Robot Hand Belt Transfer for Side Access to Piled-Up Cases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional robot hands are inadequate for transferring articles, such as cardboard cases, when they need to be pulled out from a piled-up state within a surrounded space, as they cannot effectively approach the articles from the side.
Innovation Solution
A robot hand design featuring a holder, a driving belt, and a robotic arm with a base and reception device, allowing the robot hand to move articles onto a transferring surface while holding them, and insert projections into notched parts for support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional robot hand with suction assemblies is used, then workpieces can be transferred by sucking, but the robot hand cannot effectively approach articles from the side when they are piled up in a surrounded space
Solution Approach 1:
The robot hand employs a movable holder that can shift position along the robotic arm, enabling dynamic adjustment of the holding position. This allows the robot hand to approach articles from the side and adapt to different article positions within a piled-up state, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The robot hand is divided into distinct functional components: a robotic arm for positioning, a movable holder for holding articles, and a transferring surface for placement. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally, with the holder being able to move independently to approach articles from the side
2Ease of operation
If the holder moves to place the article onto the transferring surface, then side approach transfer is enabled, but the structure becomes more complex with multiple moving components
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is integrated with the robotic arm structure, combining the positioning function of the arm with the holding function of the holder. This merging reduces overall system complexity while maintaining the side approach transfer capability, as the holder utilizes the arm's movement for positioning while adding only the necessary holding and transferring mechanisms
3Stability of the object's composition
If projections are inserted into notched parts for article support, then article stability is improved, but the base and reception device require additional structural features
Solution Approach 1:
Projections on the base act as intermediary elements between the reception device and the article. These simple geometric features provide stable support by fitting into corresponding notched parts, achieving article stability without requiring complex structural modifications to the base or reception device
Data Source
AI summary
A robot hand is a robot hand to transfer an article, which includes a holder to move the article in a first direction while holding the article, a driving belt having a transferring surface on which the article is placed and driven to move the transferring surface in the first direction, and a first driver to drive the driving belt. The holder moves in the first direction to place the held article onto the transferring surface.