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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Arimitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fastening apparatus assembles an assembly component to an assembled component by fastening a fastening member. The fastening apparatus includes: an imaging device that captures, in a state where the assembly component having a first fastening hole is mounted on an upper portion of the assembled component having a second fastening hole, an image of a region including at least the first fastening hole; and a control device that calculates a first position of the first fastening hole and a second position of the second fastening hole based on the captured image. The control device controls a robot to cause the fastening member to be moved to and inserted into the first fastening hole based on the first position and to move the assembly component in a state where the fastening member is inserted in the first fastening hole in a direction of the second position, and controls the robot to fasten the fastening member in response to detection of the fastening member being inserted into the second fastening hole.