阅读说明：本技术 食品保持装置和其动作方法 (Food holding meanss and its method of operating ) 是由 坂东贤二 平田和范 于 2018-04-02 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明的食品保持装置为能够保持食品(60)的食品保持装置。食品保持装置具备：基部(30)；保持部(31),其设置于所述基部(30),构成为保持所述食品(60)的侧部(60a)；载置部(32),其设置于所述基部(30),构成为载置所述食品(60)；以及控制部,其控制所述保持部(31)以及所述载置部(32)的动作。所述控制部在通过所述保持部(31)保持食品(60)的侧部(60a)的状态下,控制所述保持部(31)以及所述载置部(32)的至少一方相对于所述基部(30)的动作,由此将所述食品(60)载置于所述载置部(32)。(Food holding meanss of the invention are to be able to maintain the food holding meanss of food (60).Food holding meanss have: base portion (30)；Maintaining part (31) is set to the base portion (30), is configured to keep the side (60a) of the food (60)；Mounting portion (32) is set to the base portion (30), is configured to load the food (60)；And control unit, control the movement of the maintaining part (31) and the mounting portion (32).The control unit is in the state of keeping side (60a) of food (60) by the maintaining part (31), movement of at least one party of the maintaining part (31) and the mounting portion (32) relative to the base portion (30) is controlled, the food (60) is thus placed in the mounting portion (32).)

1. a kind of food holding meanss are the food holding meanss for being able to maintain food, wherein

The food holding meanss have:

Base portion；

Maintaining part is set to the base portion, is configured to keep the side of the food；

Mounting portion is set to the base portion, is configured to load the food；And

Control unit controls the movement of the maintaining part and the mounting portion；

The control unit controls the maintaining part and the load in the state of keeping the side of food by the maintaining part Movement of at least one party for setting portion relative to the base portion, is thus placed in the mounting portion for the food.

2. the holding meanss of food according to claim 1, wherein

The maintaining part is configured to the direction of the base portion or the movement of its opposite direction,

The control unit keeps the side for the food for being configured at defined position by the maintaining part, and passing through In the state of stating the side that maintaining part keeps the food, keep the maintaining part mobile to the direction of the base portion, thus by institute It states food and is placed in the mounting portion.

3. the holding meanss of food according to claim 1, wherein

The mounting portion is configured to the direction of the base portion or the movement of its opposite direction,

The control unit keeps the side for the food for being configured at defined position by the maintaining part, and passing through In the state of stating the side that maintaining part keeps the food, move the mounting portion to the direction of the food relative to the base portion It is dynamic, the food is thus placed in the mounting portion.

4. according to right want any one of 1~3 described in food holding meanss, wherein

The control unit is being kept the side of food by the maintaining part and the food is placed in the shape of the mounting portion Under state, movement of at least one party of the maintaining part and the mounting portion relative to the base portion is controlled, thus by the food Product discharge in defined position.

5. the holding meanss of the food according to any one of claim 2~4, wherein

Position as defined in described is the position being opposed between a pair of of limiting component of setting on a conveyor, the pair of limitation The interval of component is more slightly larger than the width of the food.

6. the holding meanss of food according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein

The maintaining part is configured to move along the vertical direction in the state of keeping the side of the food,

The control unit just lifts slightly up in the state of keeping the side of the food by the maintaining part, by the food Afterwards, movement of at least one party of the maintaining part and the mounting portion relative to the base portion is controlled.

7. a kind of method of operating of food holding meanss, the food holding meanss have: base portion；Maintaining part is set to described Base portion is configured to keep the side of the food；Mounting portion is set to the base portion, is configured to load the food；And Control unit controls the movement of the maintaining part and the mounting portion, wherein

In the state of keeping the side of food by the maintaining part, the maintaining part and the mounting portion are controlled at least Movement of one side relative to the base portion, is thus placed in the mounting portion for the food.

Technical field

The present invention relates to food holding meanss and its method of operating.

