Automatic lacing mechanism

An automatic lacing mechanism for automatically lacing a shoelace between two shoe pieces, comprising:

• a positioning module comprising a first moving unit and two positioning pins, wherein the first moving unit is adapted to move the positioning pins in and out of two lace eyelets on one of the shoe pieces, and a distance between the positioning pins is adjustable;
• a clamping module comprising a fixed plate and a movable plate, wherein the movable plate is operable to approach or leave the fixed plate, when the movable plate approaches the fixed plate, the clamping module is adapted to fixedly clamp one of the shoe pieces;
• when the movable plate is away from the fixed plate, the clamping module is adapted to release said shoe piece;
• furthermore, the positioning pins of the positioning module exits the lace eyelets when said shoe piece is clamped;
• a shoelace-running module adapted to run the shoelace through the lace eyelets of the shoe pieces;
• and
• a shoelace-arranging module adapted to change a running direction of the shoelace.