Inventors:
Gale D. Slutzky - Cincinnati OH
Ernest L. Hall - Cincinnati OH
Richard L. Shell - Cincinnati OH
Ronald L. Huston - Cincinnati OH
Assignee:
University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati OH
International Classification:
G06F 1520
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are described for automatically palletizing parcels of various sizes, shapes and contents which arrive in random order at a pickup point to be transferred onto a pallet. A system is disclosed including a digital computer operating under an expert computer program which takes information about attribute factors of the parcels and applies predetermined rules to assign a space for the parcel on the pallet, and communicates coordinates of the assigned space to a flexible material handling robot.