AN INDUSTRIAL MANIPULATOR FOR PLACING ARTICLES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ADJACENT ARTICLES AND A METHOD OF CLOSE PACKING ARTICLES THEREWITH

摘要

An improved method of palletisation of bags or sacks in close-packed arrangement is made possible by the provision of a novel industrial manipulator preferably a swinging arm robot having a gripper mechanism with a tilting motion near the functional extremity of the robot arm which gives an added degree of freedom.