Robotic pick-and-place automation is used to transfer oral solid pharmaceuticals from moveable trays or canisters. A variety of sensors Oral solid pharmaceutical products are located within dispensing trays or canisters which are used to present the oral solid pharmaceutical products for picking and placing via the robotic pick-and-place machinery. The dispensing canisters are comprised of a reservoir portion for holding a plurality of solid oral pharmaceuticals and a staging area adjacent the reservoir from which the oral solid pharmaceuticals are transferred to packing via a pick- and-place robotic transfer mechanism.
