Osaro, a developer of robotics for e-commerce, has launched its Osaro Robotic Depalletization System.

According to the company, this warehouse automation system takes on one of the most dangerous and labor-intensive jobs in e-commerce fulfillment and warehousing — the unloading of hundreds of heavy boxes and packages arriving on a standard pallet.

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The Osaro Robotic Depalletization System is equipped with Osaro SightWorks Perception Software, which enables the robot to recognize, select and grasp the varied sizes and materials of unevenly stacked packages commonly found on mixed-case pallets that arrive at a loading dock.

Osaro’s precise perception technology can recognize foreign objects or damaged boxes, and alert workers so the hazard can be removed before injury or further damage. Further, the system reportedly increases efficiency, improves safety, reduces labor costs and minimizes inventory shrinkage.

The Osaro Robotic Depalletization System is available for unloading mixed-case pallets in 3PL operations, distribution centers and e-commerce fulfillment warehouses. The system’s baseline features include:

  • Mixed-case box recognition on complex pallets — identifies center, dimensions and orientation; determines damage score or error conditions.
  • Foreign object detection — identifies foreign objects such as box cutters, tools and tape dispensers.
  • Damaged box detection — identifies damaged or structurally unsound boxes to avoid risky picks.
  • Protruding box detection — identifies boxes that are within a defined distance beyond the pallet coordinates.
  • Flexible deployment — built on skids that can easily be moved with a forklift within or between facilities.

Osaro’s proven AI-powered vision system quickly determines case angles, which cases are on top, and which should be picked first. The system then selects the appropriate end-of-arm tool to grasp each package without disrupting with adjacent cases.

For more on the Osaro Robotic Depalletization System, visit the Osaro website.

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