Pickup device capable of determining holding position and posture of robot based on selection condition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9050722-B2
Application number	US-201314025427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2012
Publication date	Jun 9, 2015
Grant date	Jun 9, 2015

Abstract

A pickup device includes a robot for holding a target object, a sensor for measuring a position/posture of an object, a first storing unit for storing a reference holding position/posture, a second storing unit for storing a holding position/posture modification range, a calculating unit for calculating a holding position/posture of the robot based on the position/posture of the target object and the reference holding position/posture, a third storing unit for storing a selection condition determining priority of the holding position/posture, and a selecting unit for selecting a holding position/posture of the robot, based on the priority determined by the selection condition, among the holding positions/postures of the robot obtained from the holding position/posture of the robot and the holding position/posture modification range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pickup device for picking up a target object from a plurality of objects, comprising:
a robot equipped with a tool adapted to hold the target object;
a sensor for measuring positions and postures of the plurality of objects;
a reference holding position and posture storing unit for storing a reference holding position and posture which serve as a reference for a position and posture of the robot relative to the target object when the robot holds the ta…

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Satou Taiga

Classifications

• B25J9/1679 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G05B2219/37555

  Physics · mapped topic

• G05B2219/40053

  Physics · mapped topic

• G05B19/4083

  Physics · mapped topic

• G05B2219/39476

  Physics · mapped topic