Patent ID: 8014899
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: B25J,G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An article conveying robot system comprising: a conveyor adapted to convey a container having a plurality of containing cells where an article is positioned; a plurality of robot mechanical units positioned along a conveying direction of the conveyor; a plurality of robot controllers connected to each other by a communication part, each robot controller adapted to control respective robot mechanical unit; and a sensor positioned on the upstream side of the conveying direction of the conveyor relative to a robot mechanical unit on the most upstream side of the conveying direction, the sensor adapted to detect the position or position-orientation of the container conveyed by the conveyor and a containing state of the article in the container, the robot controller being adapted to activate the robot mechanical unit based on the detection result of the sensor so as to locate the article in the container, wherein: