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AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsDaisuke YAMAMOTO, Takafumi SONOURA, Junji OAKI, Hideki OGAWA, Junya TANAKA, Hiroshi OHTSU, Kohei NARA, Keisuke KAMATA, Rie KATSUKI, Kazuhide SAWA
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According to an embodiment, an article posture changing device includes: a first end effector configured to grasp a projected tag of an article by adsorption; an arm unit configured to support the first end effector and move the first end effector along at least a vertical direction; and a controller configured to control the arm unit and the first end effector to grasp the tag, lift the article upward, separate the article from a placement surface, change an angle of the article by weight thereof, move the article downward, place the article on the placement surface, and release the grasp of the tag.
An article posture changing device comprising:
An article posture changing method, wherein a first end effector configured to grasp a tag of an article by adsorption and an arm unit configured to support the first end effector and move the first end effector along at least a vertical direction grasp the tag to lift the article upward, separate the article from a placement surface, change an angle of the article by weight thereof, move the article downward, place the article on the placement surface, and release the grasp of the tag.
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