Patent ID: 8630736

Claim:
A conveying device configured to pick up a plurality of the same kind of rods which are randomly located, and convey the picked up rod to a predetermined place using a robot, the conveying device comprising: a first detecting unit configured to detect a position and orientation of at least a rod to be picked up, among the plurality of rods; a sucking unit having a nozzle with an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of at least one end of the rod, the nozzle being configured to suck and hold the rod; and a robot having a robot arm and a robot hand attached to a front end of the robot arm, the nozzle being attached to the robot hand, wherein the robot is configured to determine a suction direction of the rod by the nozzle based on the position and orientation of the rod detected by the first detecting unit, raise the nozzle while sucking the rod by the nozzle, at least partially suck the rod within the nozzle, and convey the rod to the predetermined place in a vertical state.