Bulk-fed machine for distributing objects, comprising: - a feed hopper intended to receive in bulk objects to be distributed; - an object transport device having an object transport surface driven by driving means for transporting the objects to be distributed, and intended, in use, to receive thereon, within a first, so-called inlet, region of the object transport device, bulk objects; - a transfer device for transferring the objects from the hopper to the object transport device, intended to discharge on the transport surface, within the inlet region, the objects coming from the feed hopper; - a vision system arranged at a second, so-called vision, region of the object transport device, downstream of the inlet region with respect to the movement of the transport surface, and able to determine the position, on the object transport device, of each of the objects, the vision region and the inlet region being separated by a distance defined, together with the driving speed of the transport surface, such that the objects are distributed into a single layer and stabilized in position when they arrive at the vision region; and - at least one transfer robot arranged at a third, so-called pick-up, region of the object transport device, downstream of the vision region with respect to the movement of the transport surface, and able to pick-up each object, at least based on the position of said object provided by the vision system, and to place it on an outlet conveyor, the object transport device extending, after the pick-up region, back over the feed hopper, where it defines a fourth, so-caled recovery, region, from which the bulk objects which have not been picked-up in the pick-up region are directly transferred to the feed hopper such that said non-picked up objects are discharged again on the transport surface of the object transport device so as to be picked-up by the transfer robot, characterized in that the object transport device has a central opening around at least one part of which the transport surface extends, and through which passes the transfer device which is arranged to rise the objects in bulk above said transport surface and discharge them on the latter. - a feed hopper intended to receive in bulk objects to be distributed; - an object transport device having an object transport surface driven by driving means for transporting the objects to be distributed, and intended, in use, to receive thereon, within a first, so-called inlet, region of the object transport device, bulk objects; - a transfer device for transferring the objects from the hopper to the object transport device, intended to discharge on the transport surface, within the inlet region, the objects coming from the feed hopper; - a vision system arranged at a second, so-called vision, region of the object transport device, downstream of the inlet region with respect to the movement of the transport surface, and able to determine the position, on the object transport device, of each of the objects, the vision region and the inlet region being separated by a distance defined, together with the driving speed of the transport surface, such that the objects are distributed into a single layer and stabilized in position when they arrive at the vision region; and - at least one transfer robot arranged at a third, so-called pick-up, region of the object transport device, downstream of the vision region with respect to the movement of the transport surface, and able to pick-up each object, at least based on the position of said object provided by the vision system, and to place it on an outlet conveyor,