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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Shinsuke Sakakibara, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazutaka Nakayama, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); F16H 25/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/028 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); F16H 25/2204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic gripping device includes a base part attached to a tip of a wrist of a robot; finger parts, at least one of which is movably supported on the base part so that the finger parts can move toward and away from each other; and a driving mechanism that drives the finger parts. In at least one of the finger parts, flexibility of at least a gripping surface is switchable.