US 11,873,130 B2
Robotic labeling system and method of labeling packages
Du Wen, Reading, PA (US); Edward T. Price, III, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); Hung Nguyen, Harrisburg, PA (US); Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US); and Jiankun Zhou, Middletown, PA (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,443.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192343 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B65C 9/40 (2006.01); B65C 9/26 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/40 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B65C 9/26 (2013.01); B65C 2009/401 (2013.01); B65C 2009/408 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.