Background technique

In the past, operation was held by operator's progress food in the manufacture scene of the food such as aircraft meal, box lunch.Operation Personnel with a hand pick up by conveyer conveying come food containers, and be maintained defined posture, and use another Seasoning is spread the food into container by hand, thereafter the defined position by food release on a conveyor.

In recent years, in various fields, from the perspective of improving productivity, propose that robot and operator exist The scheme jointly operated in identical operating space.Humanoid behaviour is imported in the manufacture scene of food as described above Make robot, come carry out above-mentioned food hold operation in the case where, need for reliably keeping food and being maintained regulation Posture countermeasure.End effector is disclosed in patent document 1, which includes: sucker, and absorption keeps box-like Object side；Driving and reversing mechanism makes sucker retreat；And mounting component, the object for adsorbing and pulling out is carried out Mounting.Manipulator is disclosed in patent document 2, its object is to reliably keep food.The manipulator, is inhaled by adsorption nozzle Attached object, and object is attracted to by the position that can be held by each finger type adult by nozzle mechanism, thus by each Finger type adult side bearing object in it.

Patent document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2014-210316 bulletin

Patent document 2: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 9-38882 bulletin

But its object is to move out the large-scale goods being loaded into container for the end effector of above patent document 1 Object, therefore be not suitable in the manufacture scene of food as described above as the purposes for keeping the food for conveying to take on a conveyor It uses.In addition, the manipulator of above patent document 2 is the structure for adsorbing the top of holding object, therefore keeping food In the case of, adsorption nozzle is located at the top of food.Therefore, in the state of keeping food, it is difficult to supply and adjust from the top of food Taste substance.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is completed to solve project as described above, its object is to eat in aircraft, the food such as box lunch Manufacture scene in reliably keep food.

To achieve the goals above, food holding meanss involved in one embodiment of the present invention are to be able to maintain food Food holding meanss, have: base portion；Maintaining part is set to above-mentioned base portion, is configured to keep the side of above-mentioned food；Mounting Portion is set to above-mentioned base portion, is configured to load above-mentioned food；And control unit, control above-mentioned maintaining part and above-mentioned load Set the movement in portion, above-mentioned control unit in the state of keeping the side of food by above-mentioned maintaining part, control above-mentioned maintaining part with And movement of at least one party of above-mentioned mounting portion relative to above-mentioned base portion, above-mentioned food is thus placed in above-mentioned mounting portion.

According to above structure, due to keeping the side of food by maintaining part and food be placed in mounting portion, The food such as aircraft meal, box lunch can reliably be kept.In addition, as it ensure that the space on the top of food, therefore to food Defined operation (such as applying sauce) becomes easy.

It is also possible to above-mentioned maintaining part and is configured to, above-mentioned control mobile to the direction of above-mentioned base portion or its opposite direction Portion processed keeps the side for the above-mentioned food for being configured at defined position by above-mentioned maintaining part, and protects by above-mentioned maintaining part In the state of the side for holding above-mentioned food, keeps above-mentioned maintaining part mobile to the direction of above-mentioned base portion, thus load above-mentioned food In above-mentioned mounting portion.

According to above structure, due to making maintaining part to the side of above-mentioned base portion in the state of keeping food by maintaining part To movement, therefore it is easy to food being placed in mounting portion.

It is also possible to above-mentioned mounting portion and is configured to, above-mentioned control mobile to the direction of above-mentioned base portion or its opposite direction Portion processed keeps the side for the above-mentioned food for being configured at defined position by above-mentioned maintaining part, and protects by above-mentioned maintaining part In the state of the side for holding above-mentioned food, keeps above-mentioned mounting portion mobile to the direction of the food relative to above-mentioned base portion, thus will Above-mentioned food is placed in above-mentioned mounting portion.

According to above structure, due to making direction of the mounting portion to maintaining part in the state of keeping food by maintaining part It is mobile, therefore the amount of movement of food also has no relations less.It is easy to maintain the state of the content of food containers.

