Patent ID: 7580773
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A handling robot system, comprising: a table having a placement surface for placing a plurality of articles; an article dispersing mechanism for dispersing the articles placed on said placement surface of said table across said placement surface; a vision sensor for detecting each of the articles dispersed on said placement surface of said table; and a robot operating, based on article detection data from said vision sensor, to hold the articles one by one; wherein said drive control section causes, in accordance with said program, said relative motion in a first direction and said relative motion in a second direction opposite to said first direction, and wherein a certain number of articles are dispersed, as a result of said relative motion in said first direction and said relative motion in said second direction produced under a control of said drive control section, to permit the articles to pass through said gap on said placement surface, and are transferred from said first region to said second region.