Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130115040 | LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided a loading and unloading apparatus for performing loading and unloading of workpieces with respect to access positions on a pallet, including a plurality of hands which sequentially access the access positions on the palette, the plurality of hands including a first and a second hand. Further, the loading and unloading apparatus includes a managing unit which maintains an access position of the first hand, and a determining unit which determines a movement path of the second hand based on the access position of the first hand. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125517 | UNPACKING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND UNPACKED CONTENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - An unpacking device unpacks a package and takes out contents. The package includes a primary package formed by packing the contents with a primary packing material and a secondary package formed by packing the primary package with a secondary packing material. The secondary packing material of the secondary package has an incision. The unpacking device includes a robot, and a control unit for controlling the robot such that the robot takes out the primary package through the incision of the secondary packing material and then takes out the contents from the primary package. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156535 | LINEAR MOTION MECHANISM AND ROBOT PROVIDED WITH THE LINEAR MOTION MECHANISM - A linear motion mechanism includes a base portion; a guide member attached to the base portion; and a slider provided to slide along an axial direction of the guide member. The guide member is fastened to the base portion by a guide fastening member in a specified fastening direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction, and is pressed by a guide pressing member in an orthogonal direction substantially orthogonal to both the axial direction and the fastening direction. | 06-20-2013 |
20130164101 | ROBOT ARM STRUCTURE AND ROBOT - An arm structure of a robot installed in a vacuum chamber kept in a depressurized state includes a first arm, a second arm, and an end effector configured to hold a workpiece. The first arm is provided with a specified drive system arranged in an inside of the first arm, and the inside of the first arm is kept in an atmospheric pressure state. The second arm has no drive system therein. A partition wall is provided near a connecting portion of the first arm and the second arm to isolate the atmospheric pressure state maintained within the first arm from the depressurized state. An airtight terminal is provided in the partition wall to electrically interconnect an atmosphere side and a vacuum side in an airtight state. | 06-27-2013 |
20130190923 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system includes: a robot including a hand configured to hold a thin plate-shaped workpiece and an arm configured to move the hand; and a robot controller configured to control the robot. The robot controller controls the robot to perform a transfer of the workpiece at a predetermined workpiece transfer position in such a way that the hand is moved in a horizontal direction while being moved in a vertical direction after the hand has reached the workpiece transfer position. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194574 | SUBSTRATE POSITIONING DEVICE - A substrate positioning device includes: a supporting unit for supporting a substrate in place; a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit respectively arranged at major surface sides of the substrate to face each other; a light emission control unit configured to control a light emission quantity of the light emitting unit pursuant to a control value; and a detecting unit for detecting a light reception quantity received by the light receiving unit. The substrate positioning device further includes an adjusting unit for controlling the control value pursuant to the light reception quantity while the substrate is not supported by the supporting unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195586 | TRANSMISSION MECHANISM, SUBSTRATE POSITIONING DEVICE AND ROBOT - A transmission mechanism includes: a drive pulley which is provided on a drive shaft and has external teeth with a predetermined pitch width; a driven pulley which is provided on a driven shaft and has external teeth with the pitch width; and a belt having internal teeth with the pitch width which engage with the external teeth of the drive pulley and the driven pulley. Further, the belt includes sub-belts having a periodic variation characteristic in which the pitch width varies periodically, and the sub-belts are arranged in a state where phases of the periodic variation characteristic thereof are shifted from each other. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195599 | ROBOT - A robot includes an arm unit having a base end portion rotatably installed through a joint part. The arm unit includes a housing and a specified member arranged within the housing. At least a portion of the housing is made of a transparent material. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195600 | ROBOT - A robot includes an arm having a base end portion rotatably installed through a joint part and a tip end portion in which an output shaft is installed; and a drive mechanism arranged within the arm and configured to drive the output shaft at a reduced speed. The drive mechanism includes a motor having a motor shaft, a driving pulley attached to the motor shaft, a driven pulley attached to the output shaft, at least one intermediate pulley provided between the driving pulley and the driven pulley, and a plurality of belts for operatively interconnecting the driving pulley and the driven pulley through the intermediate pulley. | 08-01-2013 |