Patent ID: 11873130
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A robotic labeling system comprising:
a package locating system for locating a package at a labeling station;
a package identification system having a scanning device configured to scan an identification tag on the package to identify an orientation of the package in the labeling station; and
a label application system including a label printer and a label applicator, the label application system including a controller for controlling the label applicator, the label printer printing at least one label for the package, the label applicator including a multi-axis robot having an arm movable in three-dimensional space, the label applicator having a portrait end effector coupled to the arm configured to transport the label from the label printer to the package in a portrait orientation, the label applicator having a landscape end effector discrete from the portrait end effector and coupled to the arm and configured to transport the label from the label printer to the package in a landscape orientation, the label applicator being operated based on the orientation of the package in the labeling station as determined by the scanning device.