Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the automatic removal of objects from containers (4), by means of a movable removing arm (2), comprising a frame (1) to support the removing arm (1), a mounting (8), connected to the frame (1), with a gimbal mount for the removal arm (2), a drive mechanism for pivoting the removal arm (2), a device for the axial forwards and backwards displacement of the removal arm (2), a locating region (3) underneath the removal arm (2) for the placement of at least one container (4), which contains the objects for picking and a device for guiding the grab (27) on the removal arm (2) into various regions within the container (4). In order to improve the capacity of the device and to reduce the technical complexity thereof, the mounting (8), for the removal arm (2), is in the form of a swinging fork ?(9), the axle of which is rotatably connected to the frame (1) and which may be driven by a separate motor (11).