Yarn Spindle Pallet Diversion for Automated Recycling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual recycling of pallets in yarn spindle packaging processes is inefficient and wasteful of human resources, affecting the overall recycling efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize an electronic device communicating with an image acquisition device and a pallet diversion device to automatically identify and divert recycled pallets during the packaging process, using a robot with grippers and image processing to determine and separate pallets to be recycled.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual recycling method is used for pallets, then human resources can identify and handle pallets, but recycling efficiency is low and human resources are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical identification and handling system with an automated vision-based detection system and robotic diversion mechanism. The image acquisition device captures images of pallets, the processor analyzes them to identify empty or graded yarn spindles, and the diversion device automatically redirects problematic pallets, eliminating manual labor and significantly improving recycling efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables the pallet recycling process to be self-service by using the image acquisition device and processor to automatically detect and identify pallets that need recycling. The system independently performs the functions of identification, decision-making, and diversion without requiring human intervention, allowing the process to serve itself
2Productivity
If multiple grippers are used to grab yarn spindles, then packaging capacity increases, but complexity of the robot system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The robot system with multiple grippers is designed to perform multiple functions: grabbing yarn spindles from the trolley, transporting them to pallets, and placing them correctly. The same robotic mechanism serves both as a multi-gripper handler and as a positioning system, reducing the need for separate devices and justifying the complexity through functional consolidation
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AI summary
Provided is a pallet recycling method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: after a robot grabs M yarn spindles to be packaged from a yarn spindle trolley through N grippers, controlling the image acquisition device to shoot towards the N grippers to obtain a grabbing result representation image; and after the robot places the M yarn spindles to be packaged one by one on M yarn spindle pallets comprised in a target pallet group arranged on a main line of an assembly line, and when determining that there is a pallet to be recycled in the target pallet group based on the grabbing result representation image, controlling the pallet diversion device to divert the pallet to be recycled from the main line of the assembly line to a branch line of the assembly line to realize recycling of the pallet to be recycled.