Patent ID: 7016144

Claim:
A robot hand for transferring an article, from a rack accommodating the article to be transferred, to another position, comprising: a housing consisting of a base, a side wall, and a ceiling plate; a hand mechanism configured to be slidable in to and fro directions in internal space of said housing; a pair of hooks provided on said hand mechanism that is able to perform opening and closing movement in a direction perpendicular to the movement of the hand mechanism and grasp the article in a closed state; a pair of left and right guides provided on said base for allowing the opening and closing movement of said hooks when said hand mechanism is moved; and only one driving source for allowing the to and fro movement of said hand mechanism and the opening and closing movement of the hooks, wherein said hand mechanism comprises second shafts in a direction orthogonal to two first shafts provided on said base, and each of said pair of hooks is provided in a protruding manner on two frames that can be moved along the second shafts.