Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied bythe inventors: “BACKGROUND ART“Conventionally, robots having a movable conveyor and a holding mechanism, which holds a workpieceand places the workpiece on a transferring surface of the conveyor, are known. One example of such robotsis a load handling device disclosed in Patent Document 1.“The load handling device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is provided with a movable conveyor anda take-out arm. The movable conveyor advances so as to approach a load, and a gripping part providedat a tip end of the take-out arm grips the load. After the take-out arm places the load on the movableconveyor, it changes its posture to a load-avoiding posture. Then, the movable conveyor descends to theheight of a conveying bench, and a belt constituting a transferring surface of the conveyor rotates so asto place the load onto the conveying bench.”
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