TRANSFER MODULE AND TRANSFER METHOD
    31.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240182252A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18525935

    申请日:2023-12-01

    IPC分类号: B65G47/90

    CPC分类号: B65G47/904 B65G2201/0297

    摘要: There is a transfer module comprising: a housing; a load port disposed on a sidewall of the housing, the load port being capable of placing a container accommodating multiple objects to be transferred; a transfer device disposed in the housing and configured to transfer the objects; and a storage unit disposed in the housing and configured to temporarily accommodate the objects, wherein the housing includes: a first sidewall to which a load-lock module is connected; and a second sidewall other than a sidewall facing the first sidewall, to which the load port is connected, wherein the transfer device has a first arm having multiple forks on which the objects are placed, and the transfer device collectively transfers the objects in the container placed on the load port into the storage unit using the first arm.

    Tote handling system with tote handler and method of using same

    公开(公告)号:US11981507B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17151567

    申请日:2021-01-18

    申请人: Robotica, Inc.

    发明人: Jay Mark Dugat

    摘要: A tote handling system and method of handling items includes a tote and a grip hand. The tote includes a tote frame including walls extending above a bottom to define a chamber shaped to receive items. The bottom and/or walls include tool reliefs secured to a wall. The tool reliefs are in an aligned positioned parallel to each other with a tool receptacle defined between the tool reliefs. The tool receptacles are shaped to receive the fingers of the grip hand therethrough for engagement with the items in the chamber. The grip hand includes a bearing movably supported by a robot, a base slidably movable along the bearing, and finger assemblies supported by the base. The finger assemblies are movable by actuators towards a closed position with fingers of the finger assemblies together and an open position with the fingers apart.

    Article transfer facility
    37.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11970341B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-30

    申请号:US17289955

    申请日:2019-09-18

    申请人: Daifuku Co., Ltd.

    发明人: Kiyoshi Shimizu

    摘要: In an article transfer facility, a drive portion includes a first Z-axis drive portion configured to move a holding portion in a Z direction, a first X-axis drive portion configured to move the holding portion in an X direction, a first Y-axis drive portion configured to move the holding portion in a Y direction, and a second X-axis drive portion configured to move a placement portion in the X direction. A control portion executes first control in which an article at a first position is placed on the placement portion, and second control in which the article placed on the placement portion is arranged at a second position. In the first control, the drive portion is controlled such that the holding portion picks up the article at the first position and moves to a position on an upper side of the placement portion, and thereafter releases the article to place the article on the placement portion.

    AUTOMATED WORKPIECE TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20240109191A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US18476768

    申请日:2023-09-28

    申请人: ATS Corporation

    IPC分类号: B25J9/16 B65G47/90

    摘要: Automated workpiece transfer systems and methods of implementing thereof are disclosed. The system can include an imaging device operable to capture an initial image of workpieces loaded onto a loading area; an autonomous pick-and-place robot, and a processor in communication with the imaging device and the pick-and-place robot. The autonomous pick-and-place robot can include an end-of-arm-tooling component operable to retrieve pickable workpieces from the loading area and transfer the pickable workpieces to a receiving area according to a set of operating parameters. The processor can be operable to apply a machine-learning model to the initial image to identify pickable workpieces; identify a region of interest within the initial image; and based on the initial image, define the set of operating parameters for operating the end-of-arm-tooling component to retrieve the one or more pickable workpieces.

    CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROBOT
    40.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240092590A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18460612

    申请日:2023-09-04

    IPC分类号: B65G47/90

    CPC分类号: B65G47/905

    摘要: When first arm is connected to a base at a joint point J0, a second arm is connected to the first arm at a joint point J1, a third arm is connected to the second arm at a joint point J2, a hand is connected to the third arm at a joint point J3, a target position of the joint point J3 is designated, and a robot is moved, the joint point J2 is set on a virtual travel axis passing through the joint point J0, an angle formed by a reference direction (X-axis) and the virtual travel axis is defined as a virtual travel axis angle, and respective motors of axes are driven using the virtual travel axis angle and the target position.