Individual product picks
Useful for variable products, lower rates or controlled placement onto a conveyor. Each product position and grip must be reliable.
Automated pallet unloading
Robotic depalletising systems that turn incoming pallets into controlled product flow.
Unload boxes, bags, trays, bottles or containers by individual product, row or layer—with tooling, sensing, pallet handling and controls designed around real incoming-load variation.
Quick answer
A depalletising robot must find, grip and separate products despite variation in the incoming pallet.
The cell architecture depends on whether loads are consistent or mixed, the condition of boxes or bags, required discharge rate, layer-sheet use, pallet quality and the permitted operator interaction. Vision is used where it solves measured variation—not automatically.
Application routes
Choose the depalletising strategy from product and rate.
Row or multi-pick unloading
Groups several compatible products to increase throughput while keeping the total payload and release sequence controlled.
Complete layer handling
Moves a full layer where product stability, tooling capacity and downstream separation allow it.
Incoming-load assessment
Measure the variation the cell must tolerate.
- Product dimensions, mass, surface and approved contact areas
- Layer count, pattern, pallet format and maximum load height
- Typical lean, compression, gaps, overhang and transport damage
- Tier sheets, top frames, stretch wrap and other packaging materials
- Discharge conveyor height, orientation, accumulation and line rate
- Empty-pallet, sheet and packaging disposal route
Mixed or variable pallets
Vision starts with a defined recognition task.
Tell us what can change: product identity, position, height, orientation, layer pattern or pallet condition. That evidence lets us assess whether fixed sensing, 2D vision, 3D vision or a controlled mechanical presentation is appropriate.
Send an incoming-pallet videoComplete cell scope
More than a robot unloading a pallet.
Load presentation
Conveyors, pallet location, centring and safe transfer into the robot work zone.
Grip and sensing
End effector, pick confirmation and vision where incoming variation requires it.
Product discharge
Controlled release, orientation, spacing and accumulation for the downstream process.
Residual handling
Layer sheets, empty pallets, damaged products and operator recovery managed in the sequence.
Related palletising guidance
Continue planning your system.
Frequently asked questions
Robotic depalletising questions, answered.
What is robotic depalletising?
Robotic depalletising removes products from a loaded pallet and places them onto a conveyor, process machine or other controlled destination. The system can pick individual packs, rows or complete layers depending on the product and required rate.
Does a depalletising robot need vision?
Not always. Repeatable pallets may use taught positions and sensors, while variable stack position, mixed loads, damaged layers or unknown product orientation may require 2D or 3D vision. The variation should be measured before the sensing method is selected.
Can the same robot palletise and depalletise?
Potentially, if the work envelope, tooling, cycle demand and controls sequence are compatible. A combined function must be assessed against production conflicts and the required availability of each process.
How are layer sheets removed?
A tool can remove and place interlayer sheets into a magazine or waste station. Sheet porosity, curl, static, adhesion and the possibility of double picks need to be considered and detected.
What happens to empty pallets?
Empty pallets can be removed manually or transferred by conveyors, stackers, dispensers, shuttle systems or forklift interfaces. The route is designed around site access and the required level of automation.