Automated assembly method using automated assembly apparatus
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.
Claims13
A method for manufacturing an assembly using an assembly apparatus, the assembly apparatus comprising:
- an assembly robot having a hand and an XY-axis moving unit arranged to move the hand in a horizontal direction;
- and
- a first operation base unit having a first operation base and a first Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the first operation base in a vertical direction,
- the method comprising:
- raising the first operation base on which a first part is placed in the vertical direction by the first Z-axis moving unit to grip the first part by the hand;
- and
- lowering the first operation base by the first Z-axis moving unit to a position in which the hand does not interfere with the first operation base after the gripping the first part by the hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.