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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2020
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Eiji Yoshikuwa, Kobe, JP;
Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Kobe, JP;
Hideshi Yamane, Kobe, JP;
Shoichi Miyao, Kobe, JP;
Yoshihiro Okazaki, Osaka, JP;
Ryoichi Kitaguchi, Nara, JP;
Yuichi Otsuji, Matsubara, JP;
Masayoshi Hoshi, Takatsuki, JP;
Atsuhiro Takamatsu, Osaka, JP;
Masamitsu Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Shigetomo Matsui, Higashiosaka, JP;
Hiromu Wakayama, Kobe, JP;
Kanji Matsushima, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
This robot system includes: an automated guided vehicle that includes a support surface and automatically travels; a robot cell including a seat surface to be mounted on the support surface, a ground contact portion protruding downward from the seat surface so as to contact with a ground, an articulated arm, and a robot controller that controls operation of the articulated arm; and a switching mechanism that performs switching between a transferable state in which the seat surface is mounted on the support surface and the ground contact portion is separated from the ground, and a placed state in which the seat surface is separated from the support surface and the ground contact portion contacts with the ground.