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In order picking recently many efforts have been made concerning developements in automating the funtion >>offtake<< by technical devices such as automatic machines and roboters [1]. But on other levels of order picking there are still many other possibilities of optimization. For making the right choice about a certain storing or order picking technique it is espactially important to know about the structure and coordination of the articles ans orders. Because of the complexity of order picking a high degree of flexibility, efficiency and compatibility is asked from the technique to be chosen. Apart from other technical development industrial roberters are expected to be used for may operations. The aim of the exertions is rendering order picking more economical. The following contribution will deal with the basic problem of order picking and will discuss the preconditions and possibilities of automating order picking systems