Robotic manipulator
AssigneeIntelligrated Headquarters, LLC
InventorGrant R. Jeremiah
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Abstract
A manipulator including a shaft driven by a first motor, a rotatable unit, a linear slider, and a gripper is provided. The rotatable unit is coupled to the shaft, wherein the rotatable unit rotates with rotation of the shaft. The linear slider disposed on a first surface of the rotatable unit configured to slide from an initial position proximate to an outer edge of the rotatable unit to intermediate positions and to a final position proximate to a center of the rotatable unit. The gripper coupled to the linear slider to facilitate movement of the gripper along a first plane defined by the first surface of the rotatable unit.
Claims20
A manipulator comprising:
- a shaft driven by a first motor;
- a rotatable unit coupled to the shaft, wherein the rotatable unit rotates with rotation of the shaft;
- a linear slider disposed on a first surface of the rotatable unit configured to slide from an initial position proximate to an outer edge of the rotatable unit to intermediate positions and to a final position proximate to a center of the rotatable unit;
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- a gripper coupled to the linear slider to facilitate movement of the gripper along a first plane defined by the first surface of the rotatable unit.
A robotic system comprising:
- a manipulator to perform one of a picking operation and placing operation comprising:
- a movable unit;
- a linear slider;
- a gripper attached to the movable unit via the linear slider, wherein the gripper moves along with movement of the movable unit, and wherein the gripper is configured to move along a first plane defined by a first surface of the movable unit in response to movement of a movable carriage of the linear slider and a second plane orthogonal to the first plane.
A method for performing a picking operation and placing operation comprising:
- rotating a rotatable unit attached with plurality of grippers over a first conveyor and a second conveyor;
- sliding a gripper of the plurality of grippers from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position has a different distance to a center of the rotatable unit than the first position;
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- actuating the gripper of the plurality of grippers along a second plane orthogonal to a first plane defined by a surface of the rotatable unit, wherein actuating the gripper comprises retracting the gripper closer to the rotatable unit or extending the gripper away from the rotatable unit, wherein the sliding and the actuating the gripper repositions the gripper to pick an article from the first conveyor and place the article on the second conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.