Article holder, conveyance robot, and article conveyance method

摘要

This article holder (7) is provided with: a holder main body section (8) that is releasably held by a movable claw member of a robot hand; a holder-moving section (9) that is provided to the holder main body section (8) so as to be displaceable and that can be switched between an article holding position for holding an article and an article release position for releasing the article; and holding state maintenance means (18, 19, 20) for maintaining the holder-moving section (9) in the article holding position while in a state in which the article holder (7) is detached from the robot hand. The present invention makes it possible to convey a plurality of types of objects to be conveyed without a robot damaging said objects and without the use of complex and expensive devices such as tool changers.