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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Kazunori Ban, Yamanashi, JP;
Ichiro Kanno, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazunori Ban, Yamanashi, JP;
Ichiro Kanno, Yamanashi, JP;
Fanuc Ltd, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
The system includes a detecting section detecting an object to be picked, among a plurality of objects placed in a manner as to be at least partially superimposed on each other; a storage section storing appearance information of a predetermined portion of a reference object having an outward appearance identical to an outward appearance of the object to be picked; a determining section determining whether an inspected portion of the object to be picked, corresponding to the predetermined portion of the reference object, is concealed by another object, based on the appearance information of the reference object stored in the storage section; a control section deciding a picking motion for the object to be picked and outputting a control signal of the picking motion; and a picking mechanism performing the picking motion on the object to be picked in accordance with the control signal output from the control section.