How Bastian Solutions SmartPick Robotic Piece Picking Works
The AI vision platform directs the robot and EoAT to a pick location with the proper orientation to pick a single item reliably and accurately. The AI then directs the robot to actuate the appropriate vacuum cups to grasp the product. Once secured, the robot retracts from the bin and places the object in a secondary destination and is ready for another pick and place sequence. As the robot picks different object shapes, dimensions, and materials, it continues to learn and improve how to identify and pick objects in different positions, further improving efficiency.
Fully Automated Order Picking & Fulfillment
A fully automated order fulfillment solution consists of a goods to person system, industrial pick and place robot, AI vision system, secondary material handling equipment and warehouse software to control the entire process, like a WES. When an order is received, the warehouse software communicates with the GTP (goods to person) system to deliver the bin containing the ordered item to the robot operated GTP workstation. The robot’s AI and vision platform identifies the SKU(s) needed for the order, then selects the “most pick-able” product in the pile and releases the robot to pick it and place into the designated destination. When the order is complete, the container will be transported for further outbound processing like checkweighing with in-line scales to ensure order accuracy and automated labeling to attach a shipping label.
Artificial Intelligence and Vision System
Equipped with innovative AI and machine vision, Bastian Solutions’ bin picking robots can quickly adapt to your current products or new product integration. As new products are introduced, the vision automatically identifies pickable items in a dynamic evaluating process. Over time, the AI software builds a library of objects it has seen and handled, along with optimal picking information. Based on this previous experience, the machine learning continuously reclassifies unpickable items, increasing autonomy and SKU coverage. This knowledge is shared across the entire fleet, allowing them to continuously learn from each other so they can function as a single, highly efficient order fulfillment operation. The AI and vision platform directly interfaces with Bastian Solutions’ Exacta® intralogistics software, communicating product data and sharing order fulfillment information. This integration allows the robotic picking cells to run with even higher autonomy.