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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2011
Tetsuro Izumi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenichi Koyanagi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenji Matsukuma, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yukio Hashiguchi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tetsuro Izumi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenichi Koyanagi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenji Matsukuma, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yukio Hashiguchi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A picking system includes a conveyer, a robot, a main camera, and a control device. The conveyer conveys workpieces. The robot performs a holding operation and a moving operation on the workpieces. The main camera captures the transport path of the conveyer. The control device detects the workpiece on the basis of the image captured by the main camera and instructs the robot to perform the holding operation on the detected workpiece. Moreover, the control device instructs the robot to perform the holding operation on the overlapped workpieces when the overlapping of the workpieces is detected.