It is also possible to above-mentioned control unit keeping the side of food by above-mentioned maintaining part and be placed in above-mentioned food In the state of above-mentioned mounting portion, at least one party of above-mentioned maintaining part and above-mentioned mounting portion is controlled relative to the dynamic of above-mentioned base portion Make, thus in defined position by the release of above-mentioned food.According to above structure, such as the food of sauce operation will can apply Product discharge on a conveyor.

Being also possible to above-mentioned defined position is the position being opposed between a pair of of limiting component of setting on a conveyor It sets, the interval of above-mentioned a pair of limiting component is more slightly larger than the width of above-mentioned food.

According to above structure, due to be opposed on a conveyor setting a pair of of limiting component interval than food width It is slightly larger, as long as therefore conveyer of the contraposition for the food being configured between limiting component of maintaining part conveying side To position.

It is also possible to above-mentioned maintaining part to be configured to move along the vertical direction in the state of keeping the side of above-mentioned food Dynamic, above-mentioned control unit just lifts slightly up in the state of keeping the side of above-mentioned food by above-mentioned maintaining part, by the food Afterwards, movement of at least one party of above-mentioned maintaining part and above-mentioned mounting portion relative to above-mentioned base portion is controlled.

According to above structure, due to which just being lifted slightly up, therefore food becomes in the state of keeping food It is easy to be placed in mounting portion.

The method of operating of food holding meanss involved in another way of the invention is the food having had with lower component The method of operating of holding meanss: base portion；Maintaining part is set to above-mentioned base portion, is configured to keep the side of above-mentioned food；Mounting Portion is set to above-mentioned base portion, is configured to load above-mentioned food；And control unit, control above-mentioned maintaining part and above-mentioned load The movement for setting portion controls above-mentioned maintaining part and above-mentioned mounting in the state of keeping the side of food by above-mentioned maintaining part Movement of at least one party in portion relative to above-mentioned base portion, is thus placed in above-mentioned mounting portion for above-mentioned food.

The present invention has structure described above, can be in the manufacture scene of the food of aircraft meal, box lunch etc. reliably Keep food.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the integrally-built perspective view for indicating robot involved in an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is the integrally-built main view for schematically showing an example of robot of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the figure for indicating the structure of the end effector of left arm of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is the figure for indicating the structure of the end effector of right arm of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is the functional block diagram for outlining the structure of control device.

Fig. 6 is the flow chart for indicating the sequence of operating of robot.

Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram for indicating an example of movement (food holding) for robot.

Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram for indicating an example of movement (operation) for robot.

Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram for indicating an example of movement (operation) for robot.

Figure 10 is the schematic diagram for indicating an example of movement (food release) for robot.

Figure 11 is the schematic diagram for indicating one example of others of movement (food holding) of robot.

Figure 12 is the schematic diagram for indicating one example of others of movement (food holding) of robot.

Specific embodiment

Hereinafter, being illustrated referring to attached drawing to preferred embodiment.In addition, below in whole attached drawings to identical or The comparable element mark of person is identical referring to appended drawing reference, and omits its repeat description.In addition, for easy understanding attached drawing, Schematically show the constituent element of each.

(embodiment)

Fig. 1 is the integrally-built perspective view for indicating robot involved in an embodiment of the invention.Hereinafter, will The direction for extending a pair of of arm is known as left and right directions, and the direction of the axis parallel with standard shaft is known as up and down direction, will be with right and left To and the orthogonal direction of up and down direction be known as front-rear direction.Robot 11 is fed to the manufacture scene of food 60.In this reality Applying food 60 in mode is the aircraft meal for being accommodated in defined container.Hereinafter, the container of food and its content are only referred to as Food 60.The container of food has the shape that top is opened and bottom is closed.The content of food is for example including fried pig Row.Robot 11 is the device for holding operation for carrying out food 60.

