Robotic picking devices and methods for performing a picking operation. The robotic picking device includes a suction device configured to obtain an initial grasp on an item, and at least one finger portion configured to stabilize the item upon the suction device obtaining the initial grasp on the item.

A seizing head for objects is described that includes a support frame adapted to be coupled to a manipulator robot, and a plurality of picking apparatuses arranged mutually flanked according to a predefined flanking direction and individually adapted to take and withhold at least one object, wherein each picking apparatus is installed on a respective mobile frame, which is slidably coupled to the support frame according to a sliding direction parallel to the flanking direction, and wherein the seizing head further includes a plurality of functionally independent activation devices, each of which is adapted to activate a respective mobile frame along said sliding direction.

A head for use in forming an article array in a container cavity (“cavity”) by sequential placement of adjacent article rows in the cavity, including a gripper having a frame having a longitudinal axis, the gripper adapted to selectively engage and disengage an article row for permitting placement thereof; and a flexible layer connected to the frame and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and positioned to one side of the gripper. During formation of the article array in the cavity, the flexible layer preventing contact between a most recently positioned article row in the cavity and a corresponding article row being positioned in the cavity, including filling a remaining unfilled portion of the cavity between a penultimate article row and the container for receiving the final article row having a width approximately equal to or less than a width of the final article row.

An automated grasping apparatus for precise and clean assembly of a large-aperture optical element includes a reconfigurable end effector, a manipulating robot arm, a computer control unit, a task management software and process database system, a code scanning recognizer, and an electrical auxiliary support system. During an assembling operation, a code of the optical element is scanned by the code scanning recognizer, wherein a suitable process for the optical element is retrieved automatically. The configuration of the end effector is adjusted according to an instruction flow that precision grasping and stable suction of the optical element are achieved by manipulating the end effector. The robot arm is moved to place the optical element at a designated station, and the robot arm carries the end effector to return to an original position after the assembly operation is completed.

A display panel vacuum suction system includes a control device, a robot arm, and a vacuum device. The robot arm includes two or more retractable rods, and each of the retractable rods is connected with a vacuum plate. Each vacuum chamber is disposed in each of the vacuum plates, and each vacuum hole is disposed on a surface of each of the vacuum plates, wherein each vacuum chamber is connected with the vacuum device by a suction pipe. The control device controls expansion and retraction of the retractable rods of the robot arm, so that the vacuum plates connected with the retractable rods can be combined to pick up a single display panel or pick up two display panels respectively. By combining vacuum plates, and controlling the opening or closing of the vacuum holes of each of the vacuum plates, different sizes of display panels can be sucked.

Compression wedges bookend subgroups of carrier assemblies on an end effector for use in the packaging industry.

The invention provides automated spacer processing systems and methods. The systems and methods involve at least one robot arm that is configured to process spacers for multiple-pane insulating glazing units. In some embodiments, the systems also include an insulating glazing unit assembly line and a spacer conveyor system. Additionally or alternatively, the systems may include a sealant applicator.

According to one embodiment, a transfer apparatus includes an arm including a rotation fulcrum portion, and a grip mechanism turnable around the rotation fulcrum portion. The grip mechanism includes a first grip portion which grips a first surface of a grip target object, and a second grip portion which grips a second surface of the grip target object. The first grip portion includes a first pad including a first grip surface, and a first support member. The second grip portion includes a second pad including a second grip surface, and a second support member which moves the second pad in a direction crossing the second grip surface, and is connected to the rotation fulcrum portion together with the first support member.

A bottle gripping assembly including a pair of bottle gripping arms each having a grip member for gripping a bottle therebetween. The bottle gripping assembly also includes a base supporting the bottle gripping arms, with the base having a top surface and a recess into the top surface, a wear pad located in the recess of the base, with the wear pad and the base under the upper surface of the recess having a pair of aligned fastener holes, a pair of fasteners, with each one of the fasteners extending through one of the bottle gripping arms and into one of the fastener holes to connect the bottle gripping arms to the wear pad and the base, and a pair of wear bushings, with each of the wear bushings having a tubular portion that extends into one of the bottle gripping arms and surrounds a portion of the fasteners.

A system and method for motion planning is presented. The system is configured, when an object is or has been in a camera field of view of a camera, to receive first image information that is generated when the camera has a first camera pose. The system is further configured to determine, based on the first image information, a first estimate of the object structure, and to identify, based on the first estimate of the object structure or based on the first image information, an object corner. The system is further configured to cause an end effector apparatus to move the camera to a second camera pose, and to receive second image information for representing the object's structure. The system is configured to determine a second estimate of the object's structure based on the second image information, and to generate a motion plan based on at least the second estimate.