SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS PIVOTING AND TRANSLATION OF ROBOT ARM OF STORAGE LIBRARY

摘要

Utilities (e.g., systems, apparatuses, methods) that reduce robotic assembly contention in media element storage libraries by translating (e.g., displacing) a robot arm of a first robotic assembly mounted over a first storage array of a storage library away from a central reference plane as the robot arm is being pivoted into a first position adjacent the first storage array to allow a robot arm of a second robotic assembly to slide or otherwise move past the robot arm of the first robotic assembly, even when the robot arms of the first and second robot arms are disposed at the same height (e.g., along a z-axis) within the storage library. For instance, a pivot member of the robot arm may be mounted on a carriage that is configured to translate between the first and second storage arrays in response to the pivot member being pivoted about a pivot axis.

主权项

1. A robotic assembly for manipulating media elements in a media element storage library, comprising:
a mounting apparatus; a carriage member slidably attached to the mounting apparatus for movement relative to the mounting apparatus along a translation axis; a robot arm pivotally attached to the carriage member for rotation about a pivot axis fixed through the carriage member between at least a first rotational position for manipulating media elements of a first storage array of a storage library and a second rotational position for manipulating media elements of a second storage array of the storage library that is spaced from the first storage array; and a cam assembly that induces translation of the carriage member along the translation axis between at least a first translational position in response to rotation of the robot arm about the pivot axis into the first rotational position and a second translational position in response to rotation of the robot arm about the pivot axis into the second rotational position.