Ian McLachlan;Bastiaan Rinke Anthony Groeneweg;Dirk Jacobus Bac;Christopher Stephen Keenan;David A. Watson
发明人:
Christopher Stephen Keenan,Dirk Jacobus Bac,Bastiaan Rinke Anthony Groeneweg,Ian McLachlan,David A. Watson
申请号：
US13588306
公开号：
US20130052311A1
申请日:
2012.08.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
In an aspect, a process for removing a tail end of Brussels sprouts comprises separating a Brussels sprout from a stack and transferring it to a longitudinal transport track. On the track, the Brussels sprout is manipulated to position a longest dimension of the Brussels sprout perpendicular to a direction of travel of the transport track. Near an end of the track, a position and an orientation of each Brussels sprout is defined by photographic detection. Each Brussels sprout is removed from the transport track by a gripper. A position and an orientation of the gripper are defined using the detected position and orientation of the Brussels sprout to be removed. The gripper is re-oriented and moved along a knife to remove the tail end of the Brussels sprout. The Brussels sprout is removed from the gripper and collected.
