An automated assembly and contacting of electrical components are disclosed. Before a fed component is gripped, a control device of a mounting device for mounting and contacting electrical components is provided with information associated with the component comprising, in relation to a component coordinate system of the component, the position, orientation and a relevant length of electrical connections of the component, and the position and type of handling of the handling locations of the component. A position and an orientation of the component in relation to a machine coordinate system are known to the control device. Using the position and the orientation of the component in the machine coordinate system, the control device converts the positions and orientations defined by the information associated with the component into the machine coordinate system and takes the positions and orientations into account when gripping and assembling the component.

Substantially as described and illustrated herein including devices, methods of operation for the systems or devices, articles of manufacture including processor-executable instructions, and a system including a robot.

An information processing apparatus determines possibility of gripping an object by a gripping unit, obtains first information, which is information about a position and orientation of the gripping unit with respect to a part of the object, taught to grip the part, second information, which is information about symmetry of the part, third information, which is information about a position and orientation of the object to be gripped by the gripping unit, and fourth information, which is information about vicinity objects in the vicinity of the object to be gripped by the gripping unit. The information processing apparatus includes a processing unit configured to make a determination, based on the first to fourth information, on the possibility with respect to a plurality of sets of position and orientation possible for the gripping unit to take with respect to the object to be gripped based on the symmetry.

An interchangeable tool including a finger of a shape suitable for various components is mechanically detachably mounted to a robot arm. This eliminates the need for seeking the origin of the actuator for each interchange. By interchanging fingers themselves, the entire end effector can be reduced in size and weight.

A robot includes: an arm; and a controller that operates the arm, the controller generating a pathway according to a relative position and a relative orientation of: a first object that moves together with the arm; and a second object and according to a first position of the first object.

Provided is a robot including a hand and a control unit that operates the hand. The control unit rotates a first object around a predetermined position of the first object with the hand and moves the first object with respect to a second object, based on a captured image including the hand and the first object.

A robot includes a hand that grips an object and a control unit that operates the hand, the hand includes fingers that are able to grip the object at four or more contact points, and an object of which a metallic tone index is equal to or higher than 5 is gripped with the hand.