Automated assembly apparatus and automated assembly method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuki Hashimoto, Kensuke Uehara
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Abstract
An automated assembly apparatus includes an assembly robot, which has a plurality of hands of different heights and an XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units which have operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction. The automated assembly apparatus further includes a control unit which raises in advance, before the assembly robot reaches above the operation bases, the operation bases by the Z-axis moving unit to positions where the operation bases do not interfere with the plurality of hands.
Claims12
An automated assembly apparatus having an assembly robot, which has a plurality of hands of different heights and XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units, which have operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction, the automated assembly apparatus comprising:
- a control unit which raises the operation bases in advance by the Z-axis moving unit to positions, at which the operation bases do not interfere with the plurality of hands, before the assembly robot reaches above the operation bases.
An automated assembly method for automatically assembling components by using an assembly robot having a plurality of hands of different heights and XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units having operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction, the automated assembly method comprising:
- raising the operation bases in advance by the Z-axis moving unit to positions where the operation bases do not interfere with the hands;
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- the assembly robot thereafter reaching above the operation bases and assembling the components.
An automated assembly method for automatically assembling an assembly component to a component to be assembled by using an assembly robot having a plurality of hands of different heights and XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units having operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction, the automated assembly method comprising:
- a first operation step of raising a first hand, which is one of the plurality of hands, and a first operation base, which is one of the plurality of operation bases, so as to perform a job on a component to be assembled and/or an assembly component;
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- a second operation step of raising a second hand among the plurality of hands and a second operation base, which is an operation base other than the first operation base, so as to perform a job on a component to be assembled and/or an assembly component after the first operation step,
- wherein the second operation base is raised, during a period between a start of the first operation step and a start of the second operation step, to a height at which the plurality of hands and the second operation base do not interfere with each other.
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