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US 8,660,688 B2Granted
Automatic working device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
InventorsKatsunori Urabe, Keigo Ishibashi, Takashi Shiino
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Abstract
An automatic working device according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a robot hand and a determining unit. The robot hand grips a target workpiece. The determining unit determines the type of the workpiece on the basis of a gripping operation for making the robot hand grip a gripped piece that indicates the type of the workpiece provided in a supply vessel that supplies the workpiece to the robot hand.
Claims20
An automatic working device comprising:
- a robot hand that grips a target workpiece of workpieces;
- a piece that indicates types of the workpieces;
- supply vessels each of which supplies the corresponding workpiece to the robot hand and has a predetermined place at which the piece is provided;
- a control unit configured to control a gripping operation of the robot hand;
- and
- a first sensing unit configured to detect a gripping result on the basis of whether the piece is gripped by the robot hand,
- wherein the control unit comprises a determining unit that determines the type of the workpiece on the basis of the gripping result detected by the first sensing unit.
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An automatic working device comprising:
- a gripping means for gripping a target workpiece of workpieces;
- an indicating means for indicating types of the workpieces;
- supply means for supplying the corresponding workpiece to the gripping means, the supplying means having a predetermined place at which the indicating means is provided;
- a controlling means for controlling a gripping operation of the gripping means;
- and
- a sensing means for detecting a gripping result on the basis of whether the indicating means is gripped by the gripping means,
- wherein the controlling means comprises a determining means for determining the type of the workpiece on the basis of the gripping result detected by the sensing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.