Patent ID: 8473094

Claim:
An apparatus for automatically removing pieces of luggage which differ in terms of their surface composition and their specific dimensions and for preparing for onward transportation by means of a gripper housing which is articulated to a robot arm and has suction elements, comprising: a) a robot arm articulated to a gripper housing ( 2 ), comprising a horizontal suction element carrier ( 6 ) with at least one horizontal suction element ( 3 ) and a vertical suction element carrier ( 5 ) with at least one vertical suction element ( 4 ), wherein the vertical suction element carrier ( 5 ) comprises a push rod in the vertical direction, and the horizontal suction element carrier ( 6 ) is horizontally displaceable relative to the gripper housing ( 2 ), b) the suction elements ( 3 , 4 ) that are individually controlled and actively provide information to a control center by way of respective suction processes, wherein both the horizontal suction element carrier ( 6 ) and the vertical suction element carrier ( 5 ) have in adjacent regions differently configured suction elements, wherein at least one suction element ( 3 , 4 ) has at least one activatable adjusting element ( 18 ) for setting a spring bias, and wherein removal of the pieces of luggage is visualized in 3D and real time by an image recognition system.