PROGRAMMERAD MANIPULATOR KOMBINERAD MED EN TRANSPORTOR

摘要

A stationary base programmed manipulator arrangement is provided for cooperation with workpieces on a continuously moving conveyor. The manipulator arm is mounted for movement about a vertical axis to follow a workpiece on the conveyor and execute a predetermined pattern of operations on each workpiece as it moves past the manipulator station. The manipulator may be programmed by successively stopping the workpiece at different closely spaced locations along the conveyor path, successively moving the manipulator arm to positions corresponding to different points on a representative workpiece when said workpiece is positioned at said different locations, and recording said corresponding positions to which said arm is successively moved.