Robotic Depalletization

Automate pallet picking with Zivid’s 3D vision

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What is robotic depalletization?

Automated depalletizing demo by Mujin using a Zivid 3D camera

Robotic palletization and depalletization are automation processes in which robots load and unload items on pallets in warehouses, factories, and distribution centers.

These operations often involve palletized items of varying sizes, shapes, weights, and packaging materials, making accurate identification and grasping challenging. Without advanced 3D vision, such variability can lead to mispicks, item damage, and longer cycle times. 

With the right 3D vision technology, these challenges can be overcome, enabling more reliable pallet handling and quicker ROI

3D vision in robotic depalletization

Faster Throughput

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While the robot picks and places items, the 3D camera captures point clouds quickly for your vision system, maximizing pallet-handling speed.

Move Items Accurately

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High-resolution images and 3D point clouds enable fast and precise detection of pallets of all sizes and shapes.

Industrial Reliability

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Industrial-grade 3D vision cameras deliver consistent results even in cold, hot, dusty, or challenging warehouse and factory conditions.

Why use a Zivid camera?

Works with all pallet sizes and shapes

Irregularly stacked or mixed SKUs often cause double picks, mispicks, and downtime - especially when wrapped in plastic or made of transparent, dark, or glossy materials.

The Zivid 3D camera handles even the most challenging items, ensuring precise detection and reliable picking performance.

  • 8 MP 3D and 2D imaging for accurate object segmentation
  • Compatible with standard industrial pallet dimensions across North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and the UK.
Point cloud examples of different pallets captured by Zivid 3
Zivid 3 captures the entire scene, both 2D and 3D, in under 0.5 seconds.

Faster robots

Trucks and containers need to be emptied as quickly as possible to maximize throughput. The 3D vision camera has only a brief window to capture data while the robot is in motion.

Zivid 3 is engineered to capture large working volumes with a wide field of view (FOV) and long working distance, acquiring a full 2D + 3D snapshot in under 0.5 seconds to enable shorter cycle times and greater efficiency in warehouse automation.

Reliable performance over time

Depalletization often takes place near bay doors, exposing camera to changing temperatures and varying daylight conditions.

Zivid 3D cameras are built for real-world factory environments, resistant to ambient light, thermal drift, and vibration. They deliver  consistent, high-quality 3D data so your robots can operate reliably 24/7.

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Other 3D vision solutions

 

❌ The robot has difficulty handling mixed pallets or irregular items. 

❌ The 3D camera struggles to capture complete point clouds on transparent or black materials, resulting in holes and artifacts.

❌ Capture time is so long that the robot has to wait for the camera.

❌ The camera lacks true industrial-grade robustness and struggles with stability.

 

 

Zivid 3D camera

 

✅ The robot can capture millimeter-level details with high accuracy.

✅ The 3D camera  can handle a wide variety of challenging items and materials.

✅ Capture is fast enough to keep the robot moving without delay.

✅ Delivers ultra-stable 3D data with near-total immunity to ambient light and temperature variations.

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We offer two 3D cameras tailored to your field-of-view requirements. The Zivid 2+ LR110 is optimized for robot-mounted picking from medium and large bins, while the Zivid 3 XL250 is ideal for stationary setups handling extra-large pallets.

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