Method and system for stabilizing an egg tray

Abstract

The invention relates to an automated method for positioning eggs on a tray that comprises the automated detection of the presence/absence of eggs in the cells of a tray, and the picking-up of eggs from a supply and the placement thereof in the empty cells of a tray. The invention also relates to a system or positioning eggs on a stabilizing tray, the tray including evenly distributed cells in which the eggs are placed, one or more cells being likely not to contain eggs, this information being stored in an information processing unit, wherein said system includes a means in the form of a robot having an egg pick-up head that are driven by the information processing unit in order to pick up eggs from a supply tray and to place them in the empty cells of the stabilizing tray.

1 . An automated method for positioning eggs on a stabilizing tray having a plurality of cells, the method comprising:
 detecting a presence or an absence of eggs in the cells of the stabilizing tray;   picking up at least one egg from a supply tray; and   placing the at least one egg in an empty cell of the stabilizing tray.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing an egg pick-up head; and   picking up eggs with the egg pick-up head by groups from a supply tray having a plurality of egg cells that is a multiple of a group.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 placing all the eggs of a first group; and   picking up a second group of eggs from the supply tray after the step of placing all the eggs of the first group.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing an egg pick-up head; and   placing a plurality of eggs are individually or by groups by moving the egg pick-up head in a first X direction and a second Y direction above the stabilizing tray.