Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Distribution centers usually receive full pallets of goods fr om manufacturers.““Those goods are stored in a warehouse section and are retrieved and palletized according to theretailers’ needs. Traditionally, the products were depalettized manually from the full pallets in the inboundarea. This task is physically dem anding and an automated approach is required for productivity and health& safety reasons.