a suction cup on the end of an articulated arm. The arm is equipped with a pipe running to an air compressor, which is capable of lifting items regardless of their shape, as long as they are within the weight restriction.
It uses an assembly line system where crates of products are delivered by conveyors to a picking point.
Once the storage crates arrive at the pick station, the job of the robot system is to transfer however many items are needed from the storage crates into the delivery crates.
The algorithm controlling the robot needs to have an understanding of where the crates are located and the optimal grasp points of the items within the crate.
Built-in sensors avoid the risk of crushing or damaging during picking. The same technology is also used when placing the picked item into the customer crate to avoid items already packed being crushed by other incoming items.
The system also ensures that the items are only released if they can be placed without protruding from the delivery crate.
Produced by Jasper Pickering
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