US Patent Issued to Hand Held Products on March 17 for "Robotic depalletization system and method" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,067, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Robotic depalletization system and method" was invented by Adam Ming Rest (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic depalletization system is disclosed. The robotic depalletization system comprises a robotic arm configured to pick the plurality of objects. Further, the robotic depalletization system comprises a vision system. The vision system comprises a first rail, a first actuator, and a plurality of laser profilometers. The first actuator is configured to move the first rail in a horizontal direction over the plurality of objects. The...