Robot with handling unit
AssigneeWeber Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
InventorChristoph Kuhmichel
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a robot for picking up a food product from a support and for shifting it to a desired location, said robot comprising at least one robot arm with a handling unit for picking up the food product, and the food product being displaceable by moving the handling unit by means of the robot arm. The robot arm and the handling unit have provided between them a sensor, in particular a force sensor, with the aid of which the force acting between the robot arm and the handling unit can be detected in at least one direction. The invention additionally relates to a method of operating a robot for shifting a food product.
Claims15
A robot for picking up a food product from a support and for shifting it to a desired location, said robot comprising
- at least one robot arm having provided thereon a handling unit which is configured for picking up the food product,
- the food product being displaceable by moving the handling unit by means of the robot arm,
- characterized in that
- the robot arm and the handling unit have provided between them a sensor, in particular a force sensor, with the aid of which the force acting between the robot arm and the handling unit can be detected in at least one direction.
A method of operating a robot for shifting a food product, said method comprising:
- i) picking up the food product by means of a handling unit provided on a robot arm,
- ii) moving the handling unit by means of the robot arm so that the food product is shifted to a desired location, and
- iii) depositing the food product,
- characterized by
- detecting in at least one direction the force and/or acceleration acting between the robot arm and the handling unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.