WASTE SORTING ROBOT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FAULTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240042624A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18250965

    申请日:2021-10-26

    申请人: MP ZENROBOTICS OY

    发明人: Harri Holopainen

    IPC分类号: B25J15/06 B07C5/36

    摘要: A method of detecting a fault in a waste sorting robot is provided. The waste sorting robot has a manipulator moveable within a working area and a suction gripper connected to the manipulator and arranged to selectively grip a waste object in the working area. The method comprises determining a gripping rate of suction gripper operations over a plurality of suction gripper operations in dependence of a signal received from a suction gripper sensor. The method further comprises determining one or more other operational parameters of the suction gripper over a plurality of suction gripper operations. The method also comprises detecting one or more faults with the suction gripper and/or the waste sorting robot based on the determined one or more other operational parameters and the determined gripping rate of suction gripper operations.

    Waste sorting gantry robot
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11851292B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17049564

    申请日:2019-04-18

    申请人: MP ZenRobotics Oy

    摘要: A waste sorting robot gripper comprises a suction cup engageable with the surface of a waste object. The suction cup has an air hole for evacuating air from the suction cup. A suction tube is coupled to the suction cup. The suction tube comprises a longitudinal axis. A first air inlet is in fluid communication with the air hole at one end of the suction tube and an air outlet at the other end of the suction tube. A path of the air flow between the air inlet and the air outlet is substantially along the longitudinal axis. The suction tube comprises a second air inlet in fluid communication with an air source, the second air inlet being between the first air inlet and the air outlet.