Various example embodiments described herein relates to a gripping device that includes a top plate, first side plate, a second side plate, a first arm, a second arm, and a driving pin. The first side plate and the second side plate are engaged to the top plate. The first arm is engaged to the first side plate and the second arm is engaged to the second side plate. The first arm defines a first cam slot, and the second arm defines a second cam slot and are constrained together, by the driving pin engaged to an actuation assembly. The driving pin is configured to move between a first position and a second position within the first cam slot and the second cam slot so as to drive movement of the first side plate and the second side plate between an open position and a closed position to grip a container.

Systems and methods for clearing a top drive from an operational area of the mast such that operations may be performed along the rail without interference from the top drive. Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for arranging the top drive in a parked configuration outside of, or generally behind, the mast. A guide rail may be arranged within an operational area of a mast and may have a pair of interchangeable rail sections, each of which may be configured for arrangement in either an operating configuration, where the rail section may be positioned within the operational area of the mast to form part of the rail, or a parked configuration, where the rail section may be positioned outside of the operational area. Each interchangeable rail section may be pivotable about an axis and may be arranged on a pivotable gate of the mast.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for automated drill pipe handling operations, such as trip in, trip out, and stand building operations. A pipe handling system of the present disclosure may include a lifting system for handling a load of a pipe stand, a pipe handling robot configured for engaging with the pipe stand and manipulating a position of the pipe stand, and a feedback device configured to provide information about a condition of the pipe stand, the lifting system, or the pipe handling robot. In some embodiments, the pipe handling robot may be a first robot configured for engaging with and manipulating a first end of the pipe stand, and the system may include a second pipe handling robot configured for engaging with and manipulating a second end of the pipe stand.

A modular gripper has a body with a trident section and cylindrical section. A powering assembly is positioned in the cylindrical section. A pair of oppositing jaws is pivotally secured between a center wall and a pair of side wall, respectively, of the trident section. The piston rod moves a cam assembly on the center wall. The cam assembly passes through a body having a trident section and cylindrical section. The trident section comprises a trident structure that includes, at one end, a pair of side walls along with a center wall. The cylindrical section includes a fluid driven powering assembly. A pair of opposing jaw member are pivotally secured to the trident portion about separate pivot pins. A cam assembly is operatively connected to a piston rod of the fluid driven powering assembly. The cam assembly extends laterally outward with respect to a cylinder bore axis to receive a cam bush that engages with a through slot on each of the pair of opposing jaw members. The jaws rotate with respect to one another in response to fluid power in the cylindrical section. A pair of side plate members, each slide plate member has an elongated blind slot that receives an end of the cam assembly, the ends travel in the blind slot. Cam slots in the pair of opposing jaws, via a cam bushing.

The invention relates to a gripping device comprising carriages or pivot arms, which carry gripping elements, wherein the carriages or pivot arms are mounted and guided in a base bodybetween an opening and a closing positionand are drivable by means of at least one cylinder-piston unit. According to the invention, a switching module is mounted on the base body. The switching module comprises at least one pressure medium connection and at least one electrical connection, the electrical connection comprising both load and control lines. At least one electrically controllable valve, which is switching a pressure means, and at least one electronic controller for implementing external and internal control signals are arranged in the control module, wherein the internal control signals originate from at least one sensor which detects at least one physical characteristic variable of the carriage(s) and/or the cylinder-piston unit at least in or on the base body. The present invention relates to a gripping device that can be adapted to at least one machine control system with a minimum interconnection and programming effort.

An automatic pick-up equipment adapted to pick up components having different shapes includes a base mounted on a manipulator of a robot, a first pick-up device mounted on the base and including a pair of first gripping mechanisms opposite to each other, and a second pick-up device mounted on the base and including a pair of second gripping mechanisms opposite to each other and a rotation mechanism. The first gripping mechanisms are configured to linearly reciprocate relative to each other to grip a first component. The second gripping mechanisms are configured to pivotally reciprocate relative to each other to grip a second component. The rotation mechanism is configured to drive the second gripping mechanisms to rotate relative to the base to change a posture of the second component.

Harvesting tools are disclosed which may comprise a gripper including a set of finger elements constructed and arranged to envelop a target object pertaining to agricultural produce, and a manipulator carriage configured to actuate the gripper during operation to grasp the target object. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.

A gripping system includes a gripping device and a pitch adjustment device. The gripping device has a row of grippers arranged in a first direction and adapted to grip a row of contacts and a support frame on which at least two adjacent grippers of the row of grippers are slidably attached. The pitch adjustment device is adapted to drive the at least two adjacent grippers to slide in the first direction to adjust a pitch between the two adjacent grippers.

A modular gripper has a body with a trident section and cylindrical section. A powering assembly is positioned in the cylindrical section. A pair of opposing jaws is pivotally secured between a center wall and a pair of side wall, respectively, of the trident section. The piston rod moves a cam assembly on the center wall. The cam assembly passes through a body having a trident section and cylindrical section. The trident section comprises a trident structure that includes, at one end, a pair of side walls along with a center wall. The cylindrical section includes a fluid driven powering assembly. A pair of opposing jaw member are pivotally secured to the trident portion about separate pivot pins. A cam assembly is operatively connected to a piston rod of the fluid driven powering assembly. The cam assembly extends laterally outward with respect to a cylinder bore axis to receive a cam bush that engages with a through slot on each of the pair of opposing jaw members. The jaws rotate with respect to one another in response to fluid power in the cylindrical section. A pair of side plate members, each slide plate member has an elongated blind slot that receives an end of the cam assembly, the ends travel in the blind slot. Cam slots in the pair of opposing jaws, via a cam bushing.

An example rotational joint assembly for a robotic medical system, the rotational joint assembly comprising at least one arm segment and a rotational joint provided at one end of the arm segment. The rotational joint is to allow the arm segment to rotate about a rotational axis. The rotational joint comprising a brake to lock rotation of the arm segment at the rotational joint and an actuator to selectively engage or disengage the brake. The actuator comprising a cam having two stable regions separated by two transition regions, the two stable regions comprising a first stable region corresponding to engagement of the brake and a second stable region corresponding to disengagement of the brake.