Fanuc Corporation

Tadamasa Horiuchi

Atsushi Watanabe

Kazuhisa Otsuka

Hiroaki Kubota

A food dishing robot system capable of dealing with dishing operations of foods of various characteristics. Trays are supplied to vicinities of food dishing robots RB&#x2013;RBby food supplying lines L&#x2013;L. Four food conveying containers are placed on each tray. Each of the robots RB&#x2013;RBhandles a food conveying container containing a food on the tray to move the food conveying container over a lunch box supplied by a lunch box supplying line Lat a predetermined position, and dishes the food on a predetermined space in the lunch box. The food contained in the food conveying container is discharged through a cutout or an opening formed at a side thereof by inclining the food conveying container. The food conveying container may have a bottom plate to be opened/closed or the robot may have an auxiliary member in the form of scoop to forcedly discharge the food from the food conveying container. After completing the dishing of the food, the food conveying container is returned on the tray. Shaped, shapeless, solid, powdery, granular and liquid food can be dished on the lunch box.

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Yamanashi, Japan

Tadamasa Horiuchi