Patent ID: 6431622
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B23Q,B25J,B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
An object manipulator robot device including:a pick-up member made comprising a thermally conductive material and having a surface of contact with the object to be picked up, means for cooling said pick-up member for freezing the interface between said member and said object, for fastening them together, including local means for cooling said pick-up member directly and peripheral means for cooling said local means, means for heating said member for liquefying said interface, so releasing said object, and control means for said cooling means and said heating means, wherein said local cooling means include a pair of local cooling elements mounted on respective opposite sides of said pick-up member and said peripheral cooling means include a pair of peripheral cooling elements connected to said local cooling elements by arms comprising a material of high thermal conductivity.