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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G05B 19/41815 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37555 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39508 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40053 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40564 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40607 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40609 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A workpiece takeout system includes a robot arm and a disposed-state detector. The robot arm is configured to perform a workpiece takeout operation to take out a workpiece disposed in an area among a plurality of areas. The disposed-state detector is configured to detect a disposed state of the workpiece and is configured to, while the robot arm is performing the workpiece takeout operation to take out the workpiece disposed in the area among the plurality of areas, detect a disposed state of another workpiece disposed in another area among the plurality of areas.