As shown in Figure 1, robot 11 is that have a pair of of the mechanical arm for being supported on pedestal 12 (hereinafter, in the presence of being only recorded as The case where " arm ") 13,13 tow-armed robot.Robot 11 can be set to the limited space for being equivalent to people's size (such as 610mm × 620mm).On the right side of robot 11 configured with large-scale pallet container 70.Pallet container 70 has top It is opened and shape that bottom is closed.The food materials 71 with mobility are accommodated in the inside of pallet container 70.In this implementation Food materials 71 in mode with mobility are the sauce of fried pork chop.It is configured with conveyer 20 in the front of robot 11, this is defeated Send machine 20 by food 60 to defined direction (in figure from right direction towards left direction) conveying.Two lateral edges on conveyer 20 Conveying direction be opposed to be provided with a pair of of limiting component 20a.Limiting component 20a is formed as tabular.Each limiting component 20a's Inner wall has the plane parallel with conveying direction.Food 60 on conveyer 20 is configured between a pair of of limiting component 20a.Machine People 11 keeps the food 60 on conveyer 20 by the end effector 18 linked with left arm 13, and by connecting with right arm 13 The end effector 19 of knot supplies sauce (71) to the top of food 60.In the present embodiment, the work of a pair of of mechanical arm 13,13 Industry region is the pallet container 70 on the right side that covering is configured at robot 11 and the positive conveyer for being configured at robot 11 The region of a part on 20.

Fig. 2 is the integrally-built main view for schematically showing an example of robot 11.As shown in Fig. 2, machine People 11 has: pedestal 12 is fixed on trolley；A pair of of mechanical arm 13,13, is supported on pedestal 12；And control device 14, It is accommodated in pedestal 12.Each arm 13 is to be configured to the articulated type mechanical arm mobile relative to pedestal 12, has arm Portion 15, toggle link portion 17 and end effector 18,19.In addition, right arm 13 and left arm 13 are also possible to substantially the same structure It makes.In addition, right arm 13 and left arm 13 can be acted independently or dependently of each other be acted.

Arm 15 is made of first connecting rod 15a and second connecting rod 15b in this example.First connecting rod 15a is closed by rotation It saves J1 and links with the standard shaft 16 for the upper surface for being fixed on pedestal 12, can turn around the rotation axis L1 in the axle center by standard shaft 16 It is dynamic.Second connecting rod 15b is linked by the end of rotary joint J2 and first connecting rod 15a, can be around being defined in first connecting rod The rotation axis L2 of the end of 15a is rotated.

Toggle link portion 17 is made of lifting unit 17a and rotation section 17b.Lifting unit 17a passes through direct acting joint J3 and second The end of connecting rod 15b links, can be relative to second connecting rod 15b lifting moving.Rotation section 17b passes through rotary joint J4 and liter The lower end of drop portion 17a links, and can rotate around the rotation axis L3 for the lower end for being defined in lifting unit 17a.End effector 18, 19 link with the rotation section 17b of the toggle link portion 17 of left and right respectively.It is executed that is, being respectively arranged with end in each end of left and right arms 13 Device 18,19.

Each arm 13 of above structure has each joint J1~J4.Moreover, in arm 13 with side corresponding with each joint J1~J4 Formula is provided with the servo motor (not shown) of driving and the encoder (not shown) of rotation angle for detecting the servo motor etc.. In addition, the rotation axis L1 of first connecting rod 15a, 15a of two arms 13,13 are on same straight line, the first of side's arm 13 connects Bar 15a and the first connecting rod 15a of another party's arm 13 are configured in a manner of in difference of height setting up and down.

(A) of Fig. 3 and (B) of Fig. 3 be the side view for the structure of end effector 18 for indicating to be set to left arm 13 with And top view.End effector 18 is the component for keeping food 60.End effector 18 has: base portion 30 comprising elbow The rotation section 17b of bar portion 17；Two maintaining parts 31, are set to base portion 30；And mounting portion 32, it is set to base portion 30.

Base portion 30, which has, is equipped with the direct acting axis 31b of maintaining part 31 in end, and has in inside along central axis (L4) The actuator (not shown) of direct acting axis 31b is driven, which can be by driving direct acting axis 31b, thus relative to base portion 30 To defined direction (being left and right directions in figure) mobile maintaining part 31.As a result, maintaining part 31 can to base portion 30 direction or Its opposite direction is mobile.

