US 12,649,236 B2 · Apparatus for mounting component and method for mounting component

Abstract

An apparatus for mounting a component includes an articulated robot mounting a component on a replacement target where the component is provided at a mounting position, a first sensor unit provided in the articulated robot and sensing the mounting position or whether or not the component is provided, a second sensor unit provided in the articulated robot and sensing spaced distances between the articulated robot and the mounting position at a plurality of points, and a control unit controlling the articulated robot to mount the component on the replacement target and controlling a position of the articulated robot so that a difference between spaced distance values between the articulated robot and the plurality of points sensed by the second sensor unit converges to zero, when the component is not sensed or a surface of the mounting position is sensed by the first sensor unit.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for mounting a component, comprising:

an articulated robot mounting a component on a replacement target where the component is provided at a mounting position;
a first sensor unit provided in the articulated robot and sensing the mounting position or whether or not the component is provided;
a second sensor unit provided in the articulated robot and sensing spaced distances between the articulated robot and the mounting position at a plurality of points;
and
a control unit controlling the articulated robot to mount the component on the replacement target and controlling a position of the articulated robot so that a difference between spaced distance values between the articulated robot and the plurality of points sensed by the second sensor unit converges to zero, when the component is not sensed or a surface of the mounting position is sensed by the first sensor unit.

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A method for mounting a component, comprising:

providing an apparatus for mounting a component including a vision sensor capturing and processing an image, a distance sensor sensing a distance, and an articulated robot moving a component;
sensing the component or a mounting position where the component is mounted, by the vision sensor;
sensing spaced distances of the articulated robot from a surface of the mounting position by the distance sensor when the component is not sensed or the surface of the mounting position is sensed by the vision sensor;
disposing the articulated robot in parallel with the mounting position so that a difference between spaced distance values between the articulated robot and a plurality of points positioned on the surface of the mounting position converges to zero;
and
coupling the component to the mounting position by a nut runner provided in the articulated robot.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for mounting component and method for mounting component

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Apparatus for mounting component and method for mounting component

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Abstract

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