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Robots Are Now in Fashion

Apparel picking is notoriously difficult for robots. There’s a vast range of product sizes, shapes, textures, weights and packaging. Items change shape when picked up. SKUs change during seasonal rotations. It’s virtually impossible to hardcode all the variables.

A global 3PL conquered these obstacles with a pocket sorter system and a robotic picking system that automatically fills pockets. The robot has an AI-enabled “brain” so it can handle virtually any item and unstructured scenario — even transparent, reflective and floppy polybags.

Fast, accurate fulfillment.

The AI-equipped robotic picking system automatically accommodates new SKUs.

  • NO hard-coding required
  • NO human intervention
  • NO integration worries

Using an AI-powered vision system, the robot calculates the precise grip point. The dexterous robot gripper provides reliable and accurate handling of different packaging types. AI-powered placing algorithms ensure high density in shipping containers or cartons. Automatic error handling enables efficient operation.

When new SKUs are introduced, the AI platform infers from past experiences, learns with every grip and shares learnings with other robots via the cloud.

graphic highlighting how one of the largest us pharmaceutical distributors uses an advanced robotic picking system to ensure patient safety speed up medication distribution and maintain full dscsa compliance with robots processing orders around the clock to automatically fulfill all regulatory requirements.
robotic itck it easy gripper using intelligent automation specific data with a 3d camera analyzing packaging type center of gravity pickability tilting behavior and stackability demonstrating how data driven robotics boost performance and enable faster more efficient item handling in automated fulfillment environments.

Boost performance with automation-specific data.

Intelligent automation data software enables robotic systems to reach peak performance faster. Using a 3D camera, the software captures article attributes such as packaging type, center of gravity, pickability, tilting behavior, stackability and other item attributes. This information is added to master data and gives all the robots in the facility the information they need to function more efficiently.

robot gripper from knapp demonstrating a fully integrated ai driven robotic picking system connected to master data and capable of handling diverse items across food retail pharmaceuticals cosmetics and other sectors showing how one smart system supports fully automated picking applications in virtually every industry.

The enhanced master data works in tandem with the AI robotic platform to increase performance. One example? Some items have no suitable suction spots so robots can’t pick them. Without automation data, these items will be sent to the robotic picking system and then sent back to the shuttle system. This negatively impacts performance. With automation data, these items are flagged during decanting and never sent to the robotic picking system in the first place.

One smart system. Many applications and sectors.

The robotic picking system from KNAPP is fully integrated with the AI robotic platform and the master data. It’s been used for everything from food retail to pharmaceuticals to cosmetics. The system’s ability to handle a wide range of items makes it perfect for fully automated picking across virtually every sector.

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