Patents by Inventor Tobias Polanz

Tobias Polanz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Picking device for picking from a storage container into an order container, and corresponding method
    Patent number: 11034532
    Abstract: A picking device and method for increasing the through-put of picking an order from a storage container into an order container. The picking device includes a mobile platform capable to travel along a guide rail and a robotic gripping arm. The mobile platform includes a receiving location for each of a storage container and an order container, which are both reachable by the robotic gripping arm. The robotic gripping arm is actuated by a platform-supported image acquisition and evaluation unit and by a platform-supported controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Dematic GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Wehner, Hartwig Reckemeier, Tobias Polanz, Armin Jung, Sören Mushack
  • PICKING DEVICE FOR PICKING FROM A STORAGE CONTAINER INTO AN ORDER CONTAINER, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20190337733
    Abstract: A picking device and method for increasing the through-put of picking an order from a storage container into an order container. The picking device includes a mobile platform capable to travel along a guide rail and a robotic gripping arm. The mobile platform includes a receiving location for each of a storage container and an order container, which are both reachable by the robotic gripping arm. The robotic gripping arm is actuated by a platform-supported image acquisition and evaluation unit and by a platform-supported controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Matthias Wehner, Hartwig Reckemeier, Tobias Polanz, Armin Jung, Sören Mushack