"Dagobert" – An Innovative Mechatronic Solution for Universal Coin Sorting

Abstract For the exact sorting of more than 1000 different categories of coins with almost 100 percent of recognition it was necessary to develop a unique high-speed coin sorting machine called “Dagobert” by ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH. Based on optical recognition, different coins from about 100 countries have to be classified and sorted with a speed of up to 10 coins per second. Beside information's about the hardware, software components, control system and the database, the results of 6 months of production are discussed.