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Large food manufacturer

AI + 3D Vision-Guided Depalletizing of Transparent Shrink-Wrapped Cans

Customer Demand

A large food manufacturer faced high-volume depalletizing requirements during outbound logistics, with a wide variety of cartons and shrink-wrapped packages arranged in random pallet patterns. Transparent, reflective shrink-wrap and tightly adhered packages made recognition extremely challenging for conventional vision systems, while traditional automation could not reliably separate or orient items. The customer sought an AI-powered solution to achieve efficient, accurate, and flexible depalletizing.

Mech-Mind General-Purpose "Eye + Brain" for Robots

AI + 3D Vision-Guided Depalletizing of Transparent Shrink-Wrapped Cans Project Site

Workflow:

Mech-Mind's “Eye + Brain” solution (featuring high-precision 3D cameras and AI software suites) delivers robust perception and motion planning for industrial robots. The system provides complete 3D point clouds of transparent shrink-wrapped packages, accurately identifies tightly stacked items and their orientations, plans collision-free single- or multi-pick motions, and guides robots to depalletize reliably at production speeds.

AI + 3D Vision-Guided Depalletizing of Transparent Shrink-Wrapped Cans 3D Point cloud generated by Mech-Eye LSR L-GL 3D camera

Advantages:

  1. The Mech-Eye LSR L-GL 3D camera generates high-quality 3D point clouds for transparent, shrink-wrapped cans.

  2. Ultra-large field of view (FOV) enables full-pallet scanning in a single shot.

  3. Reliably recognizes tightly stacked cans and identifies their orientations.

  4. Supports multi-pick strategy, enabling robots to handle one or more cans in each cycle and maintain high throughput (up to 2,000 items/hour).

  5. Adapts to 150+ types of products and supports multiple pallet patterns.

Results:

  • Automated depalletizing of transparent, shrink-wrapped packages, significantly improving logistics efficiency.

  • Stable, repeatable operation across diverse pallet patterns, reducing manual handling and production line downtime.

  • Fast deployment and broad applicability across product variants, enabling efficient, high-throughput production.

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