A tool changer at a distal end of a robotic arm may include a proximal engagement plate and a tool may include a distal engagement plate magnetically engaged with the proximal engagement plate. The tool changer may be configured to magnetically engage and disengage with a variety of tools as different tools are needed for operations being performed by the robotic arm. Decisions regarding which tools to couple to the tool changer may be made on-the-fly and based on changing circumstances as the robotic arm is used to operate on objects.

A method and system for handling beam-cut parts (202) cut out of a piece of material, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the beam-cut piece of material from beam-cutting equipment (102), the beam-cut piece of material being situated on a supporting structure (116); and gripping at least one part of the beam-cut piece of material, or gripping the beam-cut piece of material, or gripping a section of the beam-cut piece of material including at least one part of the beam-cut piece of material or gripping a remainder of the beam-cut piece of material with the at least one part removed, by means of at least one gripper (110, 112) controlled by a gripping robot (106, 108).

The present application discloses wheel engraving equipment, which includes a lower lifting system, lower flange engraving systems, inner rim engraving systems, a wheel positioning and clamping system, an upper lifting and rotating system, a synchronous clamping and rotating system and the like.

A device for loading and unloading and for operating a machine vise (10) of a machine tool (02), the device having a positioning device (13) mounted so as to be displaceable along a longitudinal direction (L), a coupling unit (14) movable together with the positioning device (13) being disposed at one end of the positioning device (13) in the longitudinal direction (L) for the detachable mechanical coupling to a machine vise (10) of the machine tool (02) and for the operation, in particular opening and closing, of the machine vise (10) and a workpiece handling unit (15), in particular a multiaxial robot unit, being disposed on the positioning device (13) behind the coupling unit (14) in the longitudinal direction (L) so as to be movable together with the positioning device (13).

A fastening device is equipped with a stocker. The stocker has a circular arcuate shape which is curved in a horizontal plane, and accommodates fastening tools in a state of being aligned in a row. The fastening tool that is positioned at a most downstream side of the stocker is supplied to the receiving site by an unloading and supplying device. Furthermore, the fastening tool supplied to the receiving site is screw-rotated by a screw-rotating device that is displaced toward the fastening tool.

A machine tool includes: a turret configured to hold a tool through a clamp mechanism; a workpiece main spindle device configured to rotatably hold a workpiece; a switching unit configured to change a clamp state of the clamp mechanism by using rotation torque of the workpiece main spindle device; and an in-machine robot configured to move the switching unit. The clamp mechanism includes a torque input hole to which rotation torque is applied to change the clamp state. The switching unit includes an input shaft coupled with the workpiece main spindle device, an output shaft coupled with the torque input hole of the clamp mechanism and configured to output torque to the torque input hole, and a transmission mechanism configured to transfer, to the output shaft, the rotation torque of the workpiece main spindle device input through the input shaft.

A machine tool includes a lower tool post for holding a cutting tool, a tool main spindle for holding a cutting tool, a storage unit capable of storing the cutting tool, an exchange mechanism for exchanging the cutting tools between the tool main spindle and the storage unit, an inside robot for exchanging the cutting tools between the lower tool post and the tool main spindle, and a controller. The controller performs control such that the cutting tools are exchanged between the lower tool post and the storage unit via the inside robot, the tool main spindle, and the exchange mechanism.

A workpiece placement system includes a robot for placing a workpiece in a containment area or on a jig; a sensor for measuring a three-dimensional shape of the containment area or jig; a processor for performing a process to determine a workpiece placement position and a workpiece placement posture based on the three-dimensional shape; and a robot controller for controlling the robot based on the workpiece placement position and the workpiece placement posture. The processor obtains a workpiece shape of the workpiece to be placed; retrieves workpiece placement postures chosen by a user; calculates a vacant area of the containment area or jig based on the three-dimensional shape; calculates workpiece placeable areas that satisfy the workpiece shape and the workpiece placement posture in the vacant area; and determines the workpiece placement position and the workpiece placement posture suitable for placement of the workpiece in the workpiece placeable areas.

This machine tool system is provided with a tool holder adaptor that has a flange having formed therein: a hole part that contains a tool holder; and an engagement part that engages with a hand of a self-propelled robot, wherein when transporting the tool holder to a machine tool from a tool storage that contains a plurality of tool holder adaptors, the self-propelled robot grasps the tool holder adaptor to transport the tool.

A wood-processing system having a buffer, which receives and buffers planar workpieces of wood materials or wood substitute materials, and a deposit device, onto which workpieces removed from the buffer can be deposited. At least one robot is included to remove the workpieces from the buffer and to deposit said workpieces on a deposit element of the deposit device and/or at another deposit location in the buffer.