Movable Support Base Gripper for Bundle Spacing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing manipulator grippers cannot effectively space apart bundles of a bundle layer for efficient picking up by robot grippers or accurate position detection, as they lack the capability to move support bases in a way that allows for controlled spacing of bundle lines.
Innovation Solution
A manipulator gripper with movable support bases that can be linearly shifted or pivoted to space apart bundle lines, utilizing synchronized movements with a movable stop to adjust the placement positions of bundles, allowing for precise spacing and deposition on conveyors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If bundles are stacked in multiple lines on conveyors, then transport and storage efficiency is improved, but the bundles cannot be effectively spaced apart for robot picking or sensor detection
Solution Approach 1:
The support bases are made movable relative to the tool flange, allowing dynamic adjustment of their positions in the placement direction. This enables the gripper to adapt the spacing of bundle lines during the placement process, transforming the static stacking capability into a dynamic spacing control system that facilitates both efficient transport and ease of robot picking.
2Adaptability or versatility
If support bases are moved to space bundle lines, then spacing capability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to synchronized movement requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The support bases serve multiple functions: they hold the bundles during transport, enable spacing through relative movement, and facilitate controlled placement. By making the support bases multi-functional and integrating their movement control with the tool flange, the system achieves spacing capability without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
3Device complexity
If the manipulator gripper uses fixed support bases, then device simplicity is maintained, but spaced placement of bundles is not achievable
Solution Approach 1:
The support bases are transformed from fixed to movable relative to the tool flange, enabling precise control over bundle placement positions. This dynamic configuration allows the system to achieve spaced placement of bundles with controlled distances, meeting manufacturing precision requirements while maintaining reasonable device complexity.
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AI summary
In a method for spacing bundles of a bundle layer by means of a manipulator gripper with at least one support base that engages bundles and a stop for the placement of bundles, separation between an edge of the support base and the stop is reduced, by a placement motion of the support base in a placement direction that is superimposed on the relative motion of the support base and the stop and is synchronized with this relative motion.