US 12,275,551 B2
Robotic systems with multi-purpose labeling systems and methods
Lei Lei, Guangzhou (CN); Yixuan Zhang, Guangzhou (CN); Xu Chen, Guangzhou (CN); Yi Xu, Guangzhou (CN); Brandon Coats, Jeffersonville, IN (US); and Rosen Nikolaev Diankov, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mujin, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by MUJIN, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,421.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,665, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050326 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65C 9/42 (2006.01); B65C 9/02 (2006.01); B65C 9/14 (2006.01); B65C 9/40 (2006.01); B65C 9/46 (2006.01)
CPC B65C 9/42 (2013.01) [B65C 9/02 (2013.01); B65C 9/14 (2013.01); B65C 9/46 (2013.01); B65C 2009/401 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-purpose labeling system, comprising:
a printer configured to print a label based on image data of an object;
a labeling assembly having a labeling plate configured to receive the label from the printer;
a label flipping assembly between the printer and the labeling assembly, the label flipping assembly configured to fold the label by flipping a first portion of the label while a second portion of the label contacts the labeling assembly; and
an alignment assembly, the alignment assembly having:
a lateral-motion assembly configured to move the labeling assembly along a lateral direction,
a vertical-motion assembly configured to move the labeling assembly along a vertical direction, wherein the vertical and lateral directions are orthogonal to each other, and
a rotary assembly configured to rotate at least a part of the vertical-motion assembly and to rotate the labeling assembly about the vertical direction,
wherein the alignment assembly is operable to place the labeling plate adjacent to a placement location on the object, the placement location being based on the image data of the object.