and delivers the objects to another area or device such as a conveyor belt fig5 shows electro winning cathode handling using robotic manipulator 10 for electro winning cathode handling robotic manipulator 10 is fixed in position and is comprised of a gripper 14 with at least four fingers manipulator 10 may include vacuum or pneumatic clamps to lift move and place any kind of cathode in its operating range thus manipulator 10 can manage all types of cathode and base plate handling in electro winning plants as can be seen in fig5 resting near manipulator 10 are base plate racks 110 manipulator 10 moves base plates 100 from different base plate racks 110 when robotic manipulator 10 is further comprised of a sensor and communication system manipulator 10 can work with any wax or waxless technology stripping machine such as isa kidd or wenmec outokumpu by interlocking or synchronizing its operation with them and working in a completely automatic manner fig6 shows the use of robotic manipulator 10 in removal of debris or large rocks from a conveyor as shown in fig6 manipulator 10 is mounted at or near conveyor 640 and as material 630 flows on conveyor 64 q debris 610 which has been separated from other matter is extracted by manipulator 10 and placed into debris holder 620 fig7 shows the use of robotic manipulator 10 in cathode inspection and classification processes in those.