Automated medicine storage and medicine introduction/discharge management system

An automated medicine storage and medicine introduction/discharge management system comprising:

• a main body in which a plurality of receiving shelves is arranged, the main body having a door to enable user access;
• a medicine introduction/discharge unit installed in one side region of the main body to introduce or discharge a medicine product into or out of the main body;
• a robot transfer unit installed in the main body to transfer the medicine product, introduced via the medicine introduction/discharge unit, to each receiving shelf of the main body, or to discharge the medicine product received in the receiving shelf;
• a control unit to control operations of the main body, the medicine introduction/discharge unit, and the robot transfer unit;
• wherein the robot transfer unit includes:
• main guide rails installed at inner ceiling and bottom surfaces of the main body respectively;
• a vertical post inserted into the main guide rails to perform a horizontal sliding motion;
• and
• a robot arm installed to the vertical post so as to move to each receiving shelf within the main body via vertical and horizontal movements and rotation thereof;
• and
• wherein the robot arm includes:
• a grip device having a pair of parallel grippers to be moved together in a front and rear (X-axis) direction, a distance (Y-axis width) between facing inner surfaces of which is adjustable to grip the medicine product;
• a bottom transfer device having a conveyor belt to transfer the medicine product released from the grippers and other medicine products in the front and rear (X-axis) direction;
• and
• a rotating device installed beneath the bottom transfer device to rotate the bottom transfer device.