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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Chisato Nakashima, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiya Shibata, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus causes a robot device to move a suction head to a predetermined position at which a workpiece is fed and attempt to pick up the workpiece with the suction head at the predetermined position. Upon determining that the suction head has yet to pick up the workpiece, the control apparatus causes the robot device to rotationally move the suction head spirally in a horizontal direction while causing the suction head to perform a suction operation for the workpiece, and estimates a direction in which the workpiece is located with respect to the predetermined direction based on a change in compressed air pressure during the rotational movement of the suction head.