A new robot system is currently conquering a new market. Primarily, it benefits logistics companies, e.g. courier, express mail and parcel services. The system closes a gap in industrial logistics at the transition between transport and distribution systems by enabling the automated unloading of standard parcels from containers and swap bodies. Manual unloading, which was the norm until now and which takes up to 30 percent of labor time, is thereby rendered unnecessary.

Unloading system and hybrid robot

The autonomous system, which is one-of-a-kind worldwide, the 6-axes robot STROTHMANN designed as a hybrid system which combines a gantry robot and a foldable arm with a vacuum gripper which is mounted on the front side of the gantry. The gantry robot, which consists of two connected beams, is positioned in front of the container about to be unloaded. It stands on two wide main pillars and features a traction drive above a conveyor belt which is placed in a central position beneath the robot. The robot unit is able to enter deep into the container and reach all parcels by means of the gripper.