# US 2014/0154041 A1 · Robot > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0154041 A1 - Document ID: US20140154041A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/094,614 - Filed: 2013-12-02 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki - Inventors: Takenori NAGAMATSU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154041A1 ## CPC - B25J 11/00: Manipulators not otherwise provided for - B25J 9/0018: {Bases fixed on ceiling, i.e. upside down manipulators} - B25J 9/0093: {co-operating with conveyor means} - B65G 57/03: from above - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract A robot includes a hand configured to process a workpiece, and an articulated-robot main body where the hand is mounted. The articulated-robot main body is displaced from a conveyance path of the workpiece in plan view. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A robot comprising: a hand configured to process a workpiece; and an articulated-robot main body where the hand is mounted, wherein the articulated-robot main body is displaced from a conveyance path of the workpiece in plan view. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the articulated-robot main body is disposed to avoid projecting over the conveyance path of the workpiece in plan view. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the articulated-robot main body is displaced from the conveyance path in a direction approximately perpendicular to a direction for conveying the workpiece in plan view. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the articulated-robot main body operates to avoid projecting over the conveyance path of the workpiece in plan view both during a processing operation of the hand on the workpiece and during waiting of the hand. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance path is a conveyor and the workpiece is conveyed on the conveyor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the workpiece includes at least one of a food product, a medical product, and a cosmetic product. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The robot according to claim 6, wherein the workpiece includes: a lower box that houses at least one of the food product, the medical product, and the cosmetic product; and an upper box to be placed on the lower box (400), and the hand is configured to perform a processing operation for placing the upper box on the lower box. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The robot according to claim 7, wherein the upper box is disposed in a higher position than the lower box before being placed on the lower box, and the hand performs the processing operation for placing the upper box on the lower box after holding the upper box disposed at the higher position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the articulated-robot main body is configured to retreat to a position so as not to hinder an operation of a user for processing the workpiece by moving in a predetermined direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The robot according to claim 9, wherein the articulated-robot main body is configured to retreat to a position to avoid overlapping a route on which the user moves for processing the workpiece by the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the articulated-robot main body is a vertical-articulated-robot main body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the articulated-robot main body is disposed in a ceiling-suspended state. ### Claim 13 The robot comprising: a hand configured to process a workpiece; and an articulated-robot main body where the hand is mounted, wherein the articulated-robot main body is configured to retreat to a position so as not to hinder an operation of a user for processing the workpiece by moving in a predetermined direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The robot according to claim 13, wherein the articulated-robot main body is configured to retreat to a position so as not to overlap a route on which the user moves for processing the workpiece by the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The robot according to claim 13, wherein the articulated-robot main body is a vertical-articulated-robot main body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The robot according to claim 13, wherein the articulated-robot main body is disposed in a ceiling-suspended state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The robot according to claim 13, wherein the predeteimined direction is an upward direction with respect to the workpiece (400, 401).