Maintaining part 31 has a pair of of the claw 31a for being set to end, and has actuating for driving these claws 31a in inside Device (not shown), for the actuator by the interval (being up and down direction in figure) of a pair of of claw 31a of change, thus, it is possible to keep eating The side 60a of product 60.

Mounting portion 32, which has, is bent into the writing board shape of L-shaped when side is observed, and is configured at base portion 30 and keeps The lower part in portion 31.Mounting portion 32 is fixed in base portion 30 in the present embodiment.In order to load food 60, end and food 60 Size is identically formed to be rectangle in plan view.

(A) of Fig. 4 and (B) of Fig. 4 be the main view for the structure of end effector 19 for indicating to be set to right arm 13 with And side view.End effector 19 is the component for keeping the food materials 71 with mobility or discharging it to food 60.End End actuator 19 has: base portion 40 comprising the rotation section 17b of toggle link portion 17；Rotary joint J5 has in mechanical arm 13 The rotation axis L4 parallel with horizontal direction (being front-rear direction in figure) under at least one posture；Rotation section 41 passes through rotation Turn joint J5 rotatably to link relative to base portion 40；And terminal part 42, it is installed on rotation section 41.

Base portion 40 links via rotary joint J4 and the lifting unit 17a of toggle link portion 17, and via rotary joint J5 and turns Dynamic portion 41 links.Base portion 40 is bent into driving generally L-shaped, and having on the inside of it rotary joint J5 when side view is observed Portion.

Rotation section 41 links via rotary joint J5 and base portion 40, and is equipped with terminal part 42 via installing component 43. Terminal part 42 has recess portion 42a and shank 42b.In the present embodiment, terminal part 42 has spoon shape.The shank of spoon 42b is fixed in rotation section 41 via installing component 43.The length direction of spoon and vertical direction are substantially parallel in Fig. 4.Spoon The recess portion 42a of son is located at lower part, and the shank 42b of spoon is located at top.Recess portion 42a is towards horizontal direction.Hereinafter, Fig. 4 is such Recess portion 42a be located at the lower part of terminal part 42 and be known as the normal condition of terminal part 42 towards the state of horizontal direction.

Fig. 5 is the functional block diagram for outlining the structure of control device 14 (referring to Fig. 2) of robot 11.As shown in figure 5, Control device 14 has: the operational parts such as CPU 14a；The storage units such as ROM, RAM 14b；And servo control portion 14c.Control device 14 For example to have the robot controller of the computers such as microcontroller.In addition, control device 14 can be by central controlled independent Control device 14 constitute, can also be by cooperating and multiple control devices 14 of decentralised control be constituted.

The information of the basic program as robot controller, various fixed datas etc. is stored in storage unit 14b.Operation 14a reading in portion is stored in the softwares such as the basic program of storage unit 14b and executes, and thus controls the various movements of robot 11.That is, Operational part 14a generates the control instruction of robot 11, and it is exported to servo control portion 14c.Servo control portion 14c is configured to Based on the control instruction generated by operational part 14a, servo horse corresponding with joint J1~J4 of each arm 13 of robot 11 is controlled The driving reached.In addition, by end effector 18 to the control of the holding movement of food 60, by end effector 19 to sauce (71) The control of supply action pass through control device 6 and carry out.Therefore, control device 6 carries out the control of the whole movement of robot 11 System.

Next, using the flow chart of Fig. 6 to an example of the motion of the robot 11 controlled by control device 14 Son is illustrated.It is the schematic diagram for indicating an example of movement for robot 11 from Fig. 7 to Figure 10.

