Patent ID: 9533841
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B25J,B65G,G05B

Claim:
1. An automatic truck unloader for unloading/unpacking product from a trailer, the automatic truck unloader comprising: a base structure having first and second ends; an industrial robot disposed at the second end of the base structure, the industrial robot providing selective articulated movement of an end effector between the powered transportation path and a reachable space such that the industrial robot is operable to handle the product in the reachable space; a distance measurement subassembly disposed at the second end, the distance measurement subassembly configured to determine presence of objects within a detection space, wherein the detection space and the reachable space at least partially overlap; a control subassembly mounted to the base structure, the control subassembly being in communication with the industrial robot, and the distance measurement subassembly, the control subassembly coordinating the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the activation of the drive subassembly based upon the distance measurement subassembly detecting objects within the detection space, and dimensions of the trailer provided to the control subassembly; and the control assembly including a memory accessible to a processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed cause the processor to: