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公开(公告)号:US11613435B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-28
申请号:US16761232
申请日:2018-09-05
Applicant: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
Inventor: Shingo Yamamoto , Seisaku Iwasa
Abstract: An article supplying apparatus includes a retention unit configured to retain an article, a robot hand configured to insert the article retained in the retention unit into a container, and a control unit configured to control operation of the robot hand. The robot hand has a holding portion for holding the article. The control unit executes holding control in which the article is held by the holding portion; and stand-by insertion control in which after the holding portion is temporarily disposed at a stand-by position different from a position immediately above an article insertion port in the container and set on a movement path from a start position of the holding through the holding control to the position immediately thereabove, the holding portion is moved to the position immediately thereabove, and the article is inserted into the container via the article insertion port.