Firstly, robot 11 keeps the food 60 (the step S1 of Fig. 6) on conveyer 20 by end effector 18.At this In embodiment, the movement that control device 14 controls left arm 13 makes end effector 18 and conveyer 20 as shown in (A) of Fig. 7 On defined position consistency.The side for the food 60 for being configured at defined position is kept by the maintaining part 31 of end effector 18 Portion 60a.Here defined position refers to: the position between a pair of of limiting component 20a of setting is opposed on conveyer 20.This In, the distance of the degree more slightly larger than the width of food 60 is divided between limiting component 20a.Maintaining part when holding acts as a result, As long as the position of the conveying direction of conveyer 20 of 31 contraposition for the food 60 being configured between limiting component 20a It sets.Then, as shown in (B) of Fig. 7, keep the side 60a's of food 60 in the maintaining part 31 by end effector 18 Under state, keeps maintaining part 31 mobile to the direction of base portion 30, food 60 is thus placed in mounting portion 32.

Next, food 60 is delivered to regulation in the state of keeping food 60 by end effector 18 by robot 11 Position (the step S2 of Fig. 6).Specifically, control device 14 controls the movement of left arm 13, food is being kept by maintaining part 31 The side 60a of product 60 and in the state that food 60 is placed in mounting portion 32, is delivered to the sauce (71) of Fig. 1 for food 60 Defined position near the surface of container 70.On the other hand, control device 14 controls the movement of right arm 13, such as (A) of Fig. 8 It is shown, the terminal part 42 of end effector 19 is maintained normal condition and sinks to a part of recess portion 42a and fills up container In 70 sauce (71).Act the rotary joint J5 of the terminal part 42 in normal condition in a manner of rotating in the forward direction, thus A part of sauce (71) in container 70 as defined in being accommodated in is held in the inside of the recess portion 42a of terminal part 42.

Next, robot 11 carries out defined operation (the step S3 of Fig. 6) to food 60 by end effector 19.Tool For body, as shown in (B) of Fig. 8, control device 14 is moving the rotary joint J5 of terminal part 42 in a manner of reversely rotating Make, so that release is held in the sauce (71) inside the recess portion 42a of terminal part 42.By falling sauce (71) from recess portion 42a, Thus as shown in figure 9, can in sauce (71) container 70 surface near position food 60 whole surface It is supplied uniformly across sauce (71).For the food 60 kept by end effector 18, because the space on top is ensured that, So the defined operation (such as applying sauce) to food 60 is easy.In this way, according to the present embodiment, end can be passed through Actuator 19 is supplied uniformly across sauce (71) simply to act to the whole surface of food 60.

Next, robot 11 is discharged food 60 to the defined position on conveyer 20 by end effector 18 (the step S4 of Fig. 6).Specifically, the movement that control device 14 controls left arm 13 is passing through end as shown in (A) of Figure 10 In the state that the maintaining part 31 of actuator 18 keeps the side 60a of food 60 and food 60 is placed in mounting portion 32, such as Figure 10 (B) shown in, keep 31 forward direction of maintaining part mobile, the food 60 for being supplied with sauce (71) be thus back to conveyer 20 On defined position.Herein, it is specified that position also refer to be opposed on conveyer 20 setting a pair of of limiting component 20a Between position.As long as the contraposition of the maintaining part 31 when release movement is also relative to being configured between limiting component 20a as a result, Food 6 for conveyer 20 conveying direction position.Robot 11 is repeated from step S1 to step S4's Movement (the step S5 of Fig. 6) is until operation terminates.

(other embodiments)

In addition, in the present embodiment, mounting portion 32 is fixed in base portion 30, (the step of Fig. 6 is acted in the holding of food 60 Rapid S1) in, in the state of keeping food 60 by maintaining part 31, keep maintaining part 31 mobile to the direction of base portion 30, thus will Food 60 is placed in mounting portion 32 (referring to Fig. 7), but mounting portion 32 is also configured to move.Figure 11 is to indicate mobile load Set the schematic diagram of an example of the movement of the robot in the case where portion 32.In Figure 11, mounting portion 32A be configured to The direction of base portion 30 or its opposite direction are mobile.As shown in (A) of Figure 11, kept by the maintaining part 31 of end effector 18A The side 60a of the food 60 of position as defined in being configured at.Then, as shown in (B) of Figure 11, passing through end effector 18A's In the state that maintaining part 31 keeps food 60, keep mounting portion 32A mobile to the contrary direction with base portion 30, it thus will food Product 60 are placed in mounting portion 32A.Food 60 is due to the state kept in maintained portion 31, and the amount of movement of food 60 is less Have no relations.It is easy to maintain the state of the content of the container of food 60.As another example, to maintaining part 31 and can also carry The movement that both portions 32 are set relative to base portion 30 is controlled, and food 60 is thus placed in mounting portion 32.

