Unloading Add-On Increases Throughput for AI-powered Mobile Robots
FREMONT, CA—Anyware Robotics announced an add-on for its Pixmo robot for truck and container unloading. The add-on includes a vertical lift with a conveyor belt that is attached to Pixmo between the robot and the boxes. The integrated Pixmo software processes the heights of the boxes in the container and then controls the conveyor of the add-on to move up and down to these positions to “meet” the robot arm as it unloads. The add-on enhances unloading efficiency, weight capability, and reliability.
Throughput is greatly enhanced because the Pixmo robot arm no longer has to “rotate and place” to a conveyor but “pull” to a conveyor,” minimizing the distance the robot arm needs to travel to unload each box. The change in motion doubles the throughput of Pixmo to up to 1000 boxes per hour, and the support of the conveyor increases the weight capacity of the solution to an industry-leading 65 pounds.