US 12,605,846 B1Granted

Large-capacity cooking robot system performing large-capacity cooking through multiple modes

AssigneeHankookrobotics Co., Ltd.

InventorChong Young Woo

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Abstract

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a cooking robot system may include a first kettle, a multi-joint robot, and a controller, and wherein the controller, when controlling a movement of the multi-joint robot to grip a cooking utensil, determines whether to rotate a gripper unit coupled to the multi-joint robot according to a kind of the cooking utensil.

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A cooking robot system comprising:

a first kettle;
a multi-joint robot;
a controller;
a cooking utensil;
and
a holder that is placed in a cooking facility, and on which the cooking utensil is mounted,
wherein the controller, when controlling a movement of the multi-joint robot to grip the cooking utensil, determines whether to rotate a gripper unit coupled to the multi-joint robot according to a kind of the cooking utensil,
wherein the cooking utensil comprises:
a ladle base portion coupled to the gripper unit;
a ladle portion connected to a lower part of the ladle base portion;
and
a detachable coupling configured to detachably connect the ladle base portion and the ladle portion,
wherein the ladle base portion comprises:
a first base;
a second base spaced apart from the first base;
a side base connecting both ends of the first base and both ends of the second base;
a ladle link rod having an upper part connected to the first base and a lower part to which the detachable coupling is disposed;
and
a hanger portion disposed on the ladle link rod,
wherein the hanger portion comprises:
a hanger plate connected to the ladle link rod;
a hanger block connected to a lower part of the hanger plate, protruding toward the ladle portion and having a triangular prism shape;
and
a hanger flat surface that is formed flat along a longitudinal direction of the hanger block on at least one edge among a plurality of edges forming the hanger block,
wherein the holder comprises:
a holder frame;
a holder connecting bar that is connected to the holder frame and inclined downward;
a holder block connected to the holder connecting bar and in which a holder groove is formed, the holder groove being configured to receive the hanger block, the holder block and the holder groove being formed in a triangular prism shape larger than the hanger block;
and
a holder flat surface that is formed flat along a longitudinal direction of the holder groove on at least one edge among a plurality of edges forming the holder block, the at least one edge being located at a position corresponding to the hanger flat surface,
wherein the hanger flat surface is inserted into the holder flat surface, the cooking utensil is mounted at a designated position on the holder, the multi-joint robot moves to the designated position, and the gripper unit grips the ladle base portion.

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Abstract

A cooking robot system comprising:

a first kettle;
a multi-joint robot;
a controller;
a cooking utensil;
and
a holder that is placed in a cooking facility, and on which the cooking utensil is mounted,
wherein the controller, when controlling a movement of the multi-joint robot to grip the cooking utensil, determines whether to rotate a gripper unit coupled to the multi-joint robot according to a kind of the cooking utensil,
wherein the cooking utensil comprises:
a ladle base portion coupled to the gripper unit;
a ladle portion connected to a lower part of the ladle base portion;
and
a detachable coupling configured to detachably connect the ladle base portion and the ladle portion,
wherein the ladle base portion comprises:
a first base;
a second base spaced apart from the first base;
a side base connecting both ends of the first base and both ends of the second base;
a ladle link rod having an upper part connected to the first base and a lower part to which the detachable coupling is disposed;
and
a hanger portion disposed on the ladle link rod,
wherein the hanger portion comprises:
a hanger plate connected to the ladle link rod;
a hanger block connected to a lower part of the hanger plate, protruding toward the ladle portion and having a triangular prism shape;
and
a hanger flat surface that is formed flat along a longitudinal direction of the hanger block on at least one edge among a plurality of edges forming the hanger block,
wherein the holder comprises:
a holder frame;
a holder connecting bar that is connected to the holder frame and inclined downward;
a holder block connected to the holder connecting bar and in which a holder groove is formed, the holder groove being configured to receive the hanger block, the holder block and the holder groove being formed in a triangular prism shape larger than the hanger block;
and
a holder flat surface that is formed flat along a longitudinal direction of the holder groove on at least one edge among a plurality of edges forming the holder block, the at least one edge being located at a position corresponding to the hanger flat surface,
wherein the hanger flat surface is inserted into the holder flat surface, the cooking utensil is mounted at a designated position on the holder, the multi-joint robot moves to the designated position, and the gripper unit grips the ladle base portion.

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