Omron Corporation

Raja Nagarajan

Swaminathan Vangal Ramamurthy

Shinya Komori

Pragaasam Ramalingam

Rajaram Jayaraman

An apparatus for moving a payload, comprising: a driving mechanism; a lifting device; one or more load bearing surfaces, and a central wall, a first side wall and a second side wall that are arranged to form a boundary defining a space for residing the lifting device; an attachment mechanism mounted to the lifting device; and a processor configured to operate the apparatus to: control the lifting device to lift the payload and place the payload on the one or more load bearing surfaces; and control the driving mechanism to move the apparatus to transport the payload to a location, wherein the lifting device is in a stowed configuration when not in use, wherein the first side wall/the second side wall comprises one or more actuators comprising an extendable member extendable to engage the lifting device to support it at above ground level.

Apparatus for moving a payload

A robotic apparatus includes a first guide rail; an elongate support attached to the first guide rail, the elongate support being movable along the first guide rail in two directions and rotatable at each position along the first guide rail; a first limb movable along a second guide rail in the elongate support, the first limb being extendable and retractable; a second limb pivotably attached to the first limb; an end effector mount located at the second limb and rotatable at one end of the second limb; and a third guide rail attached to the elongate support to guide movement of the elongate support in the two directions that the elongate support is movable along the first guide rail; and driving mechanisms to drive movements of the robotic apparatus.

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Singapore, Singapore

Raja Nagarajan