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US 2019/0389652 A1Published application
Feeder for a robotic workcell
AssigneeElite Robotics
InventorsZachary Francis, Anthony Vanni
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for the acceptance of loose components and feeding of individual components in a known position and orientation are disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus for feeding a component to a robot, comprising:
- a hopper, and
- a piston configured to reciprocate with respect to the hopper, the piston comprising a receptacle configured to accept a component in a determined orientation.
A method for feeding a component to a robot, comprising the steps of:
- placing a plurality of components in a bin having a bottom,
- lowering a piston within a channel that passes through the bottom of the bin until an upper end of the piston is below the bottom of the bin,
- allowing one of the plurality of components to fall into the channel and then into a receptacle that is formed in the upper end of the piston, and
- raising the piston until the upper end of the piston is at a determined position.
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A method for feeding a component to a robot, comprising the steps of:
- allowing a component to fall into a channel and then into a receptacle formed in an upper end of a piston positioned within the channel, and
- raising the piston until the component is at a determined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.