Complete solution for pallet pocket recognition

Powerful solution for more efficiency

The Pallet Detection System PDS contributes to more efficient intralogistics processes by accelerating autonomous and semi-autonomous pallet handling. The proven combination of powerful 2D/3D camera heads and an equally high-performance video processing unit has been extended to include software that quickly and precisely identifies all standard pallet types with two pockets, fully automatically and regardless of their position, and takes over the navigation of the forks down to the centimetre.

The quality of the camera heads and the high repetition rate ensure the availability of meaningful 3D point clouds even in dynamic and difficult operating conditions. Unexpected pallet movements are quickly detected so that the programme can quickly implement fork tracking.

How the pallet detection system works

In a first step, the PDS pallet detection processes the amplitude and distance data detected by the O3R2xx vision sensor (1). Unlike the 2D image (2), the 3D image may still contain artefacts and interference. This is why the image is filtered in the next step to “clean” the image and eliminate unwanted pixels (3). The filtered image is then used to exactly determine the location and position of the pallet and its pockets in three dimensions (4).