Restock and straightening system for retail automation using compliant and mobile manipulation
Restock and straightening system for retail automation using compliant and mobile manipulation
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DOI：
10.1080/01691864.2019.1698460
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发表时间：
2019-12-05
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2
通讯作者：
Ogasawara, T.
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作者：
Ricardez, G. A. Garcia;Okada, S.;Ogasawara, T.
随着零售业的不断扩大和工人短缺的增加，需要对产品进行自主操作以支持零售业务。在便利店等机构中，产品和顾客的数量不断增加，要求产品的补货、处理和整理自动化。对产品的操作需要省时，避免损坏产品，美化产品的展示。在本文中，我们提出了一个机器人系统来补充货架，处理过期产品，并在零售环境中整理产品。所提出的移动机械手具有定制的末端执行器，具有紧凑和兼容的设计，可以安全有效地操作零售商店的产品。通过一个便利店场景的实验，我们验证了我们的系统在补充库存、处理和重新安排物品方面的有效性。
As the retail industry keeps expanding and shortage of workers increasing, there is a need for autonomous manipulation of products to support retail operations. The increasing amount of products and customers in establishments such as convenience stores requires the automation of restocking, disposing and straightening of products. The manipulation of products needs to be time-efficient, avoid damaging products and beautify the display of products. In this paper, we propose a robotic system to restock shelves, dispose expired products, and straighten products in retail environments. The proposed mobile manipulator features a custom-made end effector with compact and compliant design to safely and effectively manipulate products in retail stores. Through experiments in a convenience store scenario, we verify the effectiveness of our system to restock, dispose and rearrange items.