Robot system, robot, and sorted article manufacturing method

摘要

A robot system includes a first loading portion, a plurality of second loading portions provided for each sorting destination, and a robot configured to sort the plurality of articles loaded onto the first loading portion, and to transfer the articles to the second loading portions. The robot includes a robot arm, a tool, a first sensor configured to acquire distance information, an article identifying portion configured to identify the article loaded onto the first loading portion, a second sensor configured to acquire outer shape information, and to acquire sorting destination information, a first calculating portion configured to calculate a shape and size of the article, a sorting destination determining portion configured to determine a sorting destination, and a first operation control portion configured to control the robot arm and the tool so that the article is stacked onto the identified second loading portion.

主权项

1. A robot system, comprising;
a first loading portion onto which a plurality of articles of sorting targets is loaded; a plurality of second loading portions provided for each sorting destination; and a robot configured to sort the plurality of articles loaded onto the first loading portion in accordance with the sorting destination, and to transfer the plurality of articles to the plurality of second loading portions, wherein: the robot comprises:
a robot arm,a tool capable of lifting the article, provided to the robot arm;a first sensor configured to acquire distance information to each top side of the plurality of articles loaded onto the first loading portion, provided to the robot arm;an article identifying portion configured to identify the article of the plurality of articles loaded onto the first loading portion which comprises the top side that exists at a highest position, based on acquisition results of the first sensor;a second sensor configured to attempt to acquire outer shape information of the identified article identified by the article identifying portion, and to acquire sorting destination information of the identified article provided to the identified article, the second sensor being provided to the robot arm;a first calculating portion configured to calculate a shape and size of the identified article based on the outer shape information of the identified article acquired by the second sensor;a sorting destination determining portion configured to determine an identified sorting destination corresponding to the identified article based on the sorting destination information of the identified article acquired by the second sensor; anda first operation control portion configured to control an operation of the robot arm and the tool so that the identified article is lifted by the tool and stacked onto the identified second loading portion of the plurality of second loading portions which corresponds to the identified sorting destination, in accordance with the shape and the size of the identified article calculated by the first calculating portion.