Apparatus and method for transferring gloves

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring a glove (100) from a conveyor (200) characterized by: a camera (10); a pick-up assembly (20) comprising a pair of inner grippers (21) and two pairs of outer grippers (22); a pair of sensors (30); a robotic arm (40) mounted with the pick-up assembly (20); a processor. The present invention also relates to a method for transferring a glove (100) from a conveyor (200), characterized by the steps of: locating a cuff (101) of the glove (100) on the conveyor (200) by capturing an image on the conveyor with a camera (10) and analyzing the image with a processor; using a robotic arm (40) to move a pick-up assembly (20) to the located cuff (101); gripping the cuff (101) with a pair of inner grippers (21) of the pick-up assembly (20) and lifting the glove (100) by retracting the pair of inner grippers (21); detecting the glove (100) position by using a pair of sensors (30); opening the glove (100) by grabbing and sliding apart the two pairs of outer grippers (22); shifting the glove (100) towards a workstation (300) by using the robotic arm (40); transferring the glove (100) to the workstation (300) by engaging the glove (100) to the workstation (300).

主权项

1. An apparatus for transferring a glove (100) from a conveyor (200), said apparatus comprising,
a camera (10) for locating a cuff (101) of the glove (100) on the conveyor (200); a pick-up assembly (20) comprising a pair of inner grippers (21) for gripping the cuff (101) and two pairs of outer grippers (22) for opening the glove (100); a pair of sensors (30) for determining the position of the glove (100) gripped by the pair of inner grippers (21) and the two pairs of outer grippers (22); a robotic arm (40) comprising a plurality of joined segments (41, 42, 43), wherein one of the plurality of the segments (43) is mounted with the pick-up assembly (20), for moving the pick-up assembly (20) in different directions; and a processor electrically connected to the camera (10), the pick-up assembly (20), the sensor (30), and the robotic arm (40), for receiving signals from the camera (10) and the pair of sensors (30) and sending commands to the pick-up assembly (20) and the robotic arm (40), and wherein the two pairs of outer grippers (22) have rollers (23).