Telescopic Robot Hand for Shelf Handling of Bill Storage Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for handling and conveying bill storage containers in casinos are manual, labor-intensive, and require significant effort due to their weight and the need for manual orientation adjustments, which is inefficient and cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
An object conveying robot equipped with an articulated telescopic link mechanism and a grasping member, allowing for automated handling, positioning, and orientation of bill storage containers, featuring a robot hand with a telescopic link mechanism that maintains a vertical posture during extension and contraction, facilitating easy grasping and reducing dimension limitations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual handling methods are used for bill storage containers, then operational flexibility is maintained, but labor intensity and physical effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical handling with an automated robot system that uses robotic arms, grippers, and conveyor mechanisms to perform all handling operations, eliminating the need for manual physical effort while maintaining operational flexibility through programmable control
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service handling where the robot automatically performs tasks such as picking up containers, moving them along conveyors, positioning them on shelves, and orienting them without human intervention, thereby improving both ease of operation and productivity
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual orientation adjustment is performed, then adaptability to different container positions is maintained, but work complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates sensors and feedback mechanisms that detect the position and orientation of bill storage containers, allowing the control system to automatically calculate and execute the necessary orientation adjustments, thereby maintaining adaptability while reducing time consumption through automated feedback-controlled positioning
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary orientation alignment automatically during the conveying process before the container reaches the destination, so that no additional manual orientation adjustment is needed later, thereby reducing overall time while maintaining adaptability to different starting positions
3Length of moving object
If robot hand width is reduced, then ease of inserting between shelf components is improved, but grasping capability for multiple stacked objects may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamically adjustable grippers that can change their opening width and closing force based on the size and arrangement of objects to be grasped, allowing the robot hand to maintain a compact width for insertion while developing sufficient grasping capability when needed through dynamic adjustment of the gripper mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The robot hand is segmented into multiple independent gripper units that can operate separately, allowing the hand to insert through narrow spaces with a compact overall width while each segment can independently grasp objects, and multiple segments can work together to handle stacked containers without requiring excessive width
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AI summary
A conveying robot/system configured to: (i) operate within limitations of spaces defined by shelving, (ii) remove or place an object in spaces defined by shelving and (iii) enable an object to be automatically placed at a conveying-in position of a conveying processing system and manipulate the object's posture so that the object's posture changes from the object being conveyed to the object being processed. The system includes one or more of a robot hand with a grasping portion, articulated link mechanism, object placing shelf, box body, key and a lock. In one version, the box body is a bill storage container of the type used to store currency, coupons and tickets in electronic gaming devices located in a casino environment.