Abstract: The invention relates to a method for handling products (17) using an automation system and to an automation system (10), the products being captured by means of an imaging sensor (18) of a control device (12) of the automation system and being handled by means of a handling mechanism (13) of a handling device (11) of the automation system, the control device processing sensor image data from the imaging sensor and controlling the handling device as specified by training data sets contained in a data memory (21) of the control device, the training data sets comprising training image data and/or geometric data and control instructions associated therewith, the training data sets being generated, as a statistical model, exclusively from geometric data contained in the training image data of products, by means of a computer using a computer program product executed thereon, the training data sets being transmitted to the control device.