ROBOT SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SORTED ARTICLE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To flexibly enable sorting in response to a variation in a sorting parameter on a sorting object article by an existing facility.;SOLUTION: This robot sorting system 1 includes a carrying-in side cargo 9, carrying-out side cargoes 10A-10, a robot 11 having an arm 24, a sucking pad 25, a laser sensor 26 and a vision sensor 27, and a robot controller 14. Distance information up to respective upper surfaces of a plurality of cargoes 4 placed on the carrying-in side cargo 9 is acquired by the laser sensor 26, the cargo 4 whose upper surface exists in the highest position is specified, external shape information on the specified specific cargo 4 is acquired by the vision sensor 27, destination information on the specific cargo 4 is acquired, a shape and the size of the specific cargo 4 are calculated, a specific destination area corresponding to the specific cargo 4 is determined, and operation of the robot 11 is controlled to stow the specific cargo 4 in a specific carrying-out side cargo 10 corresponding to the specific destination area while lifting the specific cargo by the sucking pad 25.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT