A vegetable transplanting device includes a robotic arm, a positioning ring fixedly disposed on an outside of the robotic arm, and a transplant assembly connected to the robotic arm. The transplant assembly includes: a motor fixedly disposed at an end of the robotic arm; a fixing frame fixedly mounted on a side surface of the positioning ring away from the robotic arm; a worm screw fixedly disposed at an output end of the motor; first fixing rods fixedly disposed and passing through the fixing frame; worm gears, each rotatably installed on an outside of one of the first fixing rods, the worm gears being engaged with the worm screw by teeth; connecting rod assemblies, each rotatably installed on the outside of at least one of the first fixing rods; and clamping members, each rotatably connected to one end of the corresponding connecting rod assembly away from the fixing frame.

A gripping tool (2), a system, a clamping unit (35) and a method of handling objects (6), where the gripping tool (2) comprises a transmission mechanism arranged in a housing (7), wherein the transmission mechanism is coupled to a plurality of arms (11) located outside the housing (7). The arms (11) extend in a radial plane from a first end (15) to a second end (16), where one or more gripping fingers (12) are arranged on each arm (11). The gripping fingers (12) may be repositioned on the arm (11), or multiple gripping fingers (12) may be arranged on the same arm (11). The arm (11) preferably has a bent or curved profile where the bending line or curvature is facing a central longitudinal axis (A) of the housing (7).

Disclosed is a gripper assembly used in milling or CNC machines with one or more than one axes, adapted to grip the workpiece from two or more directions at the same time and with the same force.

A gripping device for mechanical fasteners, such as rivets, screws, bolts, and similar fasteners, and a robot effector employing such a device. The device includes a housing and a pair of jaws arranged on a holder. The pair of jaws is adapted to grip a mechanical fastener therebetween. The holder is rotatable inside of the housing and the jaws allow a self-centering of a gripped mechanical fastener.

An automated storage system for receiving, storing, and dispensing items is herein proposed. The system has an enclosure, which defines a storage volume, and a port which selectively connects the storage volume to the ambient space for deposit and retrieval of items. The system also includes a plurality of containers for containing at least one item being stored as well as a support structure for supporting the plurality of containers in the storage volume. The containers feature a base, an envelope extending from the base, and an opening opposing the base and providing access to an inner volume defined by the base and envelope for containing at least one item. The system includes a manipulator for transporting the containers between an access position at the port and a storage position at the support structure. Finally, the system includes a one-sided attachment interface between the container and the support structure for removably attach the container to the support structure in the storage position, in which the opening of the container is above the base.

The present invention aims at providing a cover structure of a tactile sensor and a tactile sensor that can secure sufficient adhesion between a sensor body and a covering layer without providing an adhesive layer and have no possibility of causing a sensor to make detection error due to the covering layer formed thereon. A cover structure of a tactile sensor according to the present invention includes a sensor body 2 and a covering layer 3 made of elastic body molded on the sensor body 2. The covering layer 3 includes at least two layers of an outer layer 32 disposed as the outermost layer and an inner layer 31 disposed to come in contact with the sensor body 2 and having a higher adhesiveness and a lower hardness than those of the outer layer 32, and is integrally molded with the sensor body 2 by the cast molding. It is preferable that the sensor body 2 be disposed on the top surface of the base 4, the covering layer 3 cover over the sensor body 2 and the base 4, and the inner layer 31 do not cover the bottom surface of the base 4.

A slide rack gripper apparatus is provided that simultaneously conveys a plurality of glass slides in the protection of a slide rack within a digital slide scanning apparatus. The slide rack gripper apparatus conveys the plurality of glass slides from a slide rack carousel to a scanning stage for processing. The slide rack gripper includes a first motor attached to a base configured to drive a finger mount attached to the base along a first linear axis. The slide rack gripper apparatus also includes a second motor attached to the finger mount and configured to drive opposing gripper fingers attached to the finger mount along a second linear axis. The second motor is also configured to drive individual gripper fingers along a third linear axis to move the gripper fingers toward each other and away from each other to grasp or release a slide rack.

A gripper apparatus is configured to grasp a closed receptacle having a closure affixed to an open top end of a receptacle. Opposed jaw members capable of lateral movement between an open position, a first closed position, and a second closed position are configured to grasp the closed receptacle when the closed receptacle is situated between the jaw members at the first closed position and to release the closed receptacle at the open position. The gripper apparatus further includes a plurality of fingers configured to grasp a sidewall of the closure beneath a top surface of the closure when the closure is situated between the plurality of fingers and beneath a base of each of the jaw members as the jaw members move laterally toward each other from the open position to the second closed position.

Control for pixelated electrostatic adhesion can be provided by a voltage converter configured to increase an input voltage to an output voltage; a first gripping circuit, configured to selectively provide the output voltage at a first polarity to a first subset of electrodes of a plurality of electrodes; a second gripping circuit, configured to selectively provide the output voltage at a second polarity opposite to the first polarity to a second subset of electrodes of a plurality of electrodes that are associated with and different from the first subset of electrodes; a first release circuit, configured to selectively reverse the output voltage provided to the first subset of electrodes to the second polarity; and a second release circuit, configured to selectively reverse the output voltage provided to the second subset of electrodes to the first polarity.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for grasping an object. The apparatus includes a substrate comprising a plurality of electrode pixels; and a controller configured to energize each electrode pixel of the plurality of electrode pixels individually, wherein the apparatus is configured to grasp an object electrostatically using the substrate.