| 1 |
Receive Goods |
Receive pallets from delivery truck |
1.1 |
Human Operator + Fork Lift |
Autonomous Truck Unloading System |
Difficult (Uncommon but Emerging application area) |
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Store pallets in warehouse |
1.2 |
Human Operator + Fork Lift |
Autonomous Forklift System |
Medium (Emerging application area) |
| 2 |
Depalletize |
Retrieve pallets from warehouse |
2.1 |
Human Operator + Fork Lift |
Autonomous Forklift System |
Medium (Emerging application area) |
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Unwrap plastic covers |
2.2 |
Human uses sharp instrument to remove shrink wrap and other plastic covering on a pallet. |
This is a non-trivial task for a robot* |
Medium (Automated solutions exist) |
| Transfer pallet to depalletizing work-cell |
2.3 |
Human Operator + Fork Lift |
Autonomous Forklift System |
Medium (Emerging application area) |
| Depalletize |
2.4 |
Human Operator depalletizes pallet into individual boxes |
Robotic Depalletizer |
Easy (Mature Technology) |
| 3 |
Make items Available for Picking |
Open box |
3.1 |
Human uses sharp instrument to open up box |
This is a non-trivial task for a robot* |
Medium (Automated solutions exist) |
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Place item in store shelf or RDS tote |
3.2 |
Human operator places items on store shelf |
Robotic pick and place (Robot transfers items from box into RDS tote) |
Easy (Mature Technology) |
| Transfer and place tote in RDS work-cell |
3.3 |
Not applicable |
Tote is conveyed to and positioned inside work-cell using typical conveyor system or AGV |
Easy (Mature Technology) |
| 4 |
Pick Order |
Identify items to be picked |
4.1 |
Order-picker browses list of items in order |
Robot receives order from order management system. |
Easy |
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Go to next item on list |
4.2 |
Order-picker goes to store shelf with item |
Tote with next item indexes in front of robot |
Easy (Mature Technology) |
| Find item |
4.3 |
Order-picker finds item on store shelf |
Robotic machine vision identifies within pile of items,an item with an easy to grab surface |
Medium |
| Pick item |
4.4 |
Order-picker picks item |
Robotic gripper picks item |
Medium |
| Place item |
4.5 |
Order-picker places item in bag |
Robot places item in order box |
Easy (Mature Technology) |
| 5 |
Pack Order |
Close order box |
5.1 |
Order-picker closes bag |
Box sealer closes order box |
Easy (Mature Technology) |
| 6 |
Deliver Order |
Deliver order box OR Dispense order box |
6.1 |
Delivery operator delivers order |
Dispensing mechanism drops order box on pick -up platform |
Easy (Mature Technology) |
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Customer picks order |
6.2 |
Customer picks order at door step |
Customer picks order box from drive through window |
Not Applicable |
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6.3 |
Not Applicable |
Drive-through-pick-up platform self-disinfects |
Easy |
