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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Nagata, Osaka, JP;
Yasunao Okazaki, Shiga, JP;
Katsuhiko Asai, Nara, JP;
Kazuo Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/065 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 15/0023 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01); B25J 15/0253 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B25J 15/12 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40053 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot hand apparatus includes a first holder having a first sucking surface that is bendable at any position and configured to suck an object using negative pressure; a second holder arranged to oppose the first sucking surface of the first holder; and a driving mechanism configured to change a distance between the first holder and the second holder to sandwich the object between the first holder and the second holder.