Use Case 3: Pick and place with bent back

Luuk (working for a logistics company)

Luuk works for a national distribution warehouse which supplies a large retail chain. Part of his job is selecting and lifting items from various pallets and placing them on new pallets to be shipped. Typically, 50 workers are assigned to this task per day.

• Total load lifted: 12,000 kg per day
• Load range: 2–12 kg
• Lifts per minute: 4
• NIOSH Lifting Index: 3.5

Supporting Robo-Mate modules

Active trunk to support bending and lifting.

If logistics type picking work is performed mainly in an upright position, then the active arms could be considered to support lifting.