A machine for the machining of railway wagons comprising: a holding structure having a first upright and a second upright that extend along respective first direction and second direction substantially parallel and adapted to be arranged on the opposite side with respect to a wagon to be machined; sliding means of the structure along a main direction; machining means of the wagon comprising at least a first anthropomorphic robot associated sliding with the first upright, and at least a second anthropomorphic robot associated sliding with the second upright.

A building exterior wall cleaning robot is disclosed. The building exterior wall cleaning robot comprises: a robot body which cleans a building exterior wall while being suspended on ropes and has a predetermined weight; an LM guide which is coupled to the robot body and provided to have a predetermined length; and a moving unit which is connected to the ropes and moves along the LM guide to move the point on which the tension of the ropes is acting.

A building exterior wall cleaning robot is disclosed. The building exterior wall cleaning robot comprises: a robot body which cleans a building exterior wall while being suspended on ropes and has a predetermined weight; an LM guide which is coupled to the robot body and provided to have a predetermined length; and a moving unit which is connected to the ropes and moves along the LM guide to move the point on which the tension of the ropes is acting.

A working device (1) using a parallel link mechanism includes: a parallel link mechanism (10) by which end effectors (4, 5) are supported so as to be changeable in posture; and posture-controlling actuators (11) which actuate the parallel link mechanism (10). In the parallel link mechanism (10), a distal-end-side link hub (13) is connected to a proximal-end-side link hub (12) via three or more link mechanisms (14) so as to be changeable in posture of the distal-end-side link hub (13) relative to the proximal-end-side link hub (12). The end effectors (4, 5) are mounted to the distal-end-side link hub (12), and includes one main end effector (4) which performs a main work on a workpiece (3) and one or multiple sub end effectors (5) which perform an auxiliary work on the workpiece (3).

A self-cleaning apparatus for sorting a mixture of materials is disclosed that comprises a material sorter and a gantry positioning system elevated above the material sorter. The gantry positioning system includes a longitudinal travel rail with a longitudinal travel rail carriage, a traverse travel rail connected to the longitudinal travel rail carriage running perpendicular to the longitudinal travel rail, with a traverse travel rail carriage, and a vertical travel rail connected to the vertical travel rail carriage running perpendicular to the traverse travel rail. A cutter and optionally, a picker, are connected to the vertical travel rail. The gantry positioning system can move the cutter and picker various directions to dislodge and remove material that may have accumulated on the sorter. Instead of a gantry positioning system, the apparatus may have a multi-axis arm.

A self-cleaning apparatus for sorting a mixture of materials is disclosed that comprises a material sorter and a gantry positioning system elevated above the material sorter. The gantry positioning system includes a longitudinal travel rail with a longitudinal travel rail carriage, a traverse travel rail connected to the longitudinal travel rail carriage running perpendicular to the longitudinal travel rail, with a traverse travel rail carriage, and a vertical travel rail connected to the vertical travel rail carriage running perpendicular to the traverse travel rail. A cutter and optionally, a picker, are connected to the vertical travel rail. The gantry positioning system can move the cutter and picker various directions to dislodge and remove material that may have accumulated on the sorter. Instead of a gantry positioning system, the apparatus may have a multi-axis arm.

Embodiments provide shelves, bracket systems, automated picker robots, totes, and other features that may be used with delivery vehicle configurations that have automated cargo areas. A delivery vehicle may include a picking robot that selectively retrieves packages for delivery without requiring substantial human intervention for locating those packages. The cargo area of the delivery vehicle may further comprise a plurality of customizable shelving units that generate custom-sized shelves for packages. The shelves may include a plurality of individually movable shelf brackets having retaining members that pivot between an extended and retracted position to hold the package in place and to enable the picking robot to retrieve the package from the shelf. Another embodiment provides for a tote having a drive mechanism to hold letters so that a letter may be automatically retrieved from the cargo arear and provided at a delivery location.

The present invention provides a treatment method for treating a surface for treatment by means of an automaton (1) comprising: a base (2) configured to move over ground; a platform (6) mounted on the base and configured to move, at least in part, perpendicularly to the base; and treatment means (10) mounted on the platform and including a movable end (12) configured to treat a given area; the method comprising: a) subdividing the surface for treatment into subdivisions of area less than or equal to the given area; b) treating the surface of each subdivision by controlling movements of the treatment means (10); and c) changing subdivision by moving the platform (6) and/or by moving the base (2) over the ground.

The invention also provides an automaton for performing the above method.

A linear motion device includes: a linear motion mechanism having: a beam elongated in one horizontal direction; a guide member disposed in the beam to extend in the one direction; a moving member disposed to be movable along the guide member; and a moving mechanism that moves the moving member. The beam includes a metallic tubular body formed with an opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction and a tubular reinforcing portion formed of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic and formed in close contact with an inner surface of the metallic tubular body.

A linear motion device includes: a linear motion mechanism having: a beam elongated in one horizontal direction; a guide member disposed in the beam to extend in the one direction; a moving member disposed to be movable along the guide member; and a moving mechanism that moves the moving member. The beam includes a metallic tubular body formed with an opening portion penetrating the metallic tubular body in the one direction and a tubular reinforcing portion formed of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic and formed in close contact with an inner surface of the metallic tubular body.