In addition, in the opening operation (step S4) of the food 60 of present embodiment, in the guarantor for passing through end effector 18 In the state of holding the side 60a of the holding of portion 31 food 60 and food 60 being placed in mounting portion 32, make 31 forward direction of maintaining part It is mobile, thus food 60 is back on conveyer 20 (referring to Fig.1 0), but as shown in figure 11, mounting portion 32A also may be constructed For that can move.In this case, mounting portion 32A can also be made mobile to the direction of base portion 30, thus discharge food 60 Defined position.Alternatively, it is also possible to control the movement of both maintaining part 31 and mounting portion 32 relative to base portion 30, thus will Food 60 discharges in defined position.

Figure 12 is the schematic diagram for indicating another example of holding movement of food 60.In Figure 12, the pawl of maintaining part 31 Portion 31A is configured to be acted along the vertical direction in the state of keeping the side 60a of food 60.Such as (A) institute of Figure 12 Show, the side 60a of food 60 is kept by the claw 31A of maintaining part 31.Then, as shown in (B) of Figure 12, passing through claw In the state that 31A keeps the side 60a of food 60, by the food 60, side is lifted slightly up.In the side 60a for slightly lifting food 60 Afterwards, as shown in (C) of Figure 12, the movement of maintaining part 31 is controlled, so that food 60 is placed in mounting portion 32.In this way, due to The side 60a of food 60 is just lifted slightly up, so food 60 is easy to be positioned in mounting portion 32.

In addition, the maintaining part 31 of end effector 18 is by between a pair of of claw 31a of change in the above-described embodiment The structure (referring to Fig. 3) of the side 60a of food 60 is kept every (being up and down direction in figure), but is not limited to such knot Structure.Such as it is also possible to absorption and keeps structure as the side of food 60.

In addition, food 60 is aircraft meal in the above-described embodiment, but as long as being the food for being accommodated in defined container, example Such as it is also possible to the other food of box lunch.In addition, food materials 71 are sauces, but as long as being to be accommodated in having for defined container to flow The food materials of dynamic property, then either the liquid seasoning such as salad dressings, is also possible to the seasoning of the powderies such as sesame.Separately Outside, it is also possible to the food materials such as soup, curry sauce.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, be configured to carry out the conveying operations of food by the robot 11 of dual-arm, but It can also be realized by having above-mentioned end actuator 18,19 and being able to carry out the dedicated unit of location control.

In addition, the robot 11 of above embodiment is the tow-armed robot of articulated type but it is also possible to be vertical The robot of joint type.

According to the above description, to those skilled in the art, a large amount of improvement of the invention, other embodiments are aobvious And it is clear to.Therefore, above description only should be used as illustrating being to provide to instruct the purpose of those skilled in the art to explain Execute preferred forms of the invention.Without departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope, can substantially change its construction with And/or the detailed content of function.

Industrial utilizability

The present invention is useful at the manufacture scene of the food such as aircraft meal, box lunch.

Description of symbols

11... robot；13... mechanical arm；14... control device；18... end effector；19... end executes Device；19a... base portion；19b... terminal part；20... conveyer；20a... limiting component (conveyer)；30... base portion；31... Maintaining part；32... mounting portion；40... base portion；41... rotation section；42... terminal part；42a... recess portion；42b... shank； 60... food (aircraft meal)；The side of 60a... food；70... container；71... food materials (sauce).