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An intelligent robotic system for depalletising and emptying polyethylene sacks

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The development of an intelligent robotic system for depalletising and emptying polyethylene sacks is presented. The system is custom designed and controlled by a PC. It uses an inexpensive vision system to obtain information about the pallet position and the sack arrangement.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stavromenos, TEI of Heraklion, 71500, Heraklion, Greece

    M. Kavoussanos

  2. Department of Production and Management Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Counoupidiana, Chania, Greece

    A. Pouliezos

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Kavoussanos, M., Pouliezos, A. An intelligent robotic system for depalletising and emptying polyethylene sacks. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 14, 358–362 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01178915

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