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Example from DunsterpublishedPosted Nov 7, 2026

Picking mixed, fragile objects: glass, bottles, balls and boxes in one cell

Warehousing and logisticsPicking, packing and placingOther material handlingOne line or roomWithin 3 months
Example post. Dunster conceived this use case as a builder-side idea it hopes to build out for potential end users; it is not a real end-user post. Examples are excluded from counts and cannot become priced RFQs.

The need, in one paragraph

A fulfilment operation wants one picking cell that handles its whole mixed stream, from thin glass to soft bags, without changing grippers. Today fixed grippers handle rigid boxes well and break or drop everything else.

Dossier

Goal

One gripper, one cell, more than 30 object types picked from a mixed tote at line rate with no breakage.

What hurts today

The team keeps a person at the end of the line to handle anything the rigid gripper cannot: glassware, bottles, balls, pouches. A hand that can go from soft to stiff in a fraction of a second, with a stiffness range of roughly 70 times, would let one cell take the whole stream. The operation is willing to host a pilot on a live line.

The process, step by step

  1. Mixed tote arrives on the conveyor.
  2. Identify and grasp each item regardless of shape and fragility.
  3. Place into the order carton without damage.
  4. Flag anything not graspable for a person.
Objects
Glassware, bottles, balls, boxes, pouches and blister packs; weights from 20 grams to 3 kilograms.
Variability
Very high: more than 30 object classes, new SKUs weekly.
Presentation
bin random
Required outcome
Pick success above 98 percent, breakage below 0.1 percent, gripper mode switch under 0.2 seconds.
Rate
600 to 900 picks per hour.
Environment
warehouse
People nearby
Shared: people within reach, no contact as part of the task
Sites
1
Shifts per day
2
Units per day
12000
People on the task
4
Cells or lines
1

Comments and proposals

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