ARTICLE ATTITUDE CHANGING DEVICE AND ARTICLE ATTITUDE CHANGING METHOD

• Main Authors: OGAWA HIDEKI, KATSUKI RIE, YAMAMOTO DAISUKE, NARA KOHEI, OAKI JUNJI, KAMATA KEISUKE, OTSU YUJI, TANAKA JUNYA, SONOURA TAKASHI, SAWA KAZUHIDE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.03.2020
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

To provide an article attitude changing device and an article attitude changing method by which an article can be rearranged in a correct attitude.SOLUTION: An article attitude changing device comprises: a first end effector which can hold a projected tag of an article by adsorption; an arm part which supports the first end effector, and can move the first end effector at least along a vertical direction; and a control part which controls the arm part and the first end effector to hold the tag, thereby lifting the article upward and separating the article from a loading surface, and changing an angle of the article by a self-weight thereof, and to move the article and place the article on the loading surface, and to release holding of the tag.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 物品を正しい姿勢に並べ直すことが可能な物品姿勢変更装置および物品姿勢変更方法を提供する。【解決手段】 実施形態の物品姿勢変更装置は、突出したタグを有する物品の前記タグを吸着により保持可能な第１エンドエフェクタと、前記第１エンドエフェクタを支持するとともに、少なくとも上下方向に沿って前記第１エンドエフェクタを移動可能な腕部と、前記腕部と、前記第１エンドエフェクタと、を制御して、前記タグを保持することで前記物品を上方向に吊り上げて載置面から離間させて自重により前記物品の角度を変え、前記物品を下方向に移動させて前記物品を前記載置面に置き、前記タグの保持を解除する制御部と、を備える。【選択図】図１