Patent ID: 8868231

Claim:
A system comprising: a controller regularly receiving a series of different jobs, each of said jobs containing different job-specific instructions that each define a job-specific pattern; a cutter operatively connected to said controller, said cutter cutting individual workpieces from relatively larger sheets, said cutter cutting and outputting said workpieces in said job-specific pattern to a transport surface as controlled by said job-specific instructions defining said job-specific pattern; one or more independently movable robotic arms positioned adjacent said transport surface moving said workpieces, said robotic arms being operatively connected to said controller; and one or more picking elements connected to said robotic arms, at least one of said picking elements being connected to each of said robotic arms, and said picking elements having physical picking features that remove said workpieces from said transport surface and move said workpieces to another location, said controller independently and automatically controlling movement of said robotic arms and actuation of said picking elements based on said job instructions defining said job-specific pattern to continuously and dynamically position and actuate said picking elements in coordination in real time with each different job-specific pattern of said workpieces as said workpieces are output from said cutter on said transport surface, without pausing between said different jobs.