APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING AN OBJECT

摘要

A number of examples of apparatus for locating an object on a platform. Such apparatus is useful in automated manufacturing equipment. In each example, the platform is arranged to secure objects and is mounted for vibration. Inertia quantities are calculated from inertia measurements and used to calculate the orientation of the object. In the preferred example, a platform (35) is mounted for vibration about an axis (15) and driven into a set of rotational positions by a motor (27). Vibration frequency is measured in each position and used to calculate an inertia quantity. The position and orientation of an object on the platform are calculated from the inertia quantities.