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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Uehara, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B23P 19/10 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B23P 19/105 (2013.01); B23P 21/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01); G05B 19/41815 (2013.01); B23P 21/004 (2013.01); B23P 21/008 (2013.01); B25J 9/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/123 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1617 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); B25J 13/086 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31078 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31079 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31081 (2013.01); Y02P 90/08 (2015.11); Y02P 90/083 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49902 (2015.01);
Abstract
An automated assembly apparatus includes an assembly robot, which has a plurality of hands of different heights and an XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units which have operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction. The automated assembly apparatus further includes a control unit which raises in advance, before the assembly robot reaches above the operation bases, the operation bases by the Z-axis moving unit to positions where the operation bases do not interfere with the plurality of hands.