# US 2024/0198521 A1 · Robot system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0198521 A1 - Document ID: US20240198521A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/529,704 - Filed: 2023-12-05 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-19 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takeshi YAMAGISHI; Masaru OKUDA; Yuki ABE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240198521A1 ## CPC - B25J 9/1664: {characterised by motion, path, trajectory planning} - B25J 15/04: with provision for the remote detachment or exchange of the head or parts thereof - A47J 36/02: Selection of specific materials, e.g. heavy bottoms with copper inlay or with insulating inlay - B25J 11/00: Manipulators not otherwise provided for - B25J 15/00: Gripping heads {and other end effectors (grippers used in machine tools B23Q7/04; gripping members fitted on cranes B66C1/42, B66C1/44; gripping means used for mounting electrical components H05K13/04; gripping means used in the manufacture of semiconductors H10P72/7602)} - B65D 83/00: Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents (dispensing means incorporated in closures B65D47/00) - 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}) - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A robot system includes: an arm part; a tool part; and a connection part including a receiving part and a projection part, wherein the receiving part is provided on one of the arm part and the tool part, and the projection part is provided on the other one of the arm part and the tool part, and the receiving part is configured to connect the arm part and the tool part by securely receiving the projection part, and to disconnect the arm part from the tool part by releasing the projection part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A robot system comprising: an arm part; a tool part; and a connection part comprising a receiving part and a projection part, wherein the receiving part is provided on one of the arm part and the tool part, and the projection part is provided on the other one of the arm part and the tool part, and wherein the receiving part is configured to connect the arm part and the tool part by securely receiving the projection part, and to disconnect the arm part from the tool part by releasing the projection part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The robot system of claim 1, wherein the receiving part comprises: a cam; an actuator configured to cause the cam to rotate; a first plane; a second plane; and an interlocking device configured to interlock the first plane and the second plane, and wherein the receiving part is further configured to securely receive or release the projection part by sliding the first plane in a first direction by a rotation of the cam, and sliding the second plane in a second direction opposite from the first direction by the interlocking device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The robot system of claim 2, wherein the receiving part is further configured to securely receive or release the projection part by sliding the first plane in the first direction by a force of a first spring, and sliding the second plane in the second direction by a force of a second spring. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The robot system of claim 1, wherein the receiving part comprises a first plane and a second plane, wherein the first plane comprises a first short radius curved part and a first long radius curved part, and the first long radius curved part has a larger radius than the first short radius curved part, wherein the second plane comprises a second short radius curved part and a second long radius curved part, and the second long radius curved part has a larger radius than the second short radius curved part, wherein the first short radius curved part overlaps with the second long radius curved part, and the second short radius curved part overlaps with the first long radius curved part, and wherein the receiving part is further configured to: securely receive or release the projection part by sliding the first short radius curved part in a first direction by an external force to the first long radius curved part, and sliding the second short radius curved part in a second direction opposite from the first direction by an external force to the second long radius curved part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The robot system of claim 4, wherein the receiving part is further configured to: securely receive or release the projection part by sliding the first short radius curved part in the first direction by a force of a first spring, and sliding the second short radius curved part in the second direction by a force of a second spring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The robot system of claim 1, wherein the tool part comprises a container, and wherein the arm part is configured to process managing product information for a product housed in the container. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The robot system of claim 6, wherein the tool part further comprises a memory, and wherein the arm part is further configured to process the managing product information by processing product information stored in the memory. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The robot system of claim 6, wherein the tool part further comprises a provision part configured to provide identification information, and wherein the arm part is further configured to process the managing product information by associating the identification information with the product information and storing the associated identification information and the product information in a memory external to the tool part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The robot system of claim 6, wherein the arm part is further configured to identify a storage location of the product based on the product information, and to store the product in the storage location. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The robot system of claim 6, wherein the product is a food ingredient, and the product information is food ingredient information regarding the food ingredient, and wherein the arm part is further configure to identify a cooking device based on the food ingredient information, and to transport the food ingredient to the cooking device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The robot system of claim 1, wherein the tool part comprises: a container that is microwavable; a plate-shaped member comprising an electronic shield material; and a memory, and wherein the plate-shaped member is configured to seal a microwave when the container is located within the microwave, and wherein the memory is disposed on a side of the plate-shaped member opposite from an interior of the microwave. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The robot system of claim 1, wherein the tool part comprises: a container; a fan; and an air bag, and wherein the fan is configured to inflate the air bag, and the air bag is configured to discharge an object housed in the container to an outside of the container when the air bag is inflated. ### Claim 13 A robot system comprising: an arm part comprising a first connection part; a tool part comprising a second connection part; and at least one processor, wherein the first connection part comprises one of a receiving part and a projection part, and the second connection part comprises the other one of the receiving part and the projection part, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the arm part to connect to the tool part by securely receiving the projection part with the receiving part, and control the arm part to disconnect from the tool part by causing the receiving part to release the projection part. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The robot system of claim 13, wherein the projection part comprises a front end part, a groove part, and a foundation part, and wherein the receiving part comprises a plurality of claws configured to fit between the front end part and the foundation part in the groove part. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The robot system of claim 14, wherein the receiving part further comprises: a cam; an actuator configured to cause the cam to rotate; and an interlocking device configured to interlock the plurality of claws, and wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the receiving part to securely receive or release the projection part by sliding a first claw of the plurality of claws in a first direction by a rotation of the cam, and sliding a second claw of the plurality of claws in a second direction different from the first direction by the interlocking device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The robot system of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the receiving part to securely receive or release the projection part by sliding the first claw in the first direction by a force of a first spring, and sliding the second claw in the second direction by a force of a second spring. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The robot system of claim 13, wherein the receiving part comprises a first plane and a second plane, wherein the first plane comprises a first short radius curved part and a first long radius curved part, and the first long radius curved part has a larger radius than the first short radius curved part, wherein the second plane comprises a second short radius curved part and a second long radius curved part, and the second long radius curved part has a larger radius than the second short radius curved part, wherein the first short radius curved part overlaps with the second long radius curved part, and the second short radius curved part overlaps with the first long radius curved part, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: cause the receiving part to securely receive or release the projection part by sliding the first short radius curved part in a first direction by an external force to the first long radius curved part, and by sliding the second short radius curved part in a second direction opposite from the first direction by an external force to the second long radius curved part. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The robot system of claim 13, wherein the tool part comprises a container, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to process managing product information for a product housed in the container. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The robot system of claim 18, wherein the tool part further comprises a memory, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to process the managing product information by processing product information stored in the memory. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The robot system of claim 18, wherein the tool part further comprises a provision part configured to provide identification information, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to process the managing product information by associating the identification information with the product information and storing the associated identification information and the product information in a memory external to the tool part.