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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Yukihiro Yamaguchi, Sendai, JP;
Kazuhiro Kosuge, Sendai, JP;
Yasuhisa Hirata, Sendai, JP;
Aya Kaisumi, Sendai, JP;
Yukihiro Yamaguchi, Sendai, JP;
Kazuhiro Kosuge, Sendai, JP;
Yasuhisa Hirata, Sendai, JP;
Aya Kaisumi, Sendai, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A robot includes a gripping section adapted to grip an object by open and close a pair of finger sections, a moving device adapted to relatively move the object and the gripping section, and a control device adapted to control the moving device to move the gripping section relatively toward the object, and dispose the pair of finger sections in a periphery of the object, and then control the gripping section to open and close the pair of finger sections in a plane parallel to a mounting surface on which the object is mounted, pinch the object between the pair of finger sections from a lateral side of the object, and grip the object with the gripping section at least three contact points.