All employees have to do is to position a pallet with blanks next to the machine. The autonomous machining process then starts. The robot arm uses a camera to detect the stack height and position as well as the orientation of the sheet metal parts. It selects a part gripper to match the weight and size and lifts the blanks onto the leveler’s infeed roller conveyor. After the machining process, the robot arm places the parts back on a pallet. The advantage of this approach to parts handling: Employees no longer have to carry out routine tasks and can concentrate on other tasks while the company’s productivity increases.