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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Minoo, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kusube, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Ueda, Shiga, JP;
Masashi Morikawa, Shiga, JP;
Tomokazu Nakamura, Shiga, JP;
DAIFUKU CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In order to determine, without a trial, whether or not an article can be transferred and in order to reset the article in a case where the article cannot be transferred, provided is a transfer system including: a first determining section that determines whether or not a transferring section can hold and transfer an article, on the basis of a posture of the article an image of which has been captured by a camera section; and an adjusting section that, in a case where the first determining section determines that the transferring section cannot transfer the article, controls a driving section and a holding direction changing section so that the posture and a position of the article are adjusted to a posture and a position that allow the transferring section to transfer the article.