Provided herein is a robotic gripper comprising two gripping components, where each component may comprise a rotatable axle oriented along a longitudinal axis, and where the respective axles may be oriented substantially perpendicular to each other. Each component may further comprise a pair of opposing gripping fingers with each gripping finger of the pair being coupled to a respective end of the axle. Each axle may be independently operable to rotate the respective pair of gripping fingers about the longitudinal axis of the respective axle, and each pair of gripping fingers may be independently operable to move the gripping fingers of the respective pair toward and away from each other. A control system for the robotic gripper may thus actuate one or both pairs of gripping fingers to grasp one or more objects.

A device for supporting and gripping containers (1,1a), comprising a base (10;110;210) which defines an upper surface (15;115,215) supporting a container (1;1a); devices (20;120;220) for gripping the container (1,1a), associated with the said base (10;110;210); and devices (30;130;230) for actuating the devices (30;130;230) for gripping the container (1,1a).

A robot hand system includes a robot hand and a control device. The robot hand includes at least one holding unit, a driving unit, an encoder, and a sensor. The holding unit is configured to hold a holding target 8. The driving unit is configured to move the holding unit. The encoder is configured to detect a movement distance of the holding unit. The sensor is configured to detect a magnet disposed around the holding unit and a positional change with respect to the magnet. The control device is configured to control the driving unit based on outputs of the sensor and the encoder. Either the magnet or the sensor is disposed so as to be able to move in accordance with movement of the holding unit.

A loading robot hand includes a first member, a second member, and a drive unit. The second member can hold an article between the first member and the second member. The drive unit moves the second member in a direction toward and away from the first member. The drive unit includes a moving base, a fluid cylinder, a pressure regulator, and a controller. The moving base is slidably movable by driving a drive source. The fluid cylinder is attached to the moving base. The pressure regulator can change operating pressure of the fluid cylinder. The controller controls the pressure regulator. A direction of expansion and contraction of the fluid cylinder is parallel to a direction of slide movement of the moving base. The second member is attached to a portion of the fluid cylinder that is movable relative to the moving base.

A commissioning device is provided that includes storage surfaces for storing piece goods, a delivery table, elongated clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table and a clamping jaw guide apparatus. The clamping jaw guide apparatus includes a frame structure, first and second guides disposed in parallel with the frame structure, clamping jaw carriages coupled to the first and second guides, the clamping jaw carriages driven in parallel with the frame structure. First clamping jaw carriages are associated with the first guide and second clamping jaw carriages are associated with the second guide, wherein at least two of the plurality of clamping jaw carriages are coupled to each of the clamping jaws. A first drive element is connected to the first clamping jaw carriages and a second drive element is connected to the second clamping jaw carriages at a distance from the first drive element along the delivery table.

A controllable end effector comprising a base component comprising a plurality of motion-defining elements; a plurality of mounting components operatively coupled to the base component, wherein each mounting component is coupled to one of the motion-defining elements; a plurality of drive components each configured to independently control a position of one of the mounting components; and a plurality of pick elements configured to engage with a surface of an object, wherein each mounting component is coupled to at least one of the pick elements. A method of manufacturing using a controllable end effector that includes identifying an object; moving at least two mounting components of the controllable end effector near the object; engaging at least two pick elements coupled to the two mounting components with a surface of the object; moving, via the pick elements, the object; and disengaging the pick elements from the surface of the object.

Impregnation plant for axial symmetrical components of electric motors, including: a support frame, one or more component heating stations, one or more motor-driven equipment for supporting and handling the components, one or more component impregnation equipment and one or more component transport and loading/unloading equipment. Each supporting and handling motor-driven equipment includes at least one gripper for a respective component, motor-driven devices for rotating the grippers and motor-driven apparatus for translatorily moving the individual motor-driven support and handling equipment. Each gripper includes an annular body having an axial symmetrical internal cavity that has a maximum dimension greater than the maximum dimension of each component, so the internal cavity can house the component internally thereto. Each annular body includes at least one gripper facing the internal cavity to grip the outer side surface of each component and hold it in the internal cavity.

There is disclosed herein an arrangement for handling one or more stacks of sheets. The arrangement comprises a support surface being provided with a plurality of openings for supplying a gas underneath said one or more stacks of sheets, a maneuver unit being moveable relative to the support surface and comprising two side clamping devices, the two side clamping devices being arranged at a distance from each other. The arrangement further comprises at least one top clamping device configured to exert a downward pressure onto said one or more stacks of sheets. The two side clamping devices and said at least one top clamping device are at least partly independently maneuverable thereby allowing the arrangement to maneuver one stack of sheets and also to maneuver a plurality of stacks of sheets arranged in a row one after the other.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for loading and unloading cargo of air mobility, in which cargo loading and unloading may be automated without the aid of human resources, as well as enabling loading and unloading of cargo in a required location without an air mobility landing. The apparatus includes a winch installed in a cargo hold of an air mobility, a multiarticulated robot arm suspended from the winch, and a gripper provided on an end of the multiarticulated robot arm and capable of gripping a container.

A clamping device includes a housing having a jaw guide arranged in the housing and extending along an axis and a gripping jaw which is movable in the jaw guide between a gripping position and a release position. A drive device for moving the gripping jaw includes a rotary drive and a drive shaft. The drive shaft extends perpendicular to the axis and rotatably mounted in the housing for connecting the rotary drive and the gripping jaw. A transmission device includes a position measuring device for detecting an angle of rotation of the drive device and/or for detecting the position of the gripping jaw. The housing includes a partition wall which divides the interior of the housing into a transmission portion for the transmission device and an electronic portion for the rotary drive and/or the position measuring device.