Sony Corporation

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Shinichi Takeyama

Hirokuni Beppu

Nobuyuki Sugawara

Takayuki Furubo

Hideaki Masamura

Furubo Takayuki

Beppu Hirokuni

Motohiro Matsuda

A robot apparatus includes a clamp mechanism; a transport mechanism; and a control unit. The clamp mechanism includes a first finger that has a first support surface and a housing portion and a second finger. The first support surface supports an aligned wire group that includes a plurality of wires, the housing portion includes a guide wall that is connected to the first support surface and regulates an amount of movement of the band member in a width direction. The second finger has a second support surface facing the first support surface and a facing portion being connected to the second support surface and facing the housing portion. The transport mechanism is capable of moving the clamp mechanism. The control unit controls a grip force of the clamp mechanism and a direction of movement of the clamp mechanism by the transport mechanism.

Robot apparatus for producing electronic apparatus

A robotic device includes a first robotic device including a first articulated arm, a first clamping mechanism, and a blow-out portion. The first clamping mechanism includes a first clamping claw and a second clamping claw. The first clamping claw is attached to the first articulated arm, and has a first support surface. The second clamping claw has a second support surface to face the first support surface in a first axial direction orthogonal to the first support surface. The second clamping claw is movable in the first axial direction relative to the first clamping claw. The blow-out portion is provided to any one of the first clamping claw or the second clamping claw. The blow-out portion is capable of blowing out fluid in a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction.

Robotic device, production device for electronic apparatus, and production method

An attachment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a hand portion and a control unit. The hand portion includes a restriction portion that restricts a movement of a flat cable in a width direction and a holding portion that holds at least one of both surfaces of the flat cable. The control unit causes the flat cable to be held by a first holding force while restricting the movement in the width direction at a first position on the flat cable, causes the hand portion to move to a second position on the flat cable while maintaining the first holding force, and causes the flat cable to be held at the second position by a second holding force to attach the flat cable.

Attachment apparatus, attachment method, and hand mechanism

Electronic apparatus includes a housing configured to have an inner layer portion forming an inner surface and an outer layer portion forming an outer surface. The inner layer portion and the outer layer portion are formed by two-color molding. The electronic apparatus includes one of a region in which the inner layer portion is not formed and a region in which the inner layer portion is thin. The one region is set in the inner surface of the housing. The electronic apparatus further includes a component configured to be housed in the housing and is disposed in the one region.

Electronic apparatus

A keyboard includes allotment keys to which the functions of operation buttons of a game controller are assigned, a pointing stick, and an Fn key. When the pointing stick is operated with the Fn key being operated, the keyboard outputs an operation signal of an analog stick of the game controller. When an allotment key is operated with the Fn key being operated, the keyboard outputs an operation signal of an operation button of the game controller.

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Chiba, Japan

Shinichi Takeyama